when i was a kid growing up in tyler, texas, it was a backwater place basically known for three things: roses, oil money and greenberg's smoked turkeys.
if we were lucky, one of our rich relations would favor us with a greenberg turkey at christmas, and when that happened i can't tell you how special it was because there are few things in this world my family loves as much, but in those lean days we would've never dreamed of splurging on such a luxury for ourselves.
in the ensuing years--especially since oprah named them one of her favorite things a few years back--greenberg's has gone from regional delicacy to coast-to-coast phenomenon, and deservedly so. i'm tellin ya, if you haven't had one, you haven't lived.
these last several years, i've always made sure one of these glorious birds preceded my arrival at my mom's house by a day or so, so as to be perfectly thawed in time for christmas dinner.
well, today it suddenly occurred to me that i'd forgotten to go online and order this year's turkey, so in a last-minute panic i called greenberg's from my car, prepared for the inevitable disappointment.
to my surprise, the phone was answered on the first ring by a live person [and no indian accent, either--that familiar east texas twang washed over me like warm bathwater].
i explained the problem, she pulled up my record immediately. "got it, hon--same order, same address?"
i said yeah, started fumbling for a credit card, asked if she could wait til i pulled over. she said, "aw, don't worry bout that--when the bill comes jest send us a check, and yew and your family have a merry christmas!"
i miss east texas sometimes.
5 comments:
They are going to bill you and still take checks?
This place has to be something because I can imagine them getting stiffed quite a bit. But, then again, who wants someone to come to their mother's house looking for payment on a Christmas turkey? That would be embarrassing. Pay the bill promptly.
noblesavage, I suspect that Mike's long history of doing business with this company has given him a certain bona fides.
Mike, you had mentioned in a comment about wanting to see how we'd do Christmas in New England. The first part--the tree--in now on the blog.
noblesavage: what an odd comment; i had thought that if nothing else, our history would indicate that i'm a man of my word.
will: i'll head over there right now.
I was speaking generally.
Guttermorality has always been a good friend to noblesavage, through thick and lots of thin.
For that, I am grateful.
Oh, and this verification process is a pain in the ass.
noblesavage: i know, honey, and i appreciate you doing it anyway.
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