High School Funny Memories - Bening Especial

One of the most favourite foods of the seminarians was the “Bening” especial. This menu was served during breakfast. There was a story about this food which makes it really special. It happened a long time ago when a seminarian saw the event on which the cook, Mr. Bening, was cooking the said food.

It was dawn and the fog was all over the seminary’s kitchen, when the cook Mr. Bening was cooking the menu for breakfast. He just woke up earlier, and of course, as expected, he didn’t wash his face and other parts of his body. The sweat of his body was falling into the grilled pork he was mixing. His nails were dirty and still he was using it to mix the grilled food. He was kind of sick that time and all the dirt were mixing in the food without him noticing it.

I do not know if this was true but a seminarian could testify that the said event was true. He said he saw everything. Then that day, this story spread. No one eat the grilled food that was served that breakfast. Knowing it was dirty as the story was told, you would not have the appetite to eat the said food. The kitchen personnel complain why there was so many left over and why no one had eaten the menu for breakfast. But no one told the story of what had happened earlier when a seminarian saw how it was cooked by Mr. Bening. That time on, when this kind of menu was served, no one would give a damn on eating it. Instead, seminarians would cook pancit canton or eat canned goods for breakfast.

In my years in the seminary, I wonder why this story is told to the freshmen. Maybe they are the only ones who do not know about how the food was served? Or maybe there was a secret behind the story? How about in your time, were you informed by the same story about the food? Or the food no longer exist because of so many left over, this menu was no longer served? Funny thing. . .

In my experience, I can say that there is a secret behind the story. It was when I saw Mr. Pading eating all the unused food. I was a freshman then. He was in the side of the canteen where no one can see him. Then I asked, was this story told for the benefit of the higher years? So that the freshmen could buy canned goods or any other food that the seniors may asked of them? Or maybe they can eat the food alone?

One look, and knowing the story, you may say that the food was yucky. . .but if you will taste it, you can say it is yummy! Well, your choice. Ha, ha!