2 posts tagged “food”
If you came with a warning label, what would it say?
Submitted by chris.
"Please do not feed me."
Between being pre-diabetic and having several food intolerances - the worst of which is fructose intolerance - I've got a pretty restricted diet. Normally this doesn't bother me a bit, but this time of year is so food-oriented that it gets to be a bit of a pain having to explain to people why really I can't take "just one" of their yummy homemade cookies.
Broccoli! Brussels sprouts! Cauliflower! Salad greens! In fact, most vegetables.
When I was a kid, vegetables tended to show up in their 1950s incarnations - overcooked, mushy, and usually covered in something gloppy and/or creamy.
At some point I discovered that, eaten raw and now drowned in some sort of man-made convenience food sludge, a number of vegetables were actually edible. Then I discovered that when lightly roasted in the oven, or stir-fried, many of these same vegetables were pretty darned tasty.
It wasn't the vegetables that I disliked - it was the preparation. And Brussels sprouts, I adore you, truly I do - our time together each year is always way too short. I only wish we had found our love sooner!
