The Old Lady confesses to being an unashamed hedonist.

The pleasures of the table are near the top of her list of earthly delights.

She will not bore you with details of the fine meal she has just enjoyed… let the terms “blackened scallops” and “crème brulee” suffice… but it reminds her of a story:

Once upon a time in Sarasota, Florida, The Old Lady shared a table with several ministers. When dessert was served, a lovely slice of nut pie, one reverend gentleman patted his paunch ruefully and swore he would not touch it.

The Old Lady said: “Pastor, the psalmist tells us ‘O taste and see that the Lord is good.’ If the Lord has seen fit to offer us this lovely pie, it would appear ungrateful and disrespectful if we did not at least taste it.”

The reverend gentleman tasted his pie.

The Old Lady ate every bite of hers, and the rest of his too!