An Old-World Solution to an Eternally Vexing Question
Somewhere mid to late afternoon, usually as soon as your kids get off the school bus or get picked up for the never-ending schlep-a-thon to afterschool activities, you feel the dread start to seep into your bones. Your lips start to quiver, eyes start to twitch, and brows start to furrow in fear. Wait for it….10, 9, 8, your knees start to shake…tick, tick, tick 7, 6, 5,4….is it getting hot in here…. heart palpitations increase at a threatening pace…3,2,1…eyes clenched tight and face snarled in a guaranteed to produce premature wrinkles state… then BANG!
Here it comes, one of your kids will inevitably ask the spine tingling question, the question that has brought down even the superest of super moms…
What’s for dinner mom? Hope glimmers in their dear little hearts, anger and frustration simmers in yours.
How is it you’re not prepared with an answer? You’ve been awake for countless hours yet the thought has not even crossed your mind. Who are you kidding. Of course it has. Despite the fact your dinner plans, or lack hereof, have been haunting you on the hour, every hour since you woke up, you keep avoiding deciding what’s for dinner like it was the plague.
On those days when you know you will just nuke something from the freezer or whip up something on the fly but you just haven’t figured out what exactly that something is, you can still answer that predictable conundrum with astounding confidence and conviction. No embarrassment, no hesitation, no apologies needed.
Simply reply, “Kock-nah-begga-and frog-ah-sah.”
It’s an age old answer to an ancient question that has been passed down from generation to generation. The phrase means absolutely nothing! Not a thing. It’s just jibberish really. Yet it’s so much more powerful than the dead silence or the hum-in-a-hum-in-a that usually seeps out of your lips in reply to the what’s for dinner question. Armed with this catchall meaningless response, you’ll sound smart, prepared, on top of your game.
Your kids will look astonished, perplexed and confused. You chuckle to yourself. Aha! I finally got them!
“No, ma. Seriously, what’s for dinner?” Hold your ground. No time to get weak in the knees now.
“I just told you, kock-nah-begga-and-frog-a-sah.” Slam dunk. You’ve got this mom.
Now, when your loved ones’ stomachs start to grumble, their patience long lost to a fear of death by starvation or a mutant meal, you are finally prepared. As your family timidly approaches the dinner table a smile starts to return to their faces. Voila! There’s recognizable food on their plates! Maybe it’s even a delicious meal they are now anxious to devour. You smile gleefully and pat yourself on the back.
Why of course you knew what was for dinner all along. It was kock-nah-begga-and frog-ah-sah!
What is your go to snarky response to the the vexing “what’s for dinner” nag? Share your pearls of exasperation in the comments below. We could all use the smile. Thanks!
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