My older son never met a food he liked. Candy-now that’s a diff story. He’s 30 and still spindly as a bean.
There is a little girl across the road that he plays with, she hasn’t started school yet and she’s already taller than him. He does eat when it’s his favourite, bacon pasta, and not a morsel goes to waste. Sausage and chips too. And crumpets. Anything else is hit and miss. It’s so frustrating when he’s adamant that he doesn’t like something, like gravy, and then he’ll try it and it becomes his favourite for a short while. The other one will try anything, i have to drag, literally, his face from the fresh fish counter. The more gnarly and aggressively primordial it looks, the more appetising he finds it. I can’t win.
That does seem to be the way it goes. Grammy called me Hoover because I ate everything leftover from my brother's plates - I had a terrible time understanding my son just wasn't a foodie. My baby bro who also never ate has two daughters who have never finished a full plate in their lives and he and their mother were a lot less worried about that.
Since in my country only hospitals and airports have air condition we've developed a lot of tricks which should work for you, too: 1. hot weather is a perfect excuse for eating lots of ice cream 2. there are many tricks to keep your place cooler: air it during the night when it's cool. When the sun comes up, close all windows and doors and close the shutters/blinds. During the night, hang up wet sheets in front of the windows - the evaporating moisture will cool the room down some 3-4°. If you feel hot, spritz a bit of water over your head with a spray flacon /nebulizer. The finer the droplets that rain down on you, the colder they will feel (be warned - fine spray can feel icy and give you quite a shock. If you have heart probs, better wrap a wet towel around your calfs instead). 3. plant trees. Their shade protects your lawn and it'll stay green much longer. 4. no remedy against human stupidity, I'm afraid. These fires often get started by glass shards and other trash. And by idiots smoking. 5. try ginger. Any form of it helps against sickness. It doesn't make a difference whether you drink ginger tea, eat ginger jam, cook spicy chicken wtth lots of ginger or eat candied ginger in milk chocolate (my favourite)
I do too. I already eat alot of Ice cream. There are times when that's a more effective treatment for my stomach acid than the pill my doctor gives me for it. I never heard of ginger as a cure for stomach problems. I'll have to try it.
I'm on the Blackpool side of Morecombe Bay, but I spent most of the weekend working. On the plus side work has AC.
Blackpool is a great resort. Fish & Chips, Rollercoasters, Storm beaches, piers, sea life, the trams, and of course the tower, Not to mention the illuminations.
Blackpool Tower, Yup. Piers, yup. Beach with the tide out, yup. The Big One! YUP! Fish 'n' Chips, no way in hell. Oh, and I refused to walk on the glass block in Blackpool Tower. After that, I come to find out that the tower is approximately half the size of Eifel Tower. Oh, no. Wouldn't be going up there!
Fish and Chips of course has to be served with salt and vinegar, it's one of the rare times I add salt as a seasoning to a dish.
Ginger Ale used to be a treat for me and my mom would give it to us when we were sick. I really don't like it now.
I'm glad you do! I know some that do and some that can't stand it. My current, long-term frustration: there are so many things that I would love to make a career out of but I most likely will never have another career. I guess there's a reason I'm getting the benefits I am right now.