For some years this document was on the refrigerator door at Mom and Dad’s house in Florida. My sister was discussing Superfoods with Mom, and wrote out this list for her, placing it on the door of the fridge. Not knowing what it was, Dad came along and, thinking it was a grocery list, added “mustard.”
Mustard actually is my super food. Our preference for Mustard over mayo is one of the many things that united Kim & I in the early days of our friendship. Even our feelings on mustard mirroredthat stands we would take on other things. I could tolerate mustard when hidden in my mother's fantastic potato salad and even tuna salad (as long as there was also mustard. Kim was a purest in her preferences. That conviction may be what made her so great as a prosecutor.