Synonymous Kitchen Items

I was reminded of an incident last summer. I was picking basil from our garden, and suddenly felt a sting on one of my fingers. I immediately ran inside to the kitchen.

“What’s good for a bee sting?” I asked my wife.

“Use the meat tenderizer,” she replied.

“I’m not going to whack my hand with a mallet,” I said incredulously. “It hurts enough already.”

Of course, she meant the meat tenderizer in the bottle on the spice rack…