A Process Doesn’t Need to Continue Because That’s How It’s Always Been Done

A cultural training lesson from grandma’s kitchen

Jim Farina
The Shortform
Published in
Jan 18, 2022

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A newly married couple sits in the kitchen as the wife prepares a ham. The woman slices off the ends of the ham.

“Why are you trimming it?” asks the husband. “That’s a waste of good ham!”

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