I can’t believe it’s come to this, but at this point, I have no choice but to attempt to quiet this daily harassment and give everyone my hodgepodge recipe.
Hodgepodge is a typical Nova Scotian summertime dish—but of course, you know that already, because you literally won’t stop haranguing me for my hodgepodge recipe for even one blessed second.
It contains new potatoes, green beans, peas, carrots. NO, I do not boil the vegetables in milk. NO, I do not bother with turnips. NO, I do not peel the potatoes—who in their right mind would peel a new potato? Actually, don’t answer that. I don't want to discuss this any longer than I need to.
The ingredients are all very easy to get at the market at this time of year so that’s another thing you can stop bothering me about. I don’t have enough hours in the day to even listen to all of the voicemail messages at this point. So please stop asking.
You can get the peas pre-shelled in bags from some stalls, so you don’t have to send
I’m only writing this out here as an act of good faith, in the hopes that it will stop you from calling, texting and messaging me every hour on the hour. Please, once you read this recipe, kindly respect my privacy on this matter.
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