A RANGE of Appetites!

 

For many people, a RANGE is a region within an ecosystem--such as mountains, surveyed land areas, animal grazing or hunting grounds, or the natural habitat of a certain kind of plant or animal.

 

The word RANGE implies movement within certain defined areas: A driving RANGE for golfers, a shooting RANGE for target practice, or someone who has a vast RANGE of knowledge within a particular field of study.

 

 A RANGE is often thought of in terms of distance measured between two extremes.

 

For folks who spend a great portion of their time in the kitchen, a RANGE is the device used to prepare a hot breakfast, a warm lunch, a steamed dinner entrée, or a yummy baked dessert . . .

 

While a pot of water heats on the RANGE, the cook is slicing veggies into crisp, bite sized pieces, measuring portions, tossing in extra seasonings, a cup of kidney beans, a small box of pasta. Stirring, blending, adding a pinch more salt, a tablespoon of flour, a hot-as-hell jalapeno pepper, a jar of organic tomato sauce. The temperature is turned to medium-low. The timer is set for thirty minutes.

 

Cold, bland, ordinary individual food items commingle together in their new ecosystem--a large pot of gently simmering water. Magic happens! A hot, spicy pot of mouthwatering CHILI awaits us on the RANGE!

 

Dinner is served!

 

'Home, home, by the RANGE!

With a beer, where the cantaloupe lay!

Where salad is tossed without words from the boss,

And dinner is served every day!"