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"People like what they like, Rox," she said, shredding cabbage for a coleslaw that she’d drown in a thick"You can’t be such a food snob"

"Using real cheese makes me a food snob?"

"That, and the fact that your eyeballs are about to coto turn around to see reat recipe for coleslaw Maybe I could try it sometime?" I offered

"You do realize my coleslaw is ht?"

"I do know this, and I know people love it, Mo new for a change and--"

"Hey, Albert!"at the end of the counter

"What’s the good word, Trudy?" he answered, not looking up fro in every afternoon as long as I could re after lunch to read the funnies

"What’s your favorite side dish here?" she asked

I rolled my eyes at the pile of Velveeta shreds

"Coleslaw," he replied, and she turned to smile prettily at me

"Hey, Albert!" I shouted back

"What’s up, Roxie?"

"If there was a new side dish on the menu, maybe a different kind of coleslaould you try it?"

"Sure, I love all kinds of coleslaw," he answered, never taking his eyes off his newspaper

My mother’s pretty smile became one with teeth

"Hey, Albert?" she called out, voice considerably more aspartame

"Yes, Trudy?"

"Would you say that while occasionally youto be said for consistency? Having what you like when you like it?" she asked

"Sure thing," he answered