On the lid of the
old mayonnaise jar was some writing.
This is not uncommon in our house.
We often reuse the same freezer containers multiple times for different
things. I label the containers with a
sharpie so I don't forget what they are when they are found in the depths of my
freezer down the road. Often when
reusing a container I just scribble out the old contents and date, and add the
new one. I figured I would do the same
thing today. But this time the container
didn't say something like….Apple Butter, September 2015, or Minestrone, January
2016.
It said simply,
"Nick the Spider."
I guess the former
contents of this particular container had not been edible. I called to Emily who was in the house at the
time. I showed her the lid…and she
actually remembered Nick the Spider. She
remembered that he was quite large.
"I think he was a wolf spider." Then she remembered that he had babies on his
back. Hmmmmm. Maybe Nick the Spider should have been named
"Nicole the Spider." The kids
often catch little critters and keep them for a day or two as
"pets." My jar, now holding my
chicken broth, had once been home to one of these temporary pets.
Did I empty out the contents? Nah. I had washed out the jar. I took a quick picture for posterity and put all my chicken broth into the freezer.