budding

i have always loved lunch meat. Its gross I know. But cold cuts are just so good. The other day I was at the meat market and I saw a package of cold cuts. For some reason prepackaged sandwich meat is hard to come by in new york and I'm not dedicated enough to get the real stuff. So when I saw this conveniently packaged container of cold cuts, I picked it up immediately. It was chicken and I'm usually a turkey person, but i just went for it. Once I got home I discovered that the brand was Carl Budding--the same brand my mom used to always buy. Its sliced rediculously thin and the package is so small you need the whole package for one sandwich. My mom taught us how to ration (even though I dont remember her ever telling me how many slices to use). My sister and I only used two slices. You hoped that you were at the end of the pack and there was an odd number so maybe you could have three slices. This was Carl Budding meat and it was so good. The package I found at the meat market was about 5 times the size of those tiny packs my mom bought. I made my first Budding sandwhich post puberty today. Sadly, it just didn't do it for me. The "chicken" was the color of ham. It could more appropriately be labeled "meat product." I long for the innocence of my youth and my love of processed meat.

this post is for borrego, who is probably the only person paying attention to my blog. coincidentally, she's also probably the only person who also loved Carl Budding.