slipping out the back door as the mother-in-law came in the front. may quickly grabbed a platter from a top shelf, piled on the chops and put them on the table. she noticed the chops looked odd and only too late realized that the platter had not been washed and dust was floating to the surface of the pork grease.
everyone has a mother-in-law story. when i showed this to my dad, may’s son, he roared with laughter. may was a notoriously troublesome mother-in-law. 