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Date: 02 October 2007 23:26:23
A really random one...
I established a while ago that I get ratty and worse when in need of food. Some people call it low blood sugar, I don't really mind what it's called, I know how it works. The thing about it is how it feels: when I've not eaten properly or for too long a while, I feel depressed. If I don't do something about it I get cranky and more depressed. Once I've eaten I eventually calm down & begin to feel better and regain my ability to think.
Now for a few tricks!
I'm what the French call 'gourmande'
Très gourmande!!
Which means that I don't simply have a sweet tooth or enjoy eating generally, rather I love food and really enjoy eating nice things of any kind.
Tip: find good yummy food.
Tip: find & plan yummy recipies.
I'm a finiquety so n' so.
Which works out in the fact I like my food to be good quality, top of the range, organic, fairly traded, people & animal & environment friendly, chemical free, unprocessed, from as close to where I live as possible, grown & processed with care & attention... and probably much more yet.
Tip: plan shopping so as to get the best for an amount of money that won't cripple my bank account & don't binge on those nice things (Not that I would: I got over that by eating too much chocolate at Christmas when I was 12 & getting very very ill)
Tip: learn what to compromise on & what just has to be the bestest yumminess.
Tip: find recipies that make the best of the expensive things so as to not bet wasteful.
I'm a social cook & eat best in company.
Which means: I cook for others much more & easier than I do for myself, I enjoy eating in company more than I do alone, I enjoy pleasing people with nice food, savoury & sweet, as much as I love eating it myself, and I forget & loose momentum to cook or eat when I'm alone.
Tip: watch it!
Tip: feed people.
Tip: eat while nattering on skype with my beloved.
Tip: cook so as to enable us to eat 'en tête à tête' as above.
Tip: plan yummy recipies that make the gourmande want to cook even when I'm home alone.
I loose my ability to think clearly if I'm too hungry.
Which means I don't feed myself as well, don't cook as well if at all, and feel worse & worse since the food I'm eating isn't doing the job.
Tip: listen to my body more closely.
Tip: Plan mealtimes so I start cooking before I need food.
Tip: make sure I've got food I can prepare fast & easily for those times when I'm not thinking straight.
Tip: plan yummy things that make me eager to prepare them so I can tuck in asap.
It can't be too bad now can it...
I'm on my way, once I've typed this, to go and make 'Délices Créoles'. They be sweet food made of the finest cooking chocolate, the ripest banana (only one left in the house too), what is left of the butter & some sugar and the very finest vanilla. They have to be good right?
Time to go make a gooey mess, then it'll be bedtime.
Tasting will have to wait until tomorrow :)