The delights of food

[gement]

Today I bought a bunch of produce. I usually only manage to shop about once a month (or less) and thus overbuy like crazy. I bought 11 bananas. (That's ridiculous. That's not even funny.*)

I'm going to try choosing non-meat entrees when I eat out for a while. My conspicuous consumption of meat bugs me ideologically, but going strictly vegetarian is the kind of effort I don't have. This is best demonstrated, paradoxically, by the fact that I'm never organized enough to cook meat at home. So if I skip it in restaurants as a matter of routine, I'll be nearly vegetarian by default without stressing over it.

I will still be inhaling*** dairy and eggs like some kind of small omnivorous vacuum cleaner. It would take something pretty dramatic to move me away from my dairy-centric lifestyle.


* This is a cultural reference that I learned second hand. I still, in all seriousness, usually consider the ridiculous to be funny.**

** I don't know why I felt the need to explain that.

*** Don't actually inhale dairy or egg products. It hurts like the dickens.

Comments

[gement.livejournal.com]

Owwww...

[grum]

Mwa-ha-h-OW!

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Take 1 banana, split lengthwise, sprinkle with sugar, apply blowtorch until it's carmelized. Bananas brulee: always a good way to get rid of excess bananaage.

[gement.livejournal.com]

You've given me excellent motivation to find out whether my housemate has a blowtorch.

This is actually not the question, the question is just where he keeps his blowtorch. He's a mechanic and seems to own every household tool on the planet. Also a former competitive biker. If you happen to be anywhere near me on your next visit to Seattle, I'll introduce you.

[gement.livejournal.com]

My sister saw this, asked the housemate, and by the time I got home a blowtorch was sitting next to the bananas.

[najalaise.livejournal.com]

I fail utterly to consume fresh bananas before they're too mooshy for my tastes, even if I only buy three or four, so what I do is peel them, break them into chunks, and freeze them. Then I can toss them into smoothies whenever I want, or cook with them if the whim strikes. (My smoothies are usually just frozen banana, milk, protein powder or powdered egg whites or a raw egg, vanilla, and nutmeg.)

[gement.livejournal.com]

Sensible!

I ate three bananas today. Between me and J, I think we'll be fine.

[littlemystories.livejournal.com]

You make me laugh so so so hard. That is all.

[tcepsa.livejournal.com]

Mmm, foooood...

For the record, I like my bananas with Nutella. I have not eaten this combination until I got sick, but I am sorely tempted to every time there is a sufficient quantity of each.

Also, thank you for the public service announcement. I am glad that I was not consuming milk as I read it as that would likely have resulted in my experiencing the opposite of what you are warning against, but which hurts an awful lot regardless.