The setting for this conversation is the very end of a CLC field trip Ellie and I went on. Remember my classmates The Brothers? They sat behind me on the bus.
Older Brother: So what are you going to do next?
Kristie: Just going home to eat dinner, Jason’s there cooking right now.
Younger Brother: What is he making? Spaghetti? With meatballs? Or is it mashed potatoes?
Kristie: (feeling mocked, but can’t really think up a snappy response because…) Well, actually, it is spaghetti. But no meatballs.
Older Brother: (looks embarrassed by Younger Brother) Do you usually eat American food at home?
Kristie: Yeah, we do. Because whenever we eat out it’s Chinese food. (in a lame attempt at half-joking honesty) We’ll probably have mashed potatoes tomorrow.
(In retrospect I wish I had been witty enough to say we were having hamburgers. But I’m sure going through junior high and high school in the US these two have been on the receiving end of plenty of “So what’s for dinner tonight? Rice?” comments)
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