Farmer H would be a "Sugarton." If there's anything Farmer H likes better than meat, it's sugar! He knows he's not supposed to have it. That probably makes it more desirable. The forbidden non-fruit!
Thursday evening, I saw that Farmer H had set out his bag of taffy (to take to his customers, you know, at his SUS2.5) from the concealing plastic bag. The colorful little wax-paper-wrapped blobs were in full view on the kitchen chair by the door. I thought maybe he had been eating some, but then again, maybe he just wanted to notice them on his way out the next morning.
Anyhoo... before taking supper to his recliner, Farmer H walked over to the kitchen table.
"Gotta get my dessert."
"Oh. Your little cherry pie?" [Let the record show that I had bought Farmer H several little individual cherry pies on sale at Save A Lot. He loves cherry pie, and he didn't get it at Christmas because we had other desserts.]
"No. I got me some cookies."
Farmer H reached over to an area behind HIPPIE'S screen, and picked up a pack of cookies, taking out four.
"Where did THOSE come from?"
"I bought 'em when I was in 10Box to get your lottery tickets on Monday."
"And you've been hiding them?"
"No. They was in my truck. I just brought 'em in."
So you see, I'm NOT trying to kill Farmer H when I bring him a treat. I do it hoping he will show some moderation. This isn't the first time such a tactic hasn't worked. Whether I buy him individual treats or not, he's going to get himself sugary treats that I may or may not find out about.
Farmer H is a grown man. He wants to live his life pleasurably, which seems to include vast amounts of forbidden sugar. I suppose he figures a longer life eating kale and fish is just not worth the extra time.
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I agree wholeheartedly that kale is not worth living a few years extra. I hate that stuff. It's worse than spinach which tastes like dirt to me. and I don't like broccoli anymore either, it's bitter these days because they grow it hydroponically, instead of in good old fashioned soil. i do like other greens though, so I'm okay with skipping the stuff I don't like.
I like butter too and will always choose it over margarine. Sugar is high on my list too, though I have managed to cut the amount I add to things by a fair bit and I only eat snacks one day a week. Saturdays are my "pig out" days. I've lost 17 pounds.
River,
Congrats on those 17 lbs! I am continuing with my wise choices, and the scale shows my efforts. No snacks for me, besides one treat after supper, which is currently ONE chocolate covered cherry from my best old ex-teaching buddy Mabel.
I like broccoli, whether raw with dip, or cooked with cheese, or in Chinese food. Maybe ours is grown the regular way.
I confess to a strong sweet tooth and have to limit it, or it will make me feel pretty awful. I use only butter. Not really recommended om a cardiac diet, but if you read the ingredients in margarine. most of them are a no-no on a cardiac diet. I figure if I am going to eat something on my toast, I might as well enjoy it. Makes me think of one of my dearest campers, Tom. His wife is Martha ( Martha, the boy cat was named after her and she is a dear friend). We would usually eat together every weekend, and I was always given the dessert task. Tom loved a good pie and when I said I would bake a pie for our meal, he sidled up to me and said he would go buy some lard if I would please make the pie crust with it ....... " We are all gonna die anyway and I would die happy!"
Kathy,
My grandma used lard in her pie crust. My mom used it for frying chicken (or quail or rabbit or squirrel, whatever my dad was hunting at the time). She always had a can of Crisco on the counter.
Not Crisco, but lard rendered from butchering a hog. The real stuff!!
Kathy,
My grandma used the real stuff. She had a hog farm! I'm still not over seeing a head sitting on the wall of her carport during butchering time!
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