Dan Neal
The Palm Beach Post
09-21-2003
I SAY 'POTATO', BUT SHE SAYS 'TATER (TOT)'
BYLINE: Dan Neal
EDITION: FINAL
SECTION: GOOD LIFE
TYPE: COLUMN RECIPE

What mighty contests rise from trivial things! What wicked battles break from slight affairs! What fearsome, aggravating, long, drawn-out, hair-pulling ordeals issue from crusty little Lincoln Logs of goo!

"Do we have any Tater Tots?" asked my wife.

Tater Tots? The hateful words seared my soul like splatter from a fry basket full of Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks. How could she do this to me?

Why, great cod! Could she not smell my own succulent fillets braising to perfection in white wine and tarragon in her very own kitchen? Had her love for me waned so savagely that the asparagus, salted ...



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