Changing Tastes

Remember when I wrote about my maturing taste buds? I think I'm just starting to realize how much they have changed and sometimes I mourn a little for not wanting to stuff my face silly like a kid anymore. When Mr. Stinky and I go grocery shopping we joke about how the conveyer belt is filled with fruits, vegetables, non-white bread and other foods that are "good for you". How boring. Our meats are all raw or flash frozen in their natural states, as breaded fish sticks and gooey chicken wings aren't even on our radar anymore. How boring indeed.

I used to beg my mom for yummy foods like chips, pop and cereal with sugar contents so high I could've really just dumped white sugar into a bowl of milk for the same effects (which by the way I used to do coz I thought milk tasted super bland and that sugar slurry at the bottom totally made the rest of my day!). She said no most of the time because "they're not good for you" but my young, undeveloped mind rebutted with the logic that 'if it wasn't good for me why do they make it taste so friggin' good'? Apparently adults don't think on the same wave lengths as kids and asides from Hallowe'en I rarely got to stuff myself full of crap. We got cookies, though... from the Dad's cookie factory. Bags and bags of it. Truckloads, actually. But they had to be oatmeal and unchewy, which when you're really craving Chips Ahoy or Oreo just doesn't cut it. These extra dry, crunchy snacks had the ability to suck the moisture out from your insides. You really can't drink enough water to keep up with those suckers and I've grown up with a healthy aversion to oatmeal cookies from that childhood trauma.

I have to appreciate my mom for looking out for me now. Now that I buy my own groceries or snacks it's so healthy it's laughable but at least I know the processed and artificial ingredients won't cause my butt to leak uncontrollably afterwards. Ingredient and nutrition labels are examined, not just the price anymore. Toaster strudels are currently on sale at my local supermarket, I was really tempted to buy some but after a moment's reflection I decided to bypass them because they are so greasy and loaded with sugar. I water my juice down to 50-50 or 60-40, I don't like candy, I don't like chocolate, I like ice cream once in awhile (not the ones with all kinds of candy chunks and such.. they look like frozen barf to me), bacon is a once a year thing when we go camping, not really a cookie and chips fan... a yummy snack to me now is fruits (!) and cheese. Ho-hum!

And yet I crave odd foods once in awhile. I've had dinners consisting solely of red wine and cheesy puffs when Mr. Stinky isn't home so sometimes I do revert to being a kid again, eating weird stuff and calling it a meal. Shout out to Wolf Blass, Yellow Label Cabernet Sauvignon. Goes with everything baby, go get some.