Auctioneer & Auctions 22 Feb 2010 12:34 pm
Memory Monday! Feb 22nd
Yes, who can think about Auctions without thinking about FOOD. But todays memory is not about the food at the auction, but rather, the food that prepared us for an auction.
As a young child, and even today, I was a fan of breakfast cereals. Especially Fruit Loops and Fruity Pebbles. After about our first year into working auctions, we started joining my father and uncles on a Saturday morning ritual in which we gathered at my grandparents house and had breakfast before we left to do the auction. I can remember well, each Saturday walking in to the smell of eggs (always scrambled), bacon, sausage, hash browns, and biscuits and gravy. Me-ma (Dorothy Carman) always woke early and began fixing us our meal.
And just about every Saturday, as a child, I would come in and get out the cereal. Pa (Gene Carman) never failed to let me know if I wanted to be strong and make it through the day, that “rabbit food” would not cut it and I needed to eat something that would “stick to my ribs!” But Me-ma would always step in and say, “Let him eat what he wants!” Therefore, I would usually choose to eat my “rabbit food,” that is till I wised up!
As the years progressed by, and I got smarter, I could no longer resist the wafting smells of Me-ma’s cooking, until finally, the cereals became lost in the mix. I tell you flat out, there is no way to put in a hard days work at an auction without “Me-ma’s grub” sticking to your ribs. I tell you, those Saturday morning breakfast were absolutely the best.
So before you head out to enjoy an auction, or help work at one, be sure to eat something that will “stick to your ribs!”