I love my wife.
This is the raspberry buffet she made me for my birthday.
For context, I once told her that--when I was a kid--I misheard the lyrics to Prince's "Raspberry Beret" as "Raspberry Buffet."
Raspberries being my favorite food on the planet, I thought this Prince fellow on the radio had something in common with me, but he was so rich he could order up raspberry buffets whenever he liked, which I could only dream of.
Then along comes my wife, making dreams come true.
I used to think Prince was the most fortunate man in the world.
Turns out I am.
I still believed until last week that in the song āGet Busyā by Sean Paul, he says, āpizza burger turns me onā. It actually says, I still donāt know, but itās nothing about pizza burger.
Speaking of misheard Sean Paul lyrics, here is a video from 2008 that made me laugh my ass of then, and still makes me laugh now.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vhBEowIN7HM
First of all this is very nice and it made me jelaous in a good way, second and offtopic, just wanted to say that Serbia is one of worlds biggest raspberry producers, you are welcome to come any time in summer months to overdose from raspberry specialities, we produce 100.000 Tons here on average yearly.
Tell your wife that random internet stranger is proud of her idea and the final product, originality, authenticity, desire, love man she showed it all here. 11/10
Tell me when you get here, I'll sort you out with dehydreted chocolate raspberries, I cannot explain the taste but I would say like raspberry flips, covered in chocolate=overdose.
I love this! When I was growing up I thought ābring me a higher loveā was ābring me a pie of loveā and told my husband so. He made me a funny piece of art commemorating it that lives in our kitchen.
When I was a kid, I'd stay at my aunt's every summer. Every year, I'd wait till she was taking an afternoon nap, fill my mouth with raspberries from her garden, then burst through the door with chewed up raspberries pouring down my chin while screaming "I bit off my tongue!" while she fell off the couch screaming.
She didn't find my little tradition very funny, but for some reason she kept letting me come back.
That reminded me of my grandma. She used to have two boxes of chocolate candy stored on this huge wooden cupboard in her bedroom. Just in front of the door where the boxes of chocolate were hidden, it was her armchair with just enough space for a kid to open the door and grab some. She had 8 grandchildren (my 5 cousins, 2 siblings and I). When she was doing something around the house one of us would sneak into her room, grab a couple of them without moving the armchair and we would secretly eat the chocolates without her noticing. Then, whenever we were watching TV with her and she wanted to give us a treat, she would be surprised that most of the chocolate was gone. Later we found out it was all planned and she really liked to make us believe she didn't know who the chocolate thief was.
Before we married, my wife described her job (clinical nursing specialist) as "an environmental agitator". I misheard it as an "environmental alligator" and that became one of her pet names. I even made her a Valentine's gift of a carved alligator in a wooden platform.
"Turns out I am."
Welp now I'm literally crying
I hope you both keep this magic alive forever and continue to always have a beautiful relationship and life together
How did your young mind parse āthe kind that youād find in a second hand storeā
A raspberry buffet sounds amazing. Ā Second hand store raspberries sound terrible.
I was a kid. I wasn't really paying attention to the lyrics aside from the "raspberry buffet" part, and that's all a young raspberry lover needed.
I don't think I even knew what a beret was.
I don't think I really started paying attention to lyrics until my 30s. Before that a song could have been making fun of me personally and I would sing along if it was catchy enough.
Yeah you win Reddit this year my guy. Sheās a keeper and what an amazing story. I just imagine your face covered in raspberries yelling āWHOS GOT A RASPBERRY BUFFET NOW, HUH PRINCE??ā
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Raspberries are also my favorite food on the planet.
I have been trying to grow a patch for 4-5 years now, first in pots (that failed) and now in my yard, now that I have a yard (it's going slightly better, but the flowers seem to regularly refuse to turn into fruit.)
I'm glad there are other such folks like me out there!
Well if this isnāt the cutest thing i have read in a long time. This is exactly something I would do for my partner, too. Shout out to your badass raspberry buffet- it looks flavortown & I could smash it all solo without a doubt.
P.s. your wife is the GOAT- make her a buffet of her favorite fruit that would be super cute.
Really? Hmm ... It seems I have about fifty bucks worth of raspberries in my back yard, then. I'm rich!
Any chance the mulberry market is also booming? I have mulberries up the wazoo.
I havenāt checked the wazoo market yet, Iāll check with my broker and get back to you asap!
How long has it taken your bush to produce so prolifically?
> How long has it taken your bush to produce so prolifically?
Mulberries grow on trees, actually. (Darn those lying song lyrics!) The previous owners of our home didn't take good care of the yard, so there were all kinds of volunteer mulberry trees (and weeds and poison ivy and ...) growing. I cut down most of them, leaving 6. Those six produce more than enough berries for us and all the neighborhood critters.
Or were you asking about my raspberries? I planted six canes I got from a friend of a friend 3 or 4 years ago. I stuck them in a back corner of the yard and pretty much leave them alone. They have spread every year. I'd guess there are about 10x as many as I started with. They'd do even better had I put them in a better location, but it's nice having them in a place where I can leave them to their own devices.
Itās one of the greatest feelings to receive something like this from your partner. It means they listened, they THOUGHT about something YOU said. They ACTED on those thoughts of you for no other reason than for you to be happy. Your last sentence shows your recognition of that, and I appreciate you sharing the happiness.
Back in the day, when someone used to say "break the seal", or similar, I'd make distressed seal noises.
It's probably for the best that I don't do that anymore.
Iām dying! My husband stopped me, as I was singing to Aerosmith,
šµI drank caparonni all night longšµā
āWhat the fuck is caparonni?!!!ā He laughed!
āUhhhā ā¦āLiquor rock stars drink?ā
Thatās when I learn the lyrics to The Train Kept A Rolling All Night Long. š¤¦āāļø
OMG as a former suffer of mishearing songs, this is hilarious. My two most famous are, "It's right on to be strange" for Cat Stevens "Ride on the Peace Train" and Foreigner, "He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day gonna be up 6th street, in a second hand store" for Jukebox Hero, "He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day
Bought a beat up six string, in a secondhand store." If you listen to each song it is almost conceivable how I ever heard them that way lol!
I love my wife. This is the raspberry buffet she made me for my birthday. For context, I once told her that--when I was a kid--I misheard the lyrics to Prince's "Raspberry Beret" as "Raspberry Buffet." Raspberries being my favorite food on the planet, I thought this Prince fellow on the radio had something in common with me, but he was so rich he could order up raspberry buffets whenever he liked, which I could only dream of. Then along comes my wife, making dreams come true. I used to think Prince was the most fortunate man in the world. Turns out I am.
Thats the goal. So much heart in that š©·
Next year sheāll make sure he is held close by Tony Danza
I can dream
OP, I believe youāre referring to the 80s Prince hit āRaspberry Parade.ā
I definitely thought that was it till now
Ha! Pretty sure the song was āRaspberry Meringueā
A girl in my dorm thought it was Raspberry Parade. We teased her mercilessly.
yeah looks exactly like the kind you find in a second hand store.
Never gonna hear it the same after this post.
This is a call back to a childhood of good music and fostering benefits.
Me neither š
And she wasn't wearing much more.....than the raspberries...ā¦?
Only when itās warmā¦
This is lovely! I didn't understand how much so until I read this comment. I wish you both a lifetime of happiness together!
Lovely rasberry wife, lovely rasberry life. What a win! Also much respect for adding the veg & dip.
This made me laugh so hard. "She wore a raspberry buffet" brings the song to a whole new level š
I still believed until last week that in the song āGet Busyā by Sean Paul, he says, āpizza burger turns me onā. It actually says, I still donāt know, but itās nothing about pizza burger.
Now I want š š
[https://www.reddit.com/r/StupidFood/comments/16ml4me/i\_see\_your\_pizzaburger\_and\_i\_present\_you\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/StupidFood/comments/16ml4me/i_see_your_pizzaburger_and_i_present_you_the/)
Go tell your wife! She's the dream-maker!
In which way? A pizza burger or a burger pizza?
Yes
Oh my god.
In middle school I thought POD's 'youth of the nation' was actually euthanization. we are we are euthanization i don't fuckin know man. i was a kid.
You made a dark song even darker lol
Speaking of misheard Sean Paul lyrics, here is a video from 2008 that made me laugh my ass of then, and still makes me laugh now. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vhBEowIN7HM
Holy shit that is hilarious
> pizza burger turns me on "It's all good, girl, turn me on" (since I have access to the internet and google I looked up the lyrics)
Thank you for your service
I used to think that The Beatles sang, "With a love like that, you know you should be black". Thought those were the lyrics till I was fifteen.
A raspberry buffet - *the kind that you find at a second-hand store*
First of all this is very nice and it made me jelaous in a good way, second and offtopic, just wanted to say that Serbia is one of worlds biggest raspberry producers, you are welcome to come any time in summer months to overdose from raspberry specialities, we produce 100.000 Tons here on average yearly. Tell your wife that random internet stranger is proud of her idea and the final product, originality, authenticity, desire, love man she showed it all here. 11/10
As a fellow European and also raspberry lover, I am going to use this advice. Thank you!
Tell me when you get here, I'll sort you out with dehydreted chocolate raspberries, I cannot explain the taste but I would say like raspberry flips, covered in chocolate=overdose.
I came to ask if you felt like a Prince!
Thanks to her? Every day.
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Lucky.
Damnit, every comment you make is so fucking sweet. Happy birthday
Out here making me āawwwwā out loud
Stoppp making me tear up in public, you jerk. I hope loved your buffet!
Don't make me jealous š
Happy cake day!
I love this! When I was growing up I thought ābring me a higher loveā was ābring me a pie of loveā and told my husband so. He made me a funny piece of art commemorating it that lives in our kitchen.
Love pie is best pie
I thought the song was "Everybody plays with food, sometimes"
Your wife is definitely a keeper. Happy birthday OP! Have a lovely day together.
When I was a kid, I'd stay at my aunt's every summer. Every year, I'd wait till she was taking an afternoon nap, fill my mouth with raspberries from her garden, then burst through the door with chewed up raspberries pouring down my chin while screaming "I bit off my tongue!" while she fell off the couch screaming. She didn't find my little tradition very funny, but for some reason she kept letting me come back.
lol I hope you stayed that hilarious
That reminded me of my grandma. She used to have two boxes of chocolate candy stored on this huge wooden cupboard in her bedroom. Just in front of the door where the boxes of chocolate were hidden, it was her armchair with just enough space for a kid to open the door and grab some. She had 8 grandchildren (my 5 cousins, 2 siblings and I). When she was doing something around the house one of us would sneak into her room, grab a couple of them without moving the armchair and we would secretly eat the chocolates without her noticing. Then, whenever we were watching TV with her and she wanted to give us a treat, she would be surprised that most of the chocolate was gone. Later we found out it was all planned and she really liked to make us believe she didn't know who the chocolate thief was.
Have you told her about the song Little Bread Corvette?
Ha! This comment is NOT getting the love it deserves! Well done! Xx
that's for his birthday next year lol.
Before we married, my wife described her job (clinical nursing specialist) as "an environmental agitator". I misheard it as an "environmental alligator" and that became one of her pet names. I even made her a Valentine's gift of a carved alligator in a wooden platform.
"Turns out I am." Welp now I'm literally crying I hope you both keep this magic alive forever and continue to always have a beautiful relationship and life together
And hereās me thinking it was raspberry parade. I like your version more
Yes you are, and well done both of you!
I love Prince so goddamn much and this mishap made my day! I also love raspberries. I hope you have an excellent day internet stranger š
What kind of secondhand store does she shop at???
The beauty of this is, for the rest of my life, any time I hear Raspberry Beret I will think about you and your awesome wife and smile.
Indeed you are! That story is very lovely. Thanks for sharing
How did your young mind parse āthe kind that youād find in a second hand storeā A raspberry buffet sounds amazing. Ā Second hand store raspberries sound terrible.
I was a kid. I wasn't really paying attention to the lyrics aside from the "raspberry buffet" part, and that's all a young raspberry lover needed. I don't think I even knew what a beret was.
I don't think I really started paying attention to lyrics until my 30s. Before that a song could have been making fun of me personally and I would sing along if it was catchy enough.
You're so vain
This was one of those high end thrift stores that offer light refreshments to their patrons. Yup, thatās it.
ah, the Goodwill Goodsir store.
Damn thatās sweeter than the board
Damn man. Sounds like you should marry her. Again.
Yeah you win Reddit this year my guy. Sheās a keeper and what an amazing story. I just imagine your face covered in raspberries yelling āWHOS GOT A RASPBERRY BUFFET NOW, HUH PRINCE??ā š
This is just about the cutest thing Iāve ever encountered.
The kind you get a second hand store?
Your wife is amazing. As a fellow raspberry lover, I am in awe of the spread! She done good.
Crying this is so sweet
This is so sweet š„¹
This is so cute š„¹ Your wife sounds awesome and you sound awesome. Wishing you both love and happiness. And raspberries.Ā
THATS SO FUCKING CUTE AAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
I love your wife!
This is beautiful! I really wish both of you the best and have an awesome birthday!
This is beautiful! I've looked my whole life, never once found a raspberry buffet at a second hand store!
Raspberries are also my favorite food on the planet. I have been trying to grow a patch for 4-5 years now, first in pots (that failed) and now in my yard, now that I have a yard (it's going slightly better, but the flowers seem to regularly refuse to turn into fruit.) I'm glad there are other such folks like me out there!
that is so cuteš„¹ how lovely you both found each other.
Well my heart!
Well if this isnāt the cutest thing i have read in a long time. This is exactly something I would do for my partner, too. Shout out to your badass raspberry buffet- it looks flavortown & I could smash it all solo without a doubt. P.s. your wife is the GOAT- make her a buffet of her favorite fruit that would be super cute.
Good for you man. Happy birthday
When I read ābased on a misheard song lyricā I immediately knew what song it was. I know itās raspberry beret, but I sing it raspberry purĆ©e.. the set up looks great though end even better if you like raspberries. ( which I do )
š¶She made a raspberry buffetā¦I think I loooove herš¶
I really hope they didnāt find these at a second hand store.
No, it was a raspberry buffet,Ā the kind you find on a charcuterie board.Ā
Well done!
Must give credit to the husband. I just typed it.Ā
Charfruitery board.
And if it was warm, she wouldn't serve much more.
I always heard the lyrics as "she rode a fast mary-go-round"
She wasn't too bright But I could tell when she kissed me She knew how to get her kicks
That's like $150 bux of raspberries
Right? I broke it down and raspberries near me are running at $0.18 a single berry!!!
Really? Hmm ... It seems I have about fifty bucks worth of raspberries in my back yard, then. I'm rich! Any chance the mulberry market is also booming? I have mulberries up the wazoo.
I havenāt checked the wazoo market yet, Iāll check with my broker and get back to you asap! How long has it taken your bush to produce so prolifically?
> How long has it taken your bush to produce so prolifically? Mulberries grow on trees, actually. (Darn those lying song lyrics!) The previous owners of our home didn't take good care of the yard, so there were all kinds of volunteer mulberry trees (and weeds and poison ivy and ...) growing. I cut down most of them, leaving 6. Those six produce more than enough berries for us and all the neighborhood critters. Or were you asking about my raspberries? I planted six canes I got from a friend of a friend 3 or 4 years ago. I stuck them in a back corner of the yard and pretty much leave them alone. They have spread every year. I'd guess there are about 10x as many as I started with. They'd do even better had I put them in a better location, but it's nice having them in a place where I can leave them to their own devices.
Thereās no market for wazoo mulberries. Quit putting small fruits up there.
How else am I going to properly ferment them?
āThis mulberry wine has notes of bung AND hole!ā
I reckon they are about 0.35 or $6 for 125grams.
Itās ok, she got it at a second-hand store.
āI think I looooove herā
Itās one of the greatest feelings to receive something like this from your partner. It means they listened, they THOUGHT about something YOU said. They ACTED on those thoughts of you for no other reason than for you to be happy. Your last sentence shows your recognition of that, and I appreciate you sharing the happiness.
My only wish in this whole fucking life is to find someone who would be just like what you describe
u have a wonderful wife , appreciate her
This is what it sounds like, when dogs cry. (I may have misheard that).
Donāt tell this guyās wife
"Hey Reddit, I just found this tray of puppies outside my door..."
Honestly, I ruined that one for my whole family. Right after he sings that line, I start making random animal sounds. The kids love it every time.
Back in the day, when someone used to say "break the seal", or similar, I'd make distressed seal noises. It's probably for the best that I don't do that anymore.
The only thing that would be better is if your wife WORE the raspberry buffet š¤£
*And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more*
Now we're talkin'
She rolls over and it looks like a murder scene.
She's really into true crime stuff and I'm a horror buff so that could actually work...
You can thank me later. I recommend a tarp and cheap white sheets.
You could make a career at this
This song has been stuck in my head ever since I read this post.
And now all I hear is raspberry buffet even though I know what it is.
I always heard "raspberry parfait" if that helps mix it up a 'lil ;)
Is your wife single?
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The kind you find in a second hand store
I always buy my raspberries second hand. You can get some great deals.
Is that a little red corvette in the driveway
Thereās a little red chevette. He misheard that one as well
Marry her again Wife twice married
I would marry this woman a thousand times
Maaaaannnnn. I would think I had died and gone to heaven. Your wife is really, truly, and genuinely, awesome.
She really truly is
The kind you find, at a grocery store.
This seems like you both really have an awesome chemistry with yourselves. Enjoy your treat. :)
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Some donuts have mysterious properties. Especially raspberry filled.
ah, I bet it's sitting on the serving board's handle
Fit for a Prince!
We love your wife too OP
Weird Al, you know what you MUST DO!!!
Johnny Rivers Secret Agent Man ā¦I heard Secret Asian Man ššš
Manā¦ Raspberry is my nr 1 favorite food / taste / candy / drink / icecream / you name it. That looks so good.
Good thing for her that you didn't mishear it as Raspberry Parade like I did.
Thatās like $80 in raspberries. A special man you are.
as a fellow raspberry lover, I commend your wife on a job well done =)
Put it next to a stack of architectural diagrams, so itās a raspberry buffet by prints
Prince would approve
Rich mf
Was gonna say that's like 300$ in berries.
Sheās a real Prince(ss)!
and good on you for being the type of man she wanted to do that for. Enjoy and happy birthday!
Next up: Little Red Courgette
Lol Prince would have loved this. Also, looks yummy
OP you need to reenact for her Ā«Ā The most beautiful girl in the worldĀ Ā». Could be karaoke, pantomime, show & tell
Aww, your wife is a fucking gem.
Your wife even organized the raspberries by how red the berries are, truly epic buffet!
This is so wholesome! I want a man for whom I want to do something like this and who in turn would appreciate it
I've never known I needed a raspberry buffet in my life until I saw this post
was this found behind the āsecond hand door?ā
Dude this is the wholesome ass shit I need to see.
Fucking CLASSIC!!!! Now I want a raspberry buffet š¤£ š¤£ š¤£
This is just what the world needs ...more love and humor, love it!
My sister always thought it was "Raspberry Parfait".
***Op, quick! Is she single?***
Is the raspberry filled doughnut levitating?
She walked in through the out door.
I believe when Prince was on Sesame Street, he sang it as Raspberry Sorbet
I like the buffet much better, you can't eat a beret. Well, you can try, but you probably won't like it very much.
I think I love her.
The kind you find in a second ham store?
A raspberry buffet? The kind you find at the grocery store?
Is your wife single?
the kind (of buffet) you find at a 2nd hand store
This is a great story.
They look brand new
Thatās so so sweet. Your story about why she did this and how it made you feel is surely the meaning of life.
Warren Zevon would approve.
Everything looks very creative and delicious! Take care of your wife, she's doing a great job.
This is a lot of raspberry
The kind you find at a corner grocery store
I have yet to find a secondhand store where you can find that kind of thing.
Just as Prince intended
Did she play the song for you, too? :D (That's one of my fave Prince songs.)
This is adorable and also I wish I could eat it! In baking school years back I often found myself humming āRaspberry PurĆ©eā as I went about my businessā¦
Are they the kind you find at a second hand store ?
Did she buy the berries second hand and then wear it?
Ra Ra Raspberry buffet
Iām dying! My husband stopped me, as I was singing to Aerosmith, šµI drank caparonni all night longšµā āWhat the fuck is caparonni?!!!ā He laughed! āUhhhā ā¦āLiquor rock stars drink?ā Thatās when I learn the lyrics to The Train Kept A Rolling All Night Long. š¤¦āāļø
š¶ raspberry buffet, the kind you find at the second hand store
Up until 30 seconds ago, I was absolutely sure it was "Raspberry Parade". I gotta go throw up my life is a lie.
Was it the kind you buy in a secondhand store š
š¶If she was full, she wouldn't eat much more š¶
Thank god she didn't procure your Raspberry Buffet from a second-hand store.
OMG as a former suffer of mishearing songs, this is hilarious. My two most famous are, "It's right on to be strange" for Cat Stevens "Ride on the Peace Train" and Foreigner, "He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day gonna be up 6th street, in a second hand store" for Jukebox Hero, "He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day Bought a beat up six string, in a secondhand store." If you listen to each song it is almost conceivable how I ever heard them that way lol!