a member of the US Treasury press corp in his writing introduced him to burrata

                                                                                      he didnt know what that was

said it out loud

                was never ashamed of his ignorancenever afraid to ask the stupid question while those around him were as stupid as he                                                                                                                               but afraid to ask

since he was a kid

school

it was a struggle

                  he was grateful for weekend homework the ramifications if he hadnt finished it or if he had and did miserable with it  there were consequences beyond C grades

C  meant Common

                     aint a damn thing wrong with common when on occasion common exceeded expectations

loved those freakin moments

there were few

but they werent preciousfew

                               sometimes  he knew best in class

could almost hear his teachers heart pound in pride

for his success

                  hers

burrata

           I don know what that is

You don’t?

Donsound incredulous I admitted it

How do you not know?

How do you know

It’s cheese.

Call it cheese

For cryin’ out loud. 

                       It’s a particular kind of cheese. Delicious.

You often see me eating cheese

Hmm.  Now that I think of it.

                                   No. 

Why I don know

                  Things don pique my interest I don follow

Which is curious. You read all the time.

Ever see me read culinary books    Cookbooks

   No.

Wha do I read

Nonfiction.

An

History.

An

Science, Physics, scifi . .

. . Classics Hardboiled fiction private dicks

                                               Politics

Yes.

   You gonna tell me since you knowyaknow correct

I do.

Woudnt lie to me

Not knowingly.

No you woudnt

                 Inform me please

You know . . I probably know because I’m Italian.

A dago

        Yah I know

   Italian.

Dago Im a polack

                   Theres tha isnt there

   There’s that.

Carry me forth teach

                       Burrata I love the look of the word its pronounciation  Burrro  Bs Rs tickle my lips an tongue Damn sensual

Yathink Im ridiculous

No.

     I know you are.

Burrata.

Yah

Italian cow’s milk cheese made from mozzarella . . . you know?

Pizza

Yes.  And cream. The outer casing is solid cheese. Inside.  Inside is stracciatella I’ll save you your I don’t know what that is . . . gelato . . you know?

I do

     Kinda ice cream   Inside cheese  Kinda strange place for ice cream

Not if you’ve had burrata.  In addition to the . . gelato . .

. . Stracciatella

                  Stick with the program keep an even course  Im learning  Stracciatella

Prefer saying burrata to it though

Doesn’t play with your lips and tongue?

Not really

             Youll excuse my interruption

No problem.

             In addition is also clotted cream.

Clotted cream Butter

Yes.

A casing of cheese filled with gelato an butter

                                                   Sounds decadent

Tastes decadent.

Something Im not

No.  You are not.

                   You’re ur. Rare earth.  Primal.

Me  Know chuckled

                       Thanks for saying so  Woudya do me a favour

What’s that?

Next time you enjoy burrata think of me

Because you won’t go looking for it.

I wont  Not keen on cheese

                             This is where youre supposed to say Tha leaves more for us

Which is apodeictic axiomatic

Apodeictic?

Selfevidently true

                   Me  Share  Two  Words

Virtually mean the same

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