Several friends joining Weight Watchers here and in the blogosphere got me thinking of food and how I love it so (here’s another sign of age: these women are signing up AFTER SUMMER ENDS! In the old days, when I was young, you’d do this BEFORE SUMMER…..).
But, food isn’t just food, or calories, empty or full. It’s not something to hate, to avoid, to ration, to carefully measure and weigh. It’s the whole experience, the whole enchilada (!) — where you were, who you were with, who made it, who brought it, who fed it to you, and what chapter you were living as part of your life story. Maybe the food was experimental or new, or the event during which you ate regular food was an exciting first. Either way, here are some tasty tidbits that still make me say “ohhhh, yeah, that WAS good….” (I don’t think many are technically on the Weight Watchers’ list):
-cold peppermint patties chilled in patches of snow on top of a little mountain I hiked up in CA
-smoked salmon, fresh out of the smoker in Juneau, Alaska
-warm chocolate souffle in San Fran near Grace Cathedral
-mussels in Rome
-migas in Austin, anyday at Trudy’s
-swirl sangria margaritas in Austin, anywhere, during law school
-mango in Kauai
-DH’s fresh fried Alaskan halibut here
-first dish of Jello after my C-section at Swedish Hospital, Seattle
-Marco’s pizza in Dallas during my teen years
-fried calamari with spicy dipping oil at Betelnut in San Fran
Ahhhhh, my tongue tingles just reading it, and I’m sure I’ve forgotten some other greats. I think we need good relationships in our lives, nourishing, healthy ones, maybe sometimes, even beer-battered and fried ones.
Do you have any tasty memories?
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Fresh lobster in the Virgin Islands on my honeymoon. Yum!
Fried oreo cookies at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.
The chocolate souffle at Lutece in NY
Babos 7 course pasta dinner in NY (same trip)
Earl’s Copper River salmon at neighbors house
My first chocolate parfett from Mora on BI
Anything at The French Laundry in Yountville, CA…
Fresh swordfish in Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Spicy Cajun gumbo in New Orleans
The best mint julep EVER in Lexington, Kentucky
oh, man, those all make my mouth water!!
Ahaaaaaa!!! DH’s halibut, king crab legs etc etc etc
Let’s go to Europe: the heavenly peach Bellini in Portofino. (Have never found one to match it…. wondering if that may have something to do with the fabulous surroundings in that French town!)
You don’t need Weight Watchers. You need some inner strength.
That said … mahi mahi tacos.
I do miss DH’s Halibut!
Ok some of mine:
- Fresh, thick cut, Chu-Toro.
- Oven baked nachos with the works.
- Dark (80%) Chocolate from the fridge.
- Battered and deep fried Mahi Mahi with malt vinegar.
- Fresh Poke from the big Safeway outside of Kona.