Umlingisi odumile wayekwazi ukujabulela impilo futhi wayengenamahloni ngakho.
Uyazi ukuthi kungani ekukhangiseni kokudla, lapho udinga ukwenza okuthile ngenjabulo, amadoda ahlala eqoshwa, ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu - izingane? Ngoba kunenkolelo yokuthi owesifazane nesifiso sokudla kuyimiqondo engahlangani kahle. Luma ngomusa amakhukhi, jabulela u-ayisikhilimu, umhosha embizeni yeyogathi - yebo, ngoba kunjalo, kuzintokazi ezithandekayo. Kepha kukhona ukuze umbukeli afune ukungena esiqandisini, ngoba lokhu udinga indoda.
Namuhla bekungaba yiminyaka engama-93 ubudala ngowesifazane lowo lo mbono owaqhekeka waphela nya ngaye. UMarilyn Monroe wayekuthanda ukudla futhi ekujabulela kakhulu ukudla. Lokhu kungabonakala ezithombeni ezigciniwe: nayi i-blonde enhle ebheka ama-canapes, kusobala ukuthi ibhekisisa ukuthi iyiphi okufanele ibambe kuqala. Lapha udla ikhekhe, akanandaba nakancane nama-calories: izigidi sezivele ziphupha ngaye, kungani ezihlupha egameni lezinga elithile lezindinganiso?
Phakathi kokuqopha ifilimu, uMarilyn, njengabantu nje, uphuza i-soda ngqo ethini. Kepha uhlala edilini lesidlo sakusihlwa, ubambe kahle inkomishi yetiye futhi uyamamatheka ngokukhazimulayo.
Ngasikhathi sinye, amadoda awasusi amehlo awo kowesifazane ophuphayo. Kubukeka sengathi noma uMarilyn ehlafuna umlenze wenkukhu, ewubambe uqonde ngezandla zakhe, uzobukwa ngenjabulo.
Kepha abaningi osukwini bayesaba uku-oda enye into ngaphandle kwesaladi elula noma ikhofi ngaphandle kwe-dessert. “Kuthiwani uma ecabanga ukuthi ngiyisiminzi?” - umcabango onjalo mhlawumbe wake wavela ekhanda lawo wonke amantombazane. Kepha akunandaba nakancane. Ngolunye usuku ngosuku lwakhe lokuqala, wayala i-veal steak, i-spaghetti nama-anchovies. Futhi indoda eyayimmemele esidlweni sakusihlwa yambiza ngomshado. Ukudla kwalo wesifazane omuhle akuzange kumethuse nakancane.
Ngendlela, i-steak kwakuyisidlo esithandwa kakhulu nguMarilyn, futhi hhayi uhlobo oluthile lwesaladi le-rocket elinempilo elinokugqokwa kukalamula noma isipinashi esinamanzi. Wayengenandaba namaswidi, ushampeni okhonjiwe futhi azi nokupheka - kungekudala, izintatheli zikwazile ukubuyisa iresiphi yenkukhu eyayigcwele ayibhalile.
“Ngiyakuthanda ukudla inqobo nje uma kunokunambitha. Ngiyakuzonda ukudla okungenaphunga. Imvamisa ngidla inyama yenkomo nesaladi ngesidlo sasemini, kepha kwesinye isikhathi ngiyakwazi ukuzidlela ibhulakufesi uma ngilambile ngempela. Ngihlala kude namakhekhe no-ayisikhilimu, yize ngibathanda kakhulu. Ngeqa ama-dessert, ngaphandle kokuthi ayizithelo. Angikuthandi ukunambitheka kwezimpahla ezibhakiwe. Ngisemncane bengimthanda, kodwa manje sengiyamzonda, ”kusho uMarilyn Monroe wodumo.