Winter is reminding us that a few warm days does not a spring make. Last night it poured again. The wind blew strong, and it was downright cold. The rain has since stopped, but the wind and the cold remain. It is in the mid 30’s. The blue sky is disappearing and being replaced by light grey clouds, but no rain is predicted until the weekend.

Today is fill the larder day. My fridge and cabinets are empty, and all three pets need food. I have a shopping list. Most items are essentials, but I’m in the mood to add Snickers to the list. Come to think of it, I am always in the mood for a Snickers.

When I think back to when I was a kid, I am amazed at what I would and wouldn’t eat. Beans, of course, were on the never eat list. The sizes of Lima and kidney beans were appalling. I would eat sardines which amazes me now. I didn’t eat a whole lot of vegetables except for potatoes and the carrots my mother hid in the mashed potatoes. I did eat peas and corn. I didn’t even know what cauliflower and broccoli looked like until I was older. I’m still not a fan though I will eat fresh broccoli with a dip. I’m thinking the dip hides the taste and makes the broccoli palatable. I ate oatmeal, the sort you make on the stove, the sort which had lumps no matter how much you tried to stir them away. I have never liked pancakes, even pancakes drowning in maple syrup and a bit of butter. White bread was king, but I also ate Italian bread, scali bread from the bakery.

My taste in foods changed as I got older. It widened even more when I started to travel. Each trip was an adventure in eating. In Ghana, I ate Ghanaian food, but I also ate Lebanese food and Indian food for the first time. I ate Guinea pig in South America, goat, snake, bush meat aka rodent in Ghana, and some meats I still can’t identify. I figure sometimes you are better off not knowing.

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