There is a very nice elderly lady that TLW (The Little Woman) and I know through her aunt. The lady lives out east near Orient Point, and is very sociable and loves to entertain. Her only problem is she is almost stone deaf. Her name is Rosetta, and she is a lot of fun to say the least. She lives alone with her dog Boe, and he pretty much takes up her life. He is one of these little dogs that weights about 12 pounds, and is very high-strung, but not aggressive.
This past summer we were invited to Rosetta’s home for a luncheon with a very nice couple that are friends of hers. Also along that day was this couples daughter, a very lovely young lady who happens to be a veterinarian and a vegetarian.
Not knowing that the Doctor was a vegetarian, Rosetta made about 4 thousand pounds of veal cutlet to serve for the luncheon, along with some veggies. The Doctor’s name is Jennifer, and is very bright, sociable and gracious. When she was served the veal, she deftly ate around it and left her meat to the side. Rosetta may be deaf, but she is very observant. Upon surveying Jennifer’s plate inquired why she wasn’t eating her meat. Poor Jennifer somewhat on the spot says she is a vegetarian, and Rosetta doesn’t hear her and continues by saying she has “Plenty more, so don’t be shy.” It took the whole table a while to demonstrate and explain that Jennifer is a vegetarian. If you think about it, a veterinarian would be a vegetarian also, and if he or she did eat meat, it wouldn’t be veal by the way it is raised to be slaughtered.
Rosetta was not done though, after eating, she hauls out this fur coat, that she wanted Jennifer to have, since she doesn’t go anywhere any more. The coat is actual animals fur!
It was a double whammy for poor Jennifer, and she took it very graciously, while Rosetta was taken aback at first then came around to the realities of life.
The next time Jennifer is served meat, I think she should just cut it up and move it about her plate.
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