Overheard in the Kitchen

Bubba is stirring the hot cocoa (homemade, with soymilk) on the stove after playing out in the snow.

Mom: I notice that you really like to cook things.

Bubba: Yah, when I grow up, I want to be a chef!

Mom: Wow, a chef? Will you cook me dinner sometimes?

Bubba: Sure.

Mom: And are you going to have a restaurant or just be a chef at home?

Bubba: I'm going to have a restaurant.

Mom: Cool! A restaurant - what kind? Mexican food? Italian?

Bubba: Well, I'm going to make rice from China. And noodles. And sweet and sour sauce on chicken.

Pause.

Bubba: And parsnips.

Pause.

Bubba: And oil on the parsnips.