I remembered my odd story..
RAVING A SWEET POTATO FOR LUNCH I THREW ONE IN THE OVEN AND FORGOT ABOUT IT FOR AN HOUR. When I finally pulled it out and cut it open, you could hear my screams all the way to Alaska. There, on the flowered plate, laid a steaming-hot potato in the shape of a perfect heart smiling back at me.
Was it a sign, a message from a higher power — or was it just a beautiful freak of nature? A friend suggested I sell it on eBay.
Don’t laugh: In 2004, Diana Duyser sold for $28,000 a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that she claimed bore the image of the Virgin Mother. Ten years earlier she had taken a bite from the sandwich and saw a face staring back at her. She put the sandwich in a clear plastic box with cotton balls and kept it on her night stand, and — Praise Be God! — that the sandwich never sprouted a single spore of mold.
“I would like all people to know that I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother of God on that sandwich,” Diana insisted at that time.
Duyser’s auction was initially pulled by eBay for but restored after she convinced them she could delivered the pious goods. The winning bid went to GoldenPalace.com which spent “as much as it took” to own the crusty piece to its pop culture trove that includes a David Beckham missed penalty kick ball and William Shatner’s kidney stone.
Now, I could use some extra cash. As I looked at my sweet, sweet sweet potato, I wondered if I too should take a chance and put it up for sale on eBay. Could I cash in on this spud of a Valentine?
I thought long and hard, scanned for any overlooked signs of a potato Jesus, then grabbed for my fork and knife.
I did what I thought was the best possible solution for all: I ate it.
Photo ± 1966: you remember in time in sherbrooke, (memory). In order to retain the attention of its customers during a sale of “canned potatoes”, the gaudette food market, located at the corner of the streets belvedere south and mcmanamy in sherbrooke, is hinted in an original way
The very low price should have been enough to cause traffic traffic, but why not put it full of sight to the whole neighborhood!
Photographer: Jacques Darche
Published by Martin Pépin in you remember in time in sherbrooke, (memories). https://www.facebook.com/Vous-souvenez-vous-dans-le-temps-à-Sherbrooke-207295232804246/#Sherbrooke
Potato Casserole
Serves 12
6 med potatoes unpeeled cooked not too soft
1/4 melted butter*
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 c onion fine (2 tblsp dried)
1 pint sour cream
1 c cheddar cheese grated
Peel & grate potatoes in dish & mix with all except some cheese, save some for top with cornflake crumbs, put over top of casserole.
Bake 350° 30 min.
*RecipeCurio Note: no amount is given on the recipe card but I believe it would be 1/4 cup for the melted butter.
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