Today I attended a baby shower for a young couple from the church. I have found that one of the most difficult things for me is saying no to food when i am at social gatherings. Part of this is because I have always been an eater so my first reaction is to say yes to food and the other part has to do with my desire not to offend the host. It just seems rude to attend someones home and not take some sort of food from them. This is something I know for sure I was taught as a child when visiting my Grandmother, whose cooking at one point became nearly inedible.
Today I almost beat back both those reactions when offered food! I sat on the couch for a while before allowing my guilt to drive me to the food line. Once their I ate this wonderful potato and chick-pea curry with some of the best roti I have ever had. It is a truly vegetarian dish which is normally a good choice for me but I haven't really been eating potatoes or roti so it was a gamble. In fact any food not prepared by me is a gamble because I don't know how much fat (oil, butter, etc.) was used in its preparation.
Sure enough potato and chick-pea curry fought back causing stomach pain and cramping. Oh well...lesson learned. I do wonder sometimes though why I have to make the same mistakes over and over again.
sorry to hear that. But oh it was soooo good.
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