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| Sprout at six months: decimated the broccoli. |
- Sprout's first solid meal: steamed broccoli spears & mango chunk.
- Peanut butter & jam on toast after giving birth. After a night of working hard to push him out, this was the Best. Breakfast. Ever.
- Simple picnic on the Stawamus Chief after our wedding. It was pretty simple: cheese, meat & bread with champagne.
- First dinner party. I can't for the life of me remember what the main course was, but we had sundaes for dessert & one of our guests taught us all to tie the stems in a knot in our mouths. Seriously!
- Eating jellyfish for the first time. This was recently, at the Vancouver Aquarium on a special media tour of the Jelly Invasion exhibit. Four different dishes made by two well--known Vancouver Chefs: dee-lish! (if you're wondering, jellyfish doesn't have much flavour--it's all about how you season/accompany it--plus the texture is somewhere between rice noodles & sauerkraut)
- Christmas Dinner with family. Not one single occasion, but so many great memories over the years with my parents, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins & grandparents. The spread always involves turkey, usually sausage stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, yams, buns, plus lots of gravy & cranberry sauce.
- Weekend breakfasts (pancakes or French toast). These have been happening since I was a child & continue to this day. Breakfast is actually my favourite thing to cook.
- Rare date nights (so rare that I could likely count them all on one hand--gah). We're going to attempt another one soon for our anniversary, but it's two weeks after our baby's due date, so who knows how well that will work?
- Sugary cereal when camping as a child. We didn't eat Froot Loops or Lucky Charms regularly, so when we got to have all that sugar & food colouring for breakfast while camping, it was pretty awesome.
- Home-cooked meals that people added to our freezer at our 'Food Shower' before Sprout was born. If you're pregnant, forget about the baby shower with tea cakes, finger sandwiches & sixty teensy onesies as gifts: ask for FOOD.
What are some of your best food memories?
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I LOVE the way you wrote this...never thought of memory meals...so many special moments you have there...especially that first solid meal.
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks! Sprout's first sushi was pretty memorable too. He got so much rice on his clothes that we just took him outside the restaurant & sort of shook him off. Several passers by were laughing at the scene. :)
DeleteYeah, I always get the idea of a lack of date nights. The jellyfish thing though - you are braver than I.
ReplyDeleteIt's not scary--seriously! Just looks like sauerkraut or noodles. & out of all the animals you could eat, jellyfish are so simple, no eyes, no brain, practically a plant... they're just destined to be food!
DeleteAwe...this was such a cool way to write this week's Listicle topic. I do not think I would have enough nerve to try the jellyfish, but that is certainly an experience to remember! I was having a flashback memory of food (well drink) yesterday...the feeling of having a sugary sip of Kool Aid over ice in a plastic cup when I was a kid playing endlessly outside during summer vacation. Now that I look back at it, it was such a rewarding taste.
ReplyDeleteHappy Listicles Monday.
Happy Listicles to you too! Ahh, Kool Aid. Definitely a childhood memory for me too. I think we used to make popsicles with it quite often, actually...
DeleteWhat a neat approach to this topic - now you've got me thinking about my 10 favorite meal experiences :) Holiday dinners and weekend family breakfasts would definitely make mine too - along with the first time I ate after childbirth (at least with my first - that one's a strong memory).
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks! :) That makes me think: I wonder if my memories of this birth that's coming up will be as strong as with Sprout... hmmm... definitely a topic to blog about. :)
DeleteOne of my best food memories involves baking in the kitchen with Grandma. Every time I open a bottle of cinnamon, it brings back memories of Grandma. I thought I was the only one with food memories. I can totally identify with many of those moments you spoke of. I remember wolfing down a turkey and cheese sandwich within minutes of giving birth to my daughter and nothing has ever topped that in terms of sandwiches for me since. LOL
ReplyDeleteI seem to remember hearing somewhere that our sense of smell is the most tied to memory, & smell is definitely a big part of eating. There are definitely some scents that take me right back in time when I smell them. :) Seems like the immediately-postpartum-sandwich is a biggie for a few of us. :)
DeleteI love your Listicle! After my first kiddo the hospital did not let me eat for THREE DAYS...I'm not kidding, that turkey sandwich was the best thing I ever ate!
ReplyDeleteOMG, three days? I'm afraid to ask what happened during the birth that made them do that... What an experience!
DeleteI just started to enjoy the magic combination of peanut butter and jam. Somebody stop me!
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I've always loved that combo. Reminds me of childhood. :)
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