As much as I love food, and I DO love food, there are some culinary treats that will never EVER touch my tongue again. I'm sure most of us have had FOOD NIGHTMARES in our lives. Below are a few of mine. Beware. You may never look at certain foods the same way again...some foods are definately NOT good for you...
When I was about 5 years-old my Mom and I had a full blown Mexican standoff at the dinner table. Her weapon of choice was MEATLOAF with RED SAUCE. All I had was sheer inner-will NOT to eat the loaf of death. I vaguely remember her making threats that would bring a normal 5 year-old to her knees. I wasn't caving in. A life of no TV and no playground visits meant nothing. To consume that dreaded loaf with the blood-like RED SAUCE would be a fate far worse than death. I tried every trick in the book. I attempted to fake her out by taking a bite of meatloaf and ever so slyly spitting it into my napkin. She quickly caught on to that. For awhile I got away with stuffing my mouth with the meatloaf and after excusing myself, I would spit the rancid dish into the toilet and out of my life. A little more than halfway through my dinner she wised up to that trick as well. There were tears-hers. I sat stoney cold in my resolve NOT to eat that crap! After two hours or so (and after I actually nodded off, landing face first in the cold deathloaf) I WON!!!!!! I haven't eaten meatloaf with red sauce ever again. My mom only made meatloaf with brown gravy from that day on. I had no problem with the brown gravy. Fast forward about 17 years. I went to lunch at a restuarant. I thought I would have the meatloaf special that day. Of course when my lunch arrived it was drowning in RED SAUCE...I literally burst into tears and demanded a different meal!
Please share any food nightmares that you have!
More HORRORS to come...
4 comments:
Have no food nightmares now, but thanks for the well wishes on our new daugther. Hopefully, we'll spare her the horrors. As for what's going in your life, all we can do is hope things are getting better. Both of us are doctors, so the full meaning of sarcoidosis is certainly impactful to us. Hope things are on the upswing.
hmmm food nightmares. I've always been afraid of bitter gout!!! but my mom loves it. sigh. it's a chinese dish that she always cooked and sometimes forced me to eat. hehehe.
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My boss recently stopped by my apartment, grabbed a roma tomato off my table, and ate it like an apple. He doesn't have all his teeth, he got half of it stuck in his mustache, and he slurped loudly with every bite. I shall never eat a tomato again.
Thanks to everyone for the comments! I will be visiting and re-visiting all of your blogs soon.
Valerene: I don't know what "bitter gout" is but it doesn't sound very tasty at all. Gout is also a pretty nasty medical condition as well.
dll city: That's a long name you got there.
Susan and Ray: Please try to keep your beautiful little baby safe from food nightmares. They're everywhere.
Sarah: You always have the best stories. Yuck! Why doesn't your boss buy some teeth??? Gross...
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