Okay, I've tried quail and yeah, it wasn't all that good. I was told the meat would taste "gamey" (after 50 years of life I still don't know what that means). To me it tasted like quail, it had a stronger taste, and smell, than duck. It wasn't light and juicy like chicken, and as my wife will tell you I can eat chicken all day long everyday. So, forgive me if I don't fully appreciate the food given to God's people by God in today's passage from Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 and instead call my quail a chicken.
On the other hand, though, I love bread, any kind of bread, even bread that was a "fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground." So for today's thought I am wondering if what I crave is a good chicken sandwich. Of course I'm using the image of a "good chicken sandwich" to mean all fine foods.
Nothing is more inviting to me than being at a party where good food is being served, and there are just a lot of those in Hawaii. Graduations, birthdays, weekend BBQ's, church pot-lucks, and anniversaries are just a few of the reasons we gather to celebrate with one another. In these celebrations we will always see a table filled with home-made foods. The variety would be too extensive to describe, suffice it to say there could be anything from somen to adobo (you may have to look those up).
However, if I really take a look at why I go to these gatherings the food would have to be a close second. The main reason I go to these gatherings is to be with family and friends and to share in their lives. Being with people I love and who love me simply because I'm there has a way of filling my heart and soul with a joy that cannot be described. That feeling also gives me hope that one day people around the world will be able to come to the party, sharing in the food that's on the table and being in one another's unconditional love and acceptance.
So, on day 2 of my quest towards finding what I crave I'll have to say it's not a chicken sandwich. Darn, really thought I had that one figured out.
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