Melting (Soup) Pot

Standing on line to pay my lunch tab last week at the 2nd Ave Deli (relocated a few years ago to First Ave!),  I overheard the following conversation at the take-out counter.

Young Asian woman: “What soup do you have?”

Old deli guy:  “Split pea, lentil,  mushroom & barley,  chicken noodle,  chicken & rice,  vegetable,  and kreplach.”

Young Asian woman:  “Kreplach?” 

Old deli guy:  “Jewish dumpling.” 

Young Asian woman:  “Ah,  that sounds good,  I’ll take a quart.”

Did I tell you I ❤ New York?

– Dana Susan Lehrman

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