March 6, 2007
More Fluff
I'm so glad you are all content with fluff posts and promises of the RSS feed to my brain. I fear there's nothing deeper coming, despite potential in there, somewhere.
Like, right now, I'm simply procrastinating on making dinner. I should just do it, thinking about it is usually worse than actually doing it. But I went to Meijer to do some grocery shopping and it was so bright and busy and everything smelled. Not bad, mind you, except the bottle return. But the bananas smelled so banana-y and the bread smelled so bready and I could smell the gummi worms in the bulk section as I walked past and it was just too much.
Then, on an expensive whim, I bought a little container of goji berries in the produce department. They were with the dried cherries and yogurt covered dried cherries (which sounded really good, until I bought and ate them, then they were an awful idea) ... and they're so small and such an interesting color, (I'm back to the dried goji if you're having trouble following along) so I bought them.
Got them home so pleased with my cleverness to buy a totally unknown foreign dried fruit.
Boy, I thought they were awful.
Then we read about them online, and wow, they're supposed to be a super food. Eat a handful, live forever, sort of super fruit. Well, not quite that good, but still, super. Except mine? Ick. Maybe it's because mine say "product of china" and the web tells me the best come from Tibet. I don't know. Anyway, now I need to redeem them somehow. They're supposedly good for "morning" sickness, which really should be renamed "please don't think about making dinner" sickness.
Posted by Kim at March 6, 2007 4:57 PMWow! You are brave for trying new things....I've never heard of that fruit.
BTW: When I was going through morning sickness with my second daughter, the only thing I could eat were these croissant rolls from a local restaurant. They were mini ones covered in butter and drizzled in honey. Yum.....
Wonder why I gained 72 pounds?????? ha, ha
Posted by: Christina at March 6, 2007 5:31 PMI've never heard of goji berries either. And I'm quite sure that the early stages of pregnancy is not the time I'd be trying new and exciting food items. ;-)
Posted by: Rosanne at March 6, 2007 8:29 PMI've seen those goji berries, but not at meijer. Glad you tasted them for me.
Posted by: karen at March 6, 2007 8:47 PMGoji berries. That's a new one for me. Don't worry about fluff. I mean, what are blogs for anyway? I like reading the mundane things that people do during their day. I'm sorry you are having such a hard time with food. I know, why don't you and a group of your friends have a cooking club? One person can make their favorite (preferably freezable) dish and make enough for the others in the group. Then the other person can do the same thing. You get the idea, right? Every body shares and you end up with a freezer of good food. But of course, you don't have to eat it if you don't feel like it . . .
Posted by: Linda at March 6, 2007 9:01 PMKim, you've been through this a few times, WHY are you thinking about trying new foods when your stomach is in rebellion??? You never cease to amaze me! (Of course you also give me a case of the giggles with your "fluff" writing!)
Posted by: Theresa at March 7, 2007 8:00 AMIf you'll soak the goji berries in a little warm water (like you would a dried blueberry) and add it to muffins (be sure to use the soaking water too) they are not nearly as inedible! We like ours cooked in with oatmeal, or in trail mix (don't look, GL) with a LOT of other foods to mix up the flavor.
Posted by: Peggy at March 7, 2007 9:54 AM
I've sampled the dried goji berries at Costco and thought they were pretty good. I just couldn't bring myself to pay that kind of price. :-) I hope your "morning" sickness doesn't last too much longer. I can only imagine how hard it would be to have to cook and not be able to tolerate smells. (((((hugs))))))
Hiya Miss Kim. I sampled some goji berries at Wild Oats and would have bought some had it not been for the high price. They were almost bland, but slightly sweet.
Posted by: Robin at March 8, 2007 8:54 PM
