99 word prompt : comfort food

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May 4, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about comfort food. How can this familiarity influence a story or character? Is it something unusual, like Twinkies from the 1970s? Or is it something from home, from another place or time? Go where the prompt leads.

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“What are you eating,” my sister asked.

“Dried lima beans and ham hocks,” I replied.

“You know I hate lima beans!”

“You eat cantaloupe in my presence even though you know it smells and tastes like vomit to me,” I said, stabbing a giant Lima with a fork.

“Something is wrong with your taste buds,” she decreed.

“Thank you for sharing a medical expertise that a million doctors with actual degrees can’t match,” I chuckled.  “If you don’t like my comfort food, don’t watch me eat.”

The door slammed shut and I smiled, eagerly reaching for my hidden chocolates.

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