The Mrs. McCain in question is little Johnny’s 95 year old mother, who is still globetrotting with her twin sister to this day! We forgive her her distaste for veal - we are still getting over a series of harrowing experiences with injera in rural Ethiopia several years back. But as a rule when traveling, we point to the most expensive dish and have rarely regretted it.
We saw this in the NYTimes and simply had to share it:
“My granddaughter asked me once if it was true that you used to be able to travel in Europe on $5 a day,” Mrs. McCain said. “I told her, ‘I don’t know; I never spent that much.’”
Since food in Europe was scarce after World War II, “I would never read the menu, just put my finger on the cheapest dish,” she said. “The Europeans ate veal mostly and eggs. They had so many different ways to prepare eggs. To this day I still cannot stomach veal.”
The Mrs. McCain in question is little Johnny’s 95 year old mother, who is still globetrotting with her twin sister to this day! We forgive her her distaste for veal - we are still getting over a series of harrowing experiences with injera in rural Ethiopia several years back. But as a rule when traveling, we point to the most expensive dish and have rarely regretted it.
We saw this in the NYTimes and simply had to share it:
[Photo: Veal on asparagus salad with hard-boiled egg, tr1stero/flickr]
