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Sometimes I get a little insecure about my tastes in food.
At age 46, I still like peanut butter. I buy 40 oz. jars of Jif Extra Crunchy and consume them in about two weeks. I eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I eat peanut butter sandwiches. I eat it with a spoon. I smear it on celery. If there's no bread, I'll smear it on a slice of cheese and eat it that way.
I like root beer. The department secretary keeps the fridge in the faculty lounge stocked with soft drinks. (We pay her $.50 a can.) At my request, she makes sure there are always a few cans of A&W in there. I think she smirks behind my back.
I like macaroni and cheese; it's one of my comfort foods. Stouffer's and Marie Callender make fish/mac & cheese dinners, and I buy one maybe once a month.
I get to feeling like one of the great unwashed when I think about these things.
But then I get to thinking something else. I've eaten and enjoyed escargot in Paris, rijstafel in Amsterdam, and bouillabaisse in Marseilles. I've had spaghetti carbonara in Rome, calamari in Venice, and truite almondine in Tours. I've eaten shortbread on the island of Mull. (I've also eaten poi on Oahu, but I didn't enjoy that.) I've made my own pad thai, frittata, and lasagna (with and without spinach). I make two kinds of quiche, and I've even baked my own bread, although not in quite a while. [NB: I'm not bragging; I'm strictly a by-the-book cook. The only virtues I can claim here are a willingness to try things and the ability to follow instructions.]
I still like peanut butter, and root beer, and mac & cheese; but I'm not so insecure about it after that.
At age 46, I still like peanut butter. I buy 40 oz. jars of Jif Extra Crunchy and consume them in about two weeks. I eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I eat peanut butter sandwiches. I eat it with a spoon. I smear it on celery. If there's no bread, I'll smear it on a slice of cheese and eat it that way.
I like root beer. The department secretary keeps the fridge in the faculty lounge stocked with soft drinks. (We pay her $.50 a can.) At my request, she makes sure there are always a few cans of A&W in there. I think she smirks behind my back.
I like macaroni and cheese; it's one of my comfort foods. Stouffer's and Marie Callender make fish/mac & cheese dinners, and I buy one maybe once a month.
I get to feeling like one of the great unwashed when I think about these things.
But then I get to thinking something else. I've eaten and enjoyed escargot in Paris, rijstafel in Amsterdam, and bouillabaisse in Marseilles. I've had spaghetti carbonara in Rome, calamari in Venice, and truite almondine in Tours. I've eaten shortbread on the island of Mull. (I've also eaten poi on Oahu, but I didn't enjoy that.) I've made my own pad thai, frittata, and lasagna (with and without spinach). I make two kinds of quiche, and I've even baked my own bread, although not in quite a while. [NB: I'm not bragging; I'm strictly a by-the-book cook. The only virtues I can claim here are a willingness to try things and the ability to follow instructions.]
I still like peanut butter, and root beer, and mac & cheese; but I'm not so insecure about it after that.
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Date: 2004-11-11 12:26 am (UTC)I also love grilled cheese with tomato soup.
I suppose I'm a simple child, but why waste money on fancy foods when the simple ones taste so much better?
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Date: 2004-11-11 12:42 am (UTC)Mmm, yes. (Drat, now I've got to go to the store ASAP.)
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Date: 2004-11-11 12:57 am (UTC)I'm not going to think about how many Weight Watchers points that would be...
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Date: 2004-11-11 01:13 am (UTC)Snort! Like you have to defend the American Way, or something (g)!
Although I have a wide-ish variety of things I *will* eat, I end up eating the same things every lunch and breakfast. Every day. Before, it was cereal for breakfast and yoghurt plus apple for lunch. Since my stomach went wonky several years ago, I changed to a half bagel for breakfast with cream cheese and a half bagel for lunch with either hummus or pieces of either pepper jack cheese or dill Havarti. Other people find that strange, but it comforts me, and it's all I can eat at a time. In fact, I'm going to go make one for dinner, now that I think of it.
Fish and fish-related things are right out, though.
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Date: 2004-11-11 01:21 am (UTC)