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I've never had lentil soup....sounds fantastic, though!
Well... alright....
Was 12 years old. My grandparents wanted to "treat" me for my b-day, so they took me and my two younger brothers to Tavern on the Green. My grandfather was a concert violinist, and actually played at The Plaza Hotel in the city for 25 years... He was very much into the NY scene, and LOVED to eat out at these fine, fancy places...
So we're sitting there at this beautiful table in an outragous setting - and I am loving my French Onion Soup. I particulalry loved the cheese, and how is it was so gooey!!! Well, as I was enjoying the cheese, I took an extra large spoonful of it. And tried to chew/swallow it!!! Have you ever tried to swallow gooey cheese?? Doesn't work too well... In fact, it got stuck...
So, I'm really embarrassed and did not want to make a scene. I tried dealing with it on my own, not wanting to alert anyone that I was choking!!!
A few quiet coughs... nothing... A few louder coughs... nothing...
My grandfather finally sees me struggling, and comes around behind me, pulls my head back and reaches in with his fingers, and begins to pull the cheese out. BUT - it was GOOEY! So instead of coming out, it stretched!! I was getting pretty panicky at this point, when a waiter came over and did the Heimlick on me!! It worked...
Needless to say, the other 100 or so diners in the room were a bit stunned, and actually clapped when the cheese came flying out of my mouth...
Anyway - I ave never ventured back to Onion Soup, and never will... That was over 30 years ago... Too many other great soups to enjoy... and safer too!!
Last edited by 82CardsGrad; November 16th, 2006 at 08:09 AM.
Was 12 years old. My grandparents wanted to "treat" me for my b-day, so they took me and my two younger brothers to Tavern on the Green. My grandfather was a concert violinist, and actually played at The Plaze Hotel in the city for 25 years... He was very much into the NY scene, and LOVED to eat out at these fine, fancy places...
So we're sitting there at this beautiful table in an outragous setting - and I am loving my French Onion Soup. I particulalry loved the cheese, and how is it was so gooey!!! Well, as I was enjoying the cheese, I took an extra large spoonful of it. And tried to chew/swallow it!!! Have you ever tried to swallow gooey cheese?? Doesn't work too well... In fact, it got stuck...
So, I'm really embarrassed and did not want to make a scene. I tried dealing with it on my own, not wanting to alert anyone that I was choking!!!
A few quiet coughs... nothing... A few louder coughs... nothing...
My grandfather finally sees me struggling, and comes around behind me, pulls my head back and reaches in with his fingers, and begins to pull the cheese out. BUT - it was GOOEY! So instead of coming out, it stretched!! I was getting pretty panicky at this point, when a waiter came over and did the Heimlick on me!! It worked...
Needless to say, the other 100 or so diners in the room were a bit stunned, and actually clapped when the cheese came flying out of my mouth...
Anyway - I ave never ventured back to Onion Soup, and never will... That was over 30 years ago... Too many other great soups to enjoy... and safer too!!
must have been terrifying as a 12 year old, but since you are okay from it & the only lasting effects are french onion soup phobia, I hope you don't mind that I'm laughing my butt off right now....
It was a beautiful autumn day, it smelled of orange peels and maple syrup, I think a Canadian was the waiter. I gazed up into the clouds and noticed and oblong cloud. It scared me, for it seemed to be emitting a high pitched squeel. The dog next to me was howling......and I itched my nose.
Newsflash Newsflash.....Chancellor Wilhelm had been overthrown. I missed my mom's meat loaf. And I forget what soup I had eaten the night before.
French onion soup -- done right -- is friggin awesome. (and when I say "awesome," I don't mean it in a valley girl sorta way. I mean I am literally full of awe when I eat it).
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