Not only am I poor at spotting celebrities, I’m also rotten at recognizing people I know. My excuse used to be poor vision but, in truth, think I’m simply face- blind.
Years ago I was with my mother in a fancy store, carrying a large box. Getting off the elevator, box at the forefront, I would have rammed into another woman if my mother hadn’t yanked me back in time.
Years ago I was with my mother in a fancy store, carrying a large box. Getting off the elevator, box at the forefront, I would have rammed into another woman if my mother hadn’t yanked me back in time.
“That’s Jackie Kennedy,” she hissed. “You missed her by inches.”
“Once I nodded to a man on the street thinking we had met at a dinner party. Later I realized the man was Elliot Gould, not a new acquaintance. (Five told stars for being polite minus five deleted due to lack of common sense.)
Then there was the time I tussled for a taxi with a woman who finally shrugged and let me take the cab. The driver informed me I had been wrestling with Sigourney Weaver.
My inability to recognize faces was made even worse when COVID was rampant and faces were masked. At least that was a bit of an excuse!
On the subject of celebrities, the following is said to have been what Jennifer Aniston ate for lunch every day
during her ten years on the set of Friends. I was introduced to this recipe by a recent houseguest who makes a large amount early in the week to use as a base for other meals. You could add chicken, tuna, croutons, turkey (or regular ) bacon broccoli, chopped peppers, other cooked veg or potato hunks—as you can see, the permutations are endless.
Salad Jennifer Aniston
Salad Jennifer Aniston
1 cup quinoa, uncooked (or use bulgur wheat)
2 cups water (or chicken broth)
1 cup cucumber, chopped (I omitted)
1/2 cup parsley, chopped (use mini-chop if you have one)
1/2 cup mint, chopped (also omitted as I don’t like mint in my salad)
1/3 cup red onion, chopped
1/2 cup roasted and salted pistachios, chopped (buy them already shelled)
1 15-ounce can chickpeas, (aka garbanzos), drained and rinsed
About 5-6 tablespoons lemon juice
Salt, to taste
Ground pepper, to taste
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
(Purists combine the lemon juice with olive oil making more of a dressing. I found lemon juice alone fine)
Cook the quinoa or bulgur according to package directions. Let it sit about fifteen minutes; fluff with a fork.
Put all the other ingredients in a bowl and toss to combine. When the fifteen minutes are up combine the two. Voila.
To keep the celeb theme going you could accompany the salad with a drink like an Arnold Palmer, (half iced tea; half lemonade); a Shirley Temple, (ginger ale with splash of grenadine and a maraschino cherry if you have these old-timey items) or a Bloody Mary (vodka and tomato juice laced with Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, black pepper, celery salt and lemon juice, the whole garnished with a celery stick. Or stick to H20, bubbly or not. I may not recognize faces but acknowledge all these beverages.
While you eat enjoy your fifteen minutes of fame.