Like a holiday scene from Rock's childhood, there were ten or more festive people in his maternal grandmother's kitchen in Nashville, Arkansas. Among them were several newcomers, including Rock's friend Erin, who walked in with her arms around two brown paper sacks stuffed with groceries.
Rock looked through one after she placed them on a counter near the oven and was surprised to find a box of Rice-A-Roni.
"Rice-A-Roni?" he said. "What, is this part of the holiday tradition for Chris' family?"
"It is," Erin said. "He really likes it."
She agreed to let Rock help with the preparation, and he was pleased to see ways in which she had doctored the ingredients. Erin told him when to add the piles of shredded carrots and diced celery and onions as a large pot of water came to a boil.
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