Monday, July 4, 2011

Misguided bookclubbing?

Last year my friend started a Steinbeck book club. We read one book, Torilla Flat, before I moved and the club dissolved. We had originally planned on "Reading Steinbeck. Eating Steinbeckian food. Going Steinbecky places." When we first started the book, my friend suggested we eat "paisano style". Here was my comment on that:

"You had mentioned eating paisano style after finishing the book. After a bit of reading, I realized this would involve stealing a chicken after sexing up some clueless women and then using what little money we had left to buy a gallon of wine or grappa and getting drunk for a day or two. How 'bout we just eat Mexican style instead?"

I think shortly after I moved (and when the group finished the book) they did indeed simply go out to Mexican food.

2 comments:

Annessa said...

That's funny! I know people hold Steinbeck in high esteem as a writer - heck, my kids' school is named after him. But, I don't think he was that great. The most I could say is that he recorded some of the "not so pretty" history of California during the dust bowl. Just get a knot in my stomach when I think about his writing. And, have you ever driven through "Steinbeck country"? The soil, yes, it's pretty, but that's about all I can say...take a gander through Salinas...yikes.

Lacie said...

LOL