"Seaweed jelly?" Sure, mention these things around Little Miss Connoisseur of Frequently Underappreciated Exotic Foods, who was blinking a little bit in surprise. "That's . . . unusual, but I bet I could probably find someplace to order some. For now, though?"
Nobody should ever spread peanut butter and strawberry jelly onto bread with that much enthusiasm. Ever. And then slice the resulting sandwich neatly on a diagonal, crimp down the edges, and take it back to the kitchen with the look of someone on a mission. And yet.
Lacey's head popped up through the service window, and she called over the sizzling of the deep fryer (and occasional bubbling pop of oatmeal), "It'll just be a minute!"
The busboy, wearing a long-suffering look of I never ask any more, wandered out front to set a glass of milk in front of Ariel before heading over to clear a recently vacated booth.
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Nobody should ever spread peanut butter and strawberry jelly onto bread with that much enthusiasm. Ever. And then slice the resulting sandwich neatly on a diagonal, crimp down the edges, and take it back to the kitchen with the look of someone on a mission. And yet.
Lacey's head popped up through the service window, and she called over the sizzling of the deep fryer (and occasional bubbling pop of oatmeal), "It'll just be a minute!"
The busboy, wearing a long-suffering look of I never ask any more, wandered out front to set a glass of milk in front of Ariel before heading over to clear a recently vacated booth.