Jack Sprat's Journey: 11/19/2006

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Sunday, November 19, 2006

Ice (Cream) Follies

A couple of days ago I went to a different supermarket than usual, and when they didn’t have the brand of non-fat ice cream bars that I like, I just bought the one they did have, instead. When I got home and had one, I was disappointed. It just didn’t taste very good. I felt the same when I had another one, later on.

Then yesterday Devin was looking in the freezer and asked “Can I have one of these ice cream bars” and the first thing out of my mouth was “Sure, but they’re not very good.” He took one anyway, and after he finished it he said “that really tasted funny.”

It was only then that I realized that I just had to throw these things out. Why would I force myself to keep eating something that I didn’t like? Especially when I wouldn’t even want someone I care for to have to eat them, either?

Now, this is not just a dilemma for overeaters like myself. Because when I went out and got the GOOD ice cream and Devin saw me throwing out the “funny” stuff he said “oh, don’t throw those out! I’ll eat them.” But I turned and said to him “In this household, we only eat what we like.”

And as for the starving children? Well, we just bought them a goat .

3 Comments:

Sometimes throwing food away is the most appropriate thing to do with it. It is not a sin to send it back to the earth without putting it through our bodies.

By Anonymous, at 11:48 PM

I have a devil of a time throwing food out, too. Since reading this blog, I have become much better at it, but I STILL occasionally find myself eating stuff I don't really like rather than throwing it out (especially if it was expensive!)

I host Thanksgiving each year, and this year, I am committed to throwing out the (fattening) foods that others won't take home in a doggie bag. The plan is to dump it all in the garbage Thanksgiving night, and never look back. It is my promise to myself that this will be the first Thanksgiving in YEARS where I WILL NOT have assorted pies with ice cream for breakfast on Friday morning!!!!

By Anonymous, at 8:23 AM

I can so relate to this issue! In fact, right now in my cupboard are some jars of guava jam that I made two or three years ago that came out completely scorched and inedible (even destroyed the pan used to make the jam). I'm not going to eat them, my partner isn't going to eat them, and I'm sure not going to give them to anyone else (I would hate for anyone to think I was that bad a cook). Yet still they sit there. How many more years will it be before I can throw them out?

The problem is compounded because my partner absolutely hates to throw out food and makes me feel guilty about it. Yet he also absolutely won't eat anything that he doesn't like. Because of this, it is not unusual for him to try to pawn off food on me. He doesn't want to eat it but can't bear to throw it out, so he tries to get me to eat it. In the past I would always eat it, but now I've taken to reminding him that I'm not the garbage disposal. I'm thinking of having t-shirts printed up ;)

By Anonymous, at 10:16 AM

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Ice (Cream) Follies

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Sometimes throwing food away is the most appropriate thing to do with it. It is not a sin to send it back to the earth without putting it through our bodies.