Liver and Onions

On January 11, I wrote a blog about Liver and Onions. I wrote that I did not like it until I actually tried it and found out I liked it. That was it for the blog, which only stated that I learned to like Liver and Onions.
Three weeks later, I decided to try cooking it for myself for the very first time. About a month later, on Monday of this week, I tried it again. Both attempts were successful. And it was good. Actually it is very simple to prepare. When a thing is easy to do, we say it’s “easy as pie.” But this dish is easier than that. Not much to it at all.
I cooked it because I got hungry for it, just thinking about it. I didn’t try it just so I could try something new. At my age, some folks are tempted to do a few things they never tried before, like President George Herbert Walker Bush (#41) jumping out of an airplane with a parachute. He did a few other things for the first time, proving he’s still active and adventurous at an advanced age.
A movie was made about a couple of old guys who were terminally ill who decided to make their last days exciting by doing the things on their “bucket list” (things to do before they “kick the bucket”). One was a billionaire and the other an auto mechanic, so their main common interest was the fact that they were both dying. They left the hospital and took a trip around the world, doing the exciting things that each of them had always wanted to do.
Their quest brought surprising results in some ways, convincing both men that the greatest joys were theirs before they made their global journey. In a weird sort of way, the movie teaches us that the best things in life are experiences that can be shared by all people, rich or poor, without traveling around the world doing unusual and exciting things.
That doesn’t mean you can’t try Liver and Onions if you haven’t ever given it a shot.