If You Like Rib-a-que, Thursday’s a Good Day to be a Senior
Each week, the Daily Star of Oneonta, NY publishes the menu served each day at local senior centers.
Today, the Delaware County Senior Dining Program is offering up “Barbecued pork rib, Greek oven fries, green bean casserole, golden glow molded salad, whole wheat bread, tapioca pudding, [and] diet salad.” Doesn’t sound half bad, if you don’t mind your salad glowing and “molded”.
Meanwhile, though, the Otsego County Senior Meals Program has lined up “Rib-a-que, mashed potatoes, bread, [and] vanilla ice cream.” That sounds lousy.
Rib-a-que? If you, like me, are looking at that word and wondering just what the hell that means, you haven’t eaten a publicly subsidized meal in a while, apparently. Because is seems like a significant portion of America dines each day on Rib-a-que.
More on tap in the Oneonta area this week here.
Editor’s Note: Image is of a McDonald’s McRib, rather than a Rib-a-que, since the Rib-a-que apparently has agents and lawyers who refuse to let it be photographed. If you are lucky enough to have snapped a grainy image of a Rib-a-que, I’d be thrilled if you’d let me know.
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Pete Guither
