Ross has a way with blenders. Ask his buddy John and other witnesses to this iconic event. Let’s begin by defining Pate’: a paste-like food, typically made from ground meat, often combined with fat, seasonings, and sometimes alcohol. Neither fat nor seasonings were added to this dish, though alcohol may have been involved.
Fresh, frozen, raw beaver castor
In preparation for bear baiting, Ross was to prepare the castor gland pate’, which is obtained from beaver, and provides an irresistible aroma to allure bears. Palley would lack patience on this fateful day, as his efforts to blend frozen castor glands took a nasty turn when he removed the handle of the lid to better visualize the contents. He proceeded to insert a stick in this opening to agitate the frozen glands and accelerate the process. However, he did not anticipate the literal backlash of his actions. As Ross turned on the blender to the highest puree’ setting, mind you, he was simultaneously bathed in castor gland pate’, much to his horror and that of the unfortunate onlookers. Dry heaves immediately ensued and another Ross memory was made.
In a desperate effort to rescue what valuable castor gland he could for his intended purpose, Gary grabbed a spatula from the kitchen and started scraping the pate’ from Ross’s face, much like that of a parent spooning the food off their child’s face, though in this case, no airplane maneuver was to be used.
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