2791.Cooking rum © Bruce Goodman 21 July 2023

Mrs. Oldfield was relatively housebound but she loved to cook. It was her one hobby in life and the thing that kept her going. That is why Sally would go shopping for her and buy cooking ingredients. Most essential was a bottle of rum each week - for cooking you understand. Sally was often a little embarrassed to be buying a bottle of rum every week, so she said to the shop attendant, “It’s for cooking and it’s not for me but for a friend.” “That’s what they all say,” laughed the attendant. Sally decided to change her habits a little. There were three shops in her town that sold rum. She would alternate. That would mean she would purchase a bottle of cooking rum from the same shop only once every three weeks. Mrs. Oldfield couldn’t cook without rum, and Sally was certainly doing her a favour. Except Mrs. Sally Oldfield didn’t cook and had no friends. Contact Author Back to Index Next Story Previous Story