Scrumptiousness

[Vimto]

Why is it that when one really finds a food that is particularly delicious that one tends to gulp it down faster than one would normally do with a blander tasting one? I am like this with strawberries; a bowl of them will disappear rapidly instead of savouring the taste and letting them linger in the mouth and thereby increasing the enjoyment. It takes an act of will to do this whereas greedily scoffing them down becomes the natural reaction. The converse seems to be true when one is eating something that one dislikes it sometimes seems a job to swallow it when by doing so one is ridding oneself of the unpleasantness quicker. I'm sure it must go back to more primitive days when one ate food whilst it was there because one never knew where the next mouthful was coming from; rather like dogs still do today. Any comments would be most welcome.

[coccinelle]

Yes I agree, we do tend to eat the things we like quicker than those we don't. Probably, we hope nobody's going to whip them away from us and the foods we don't like, hope something will happen so we don't have to finish! Mind you as a kid I hated brussel sprouts but I had to eat 2 with my Sunday dinner; I used to put them into the mash and gulp them down!!! I couldn't have brought myself to bite into them.

[Lakitu]

LOL, I used to hide my sprouts in my glass of milk. It didn't occur to me that my parents could see the green orbs through the glass :o/

[angelap]

i'm completely the opposite to that. If ive got something that i love infront of me i really take my time to enjoy it. My other half thinks im strange and always trys to steel whatever im eating. haha

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[pinkkitty]

My Cousin used to hate peas, and my aunt told him he couldn't have any pudding till he ate all the peas on his plate. After stubbornly staring at the plate for half an hour, he finally got a glass of water and swallowed the peas one at a time like tablets. My aunt took the hint and never bothered giving him peas again

[missrandom]

lol, you've never seen nachos disappear so quickly with me around...not so healthy as your strawberries!

[Vimto]

A wonderful response so far but I had hoped for something a little more scientific, never mind; coccinelle, however did you swallow brussel sprouts whole? Lakitu, what happened when you had finished your milk? Angelap, what willpower, I admire you from afar! Pinkkitty, I know who your cousin was; He was the original William Brown as in "just William" he fits him to a tee. Missrandom, I'm sure you are right but haven't a clue what "nachos" are. I'm sure Webster alongside me will tell me but somehow feel that would be cheating. Thank you one and all. More gossip if you like but is Sir David Attenborough out there?

[natalie_1982]

Lakitu, I would have put the concoction in a blender and made you drink it LOL

[Lakitu]

LMAO! My parents never 'made' me drink my milk so not only did I not think about the fact they'd see the green orbs in the milk, they'd obviously see them when emptying the glass :o/

Glad I'm not your daughter, Nat!

If I didn't finish my dinner, I was told I'd get it for breakfast, I called their bluff and said fine. Guess what I got for breakfat.... :o(

I'm loving the swallowing peas like tablets LMAO

[missrandom]

lol, just for the record nachos are tortilla chips (like dorritos dippers), covered in cheese put in the oven until melty and served with salsa, sour cream, gaucamole and spicy or refried beans, oh and if you eat meat you can add some shredded chicken:-)

[Vimto]

Thank you missrandom, nor do I know what tortilla chips, dorritos dippers, salsa, gaucamole or refried beans are. They sound like I would eat them very slowly!

[eash]

http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/ 2141433/nachos-main_Full.jpg

[eash]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachos

[missrandom]

lol, are you pulling my leg or do you really not know what all of the above are?

[Vimto]

Hello missrandom, perfectly serious; it all sounds like foreign muck to me. I suppose I could envisage refried beans but as I've never had fried beans in the first place they don't really count. As that lovely English lady might have said, "these are a few of my favourite things"- Black puddings, Lancashire Hot Pot, Cumberland sausage, Yorkshire pudding, Eccles cakes, Goosnargh cakes, Scouse, Bubble and Squeak, Toad in the hole and Manx Kippers; need I say more? Oh. and not forgetting Hedgehog pie when I can obtain the ingredients.

[missrandom]

lol, food of the foriegn variety is my fave, especially as i'm veggie, so i probably couldnt get further from your favourites if i tried. hedgehog pie, mmm, not heard of that one before. x

[Vimto]

missrandom, you'll waste away eating that stuff but you would be quite safe with Eccles cakes and if you can find Goosnargh cakes I heartily recommend them but you must have the ones made with caraway seeds which sounds a bit more in your line. You can find them at the Post Office in the village of Goosnargh near Longridge in Lancashire although I have seen them on sale in a deli in the Burlington arcade off Bond Street.
Hedgehog pie was taught to me by a gypsy lady when I was in the boy scouts but you must only use road kill hedgepigs that haven't been squashed too much and of course are reasonably fresh. I passed not only part of my backwoodsman's but also my cook's badge with that recipe.
Incidentally, does this Answer Bank site make you sign in with one's password and user name if one hasn't used it for a few days? It does to me which it didn't used to and it is a little irritating.

[missrandom]

lol, that did make me laugh, and yes i think you do have to keep signing in.
;-)