AH: Maybe they do it at a game. Maybe.
AH, CG, CC: ...and applesauce!
CC: Maybe so.
AH: I loved that. I loved some of the desserts we used to have.
AH: There were things in Homecoming Week. Didn’t there used to be a faculty skit or something?
SS: Those were so good.
SS: Yes, skit night.
CG: Really?
AH: I’m not saying I feel the need to bring that back, but as a student I remember that. CC: Someone, maybe the principal, used to be Santa. Who was that? Was that the Head of School? SS: Ronnie dressed up as Santa. CG: Aw, Ronnie. CC: Well someone did for us, and it was the goofiest. I remember laughing until I cried. The teachers were dressed as elves. SS: Wait, we didn’t talk about the dining and maintenance staff. There are current maintenance staff members who know me from being a student. AH: Oh, yes. CC: Carol! She’s gone now, but Carol was my person who I really remember.
AH: The upper schoolers don’t do the crouton thing as much. CC: Any excuse to eat a crouton in Lower School. Oooh, more croutons please! CG: Croutons and rice! CC: Yeah, I started the vinegar on my red beans here. No one in my family does that. That was definitely a Country Day thing. AH: Yeah, for sure. CC: ...but I love it. SS: Cheese buns? CG: Yes. AH: Yeah, I do love a cheese bun. CC: I love a cheese bun. No tuna, just the cheese bun. SS: Oh, no, no, no. You gotta have the tuna. AH: I sometimes do the tuna.
CG: Kenny was my bus driver.
SS: You gotta have the tuna and the fritos to dip.
SS: Well, Kenny and Wayne and Ronnie gave me such a hard time, teasing me for fun.
SS: Yes!
SS: Last topic. Lunch. Do y’all have any opinions on lunch? I just know that Alyce and I have talked about how we’re sick of red beans and rice. AH: I eat them now sometimes, but for the first ten years I worked here I could not eat them. CC: I don’t cook them at home.
CC: Really? I love them. CG: I think it’s my favorite lunch. SS: What’s your favorite lunch? AH: Now my favorite lunch, that we did not have when I attended Country Day...Thai chicken curry. CC: I have to say I love that, too. CG: The other day there were parents here for Louisiana Day, and we were serving red beans and rice and the parents asked why there were croutons on the table. SS, CC, and AH: And vinegar! CG: The vinegar made more sense, but they were very stumped by the croutons. I tried to explain to them why and what they used to look like when they were teeny tiny. SS: You know what else we don’t have anymore? Ginger snaps and...
SS: Yes, and a pickle. CC: Do you put your tuna on the cheese bun? AH: Depends on the day. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don’t. Depends on the day. CC: For me, it’s straight up cheese bun. SS: Do you get a pickle? CC: No. I love pickles, but not on cheese bun day. I don’t know. Just straight up cheese buns. SS: This is great: How do you take your cheese bun? The best is when it’s Mississippi Mud for dessert that day. That is the perfect lunch. AH: Ooh, so good. You gotta get the one that has the extra vanilla wafers. CC, CG, SS: Yes! Unfortunately, our time was up here, though I’m positive we could’ve kept talking - especially about our favorite teachers and meals. Faculty alum don’t all get together that often, but when we do, it is like a family reunion. (One where they serve cheese buns.)
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CC: I do love the red beans and rice.
CG: And a pickle.
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SS: They are delicious, but 20 years, every other Wednesday, I just can’t do it.
CG: To dip the fritos in the tuna!
