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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
I recognized a familiar scrinch on the face of the first little boy down the buffet line. It was the same look my children put on when confronted by spinach souffle, stewed tomatoes, fried squid and anything that included zucchini.
“What’s in those?” he asked, gingerly prodding the egg rolls that were part of the international dinner put on by Rappahannock volunteers at the 4-H Center last Tuesday night.
“Shrimp, celery — all kinds of good stuff. ” There was no mention of the bean sprouts, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and other exotics traditionally viewed with suspicion by pint-sized diners.
“Uh uh,” he pronounced, shaking his head and moving on to the only thing he kind of recognized at the buffet tables - bratwurst, the German forbearer of the hotdog.
“Uh uh,” chorused the volunteer servers, looking ahead to the same response from 84 other children. But the apprehension was unwarranted. One kid tried a bite of burrito; another tasted tabouli. They signaled “good stuff” in the clearest language possible, by going back for more. Like Mikey’s brothers in the cereal commercial, their peers watched. And an hour later, six or seven lonely bratwurst were all that remained on a line of tables that had been overflowing with food.
Rappahannock’s first special project at Special Love’s Camp Fantastic was a success.
This had been a case of too many cooks only making the broth better. The idea of doing something for these special campers — young people ages six to 18 who are battling cancer — won wholehearted support from' everyone. The list of helpers,
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