So on Tuesday night we had our first bite of solid food after 12 days. Truthfully this should be called the 12 or 13 day fast.
The experience of making our first meal was great. As simple a meal as it was for me it will stand to be a very memorable one. Everyone has been talking to me about how they would be craving a hamburger, but the truth is that I was most interested in simple things. I want daal, rice, soup, vegetables, and of course BBQ (though that has more to do with the Blues and BBQ Pilgrimage I'm embarking on in a few days). At the store we had our list of vegetables that would be good, which we carefully picked. We ventured into aisles that seemed almost foreign to us after 10 days of buying a handful of items. Both of us thought the same thing when our eyes strayed to lemons or maple syrup...AHHH! The items we picked up included potatos, okra, bell pepper, celery, kale, onion, garlic, ginger, canned tomatos, zuchini, and carrots. We also bought brown rice, rye wafers, vegetable broth, and powdered vegetable broth. At home the TV that was normally on while we cook happened to be off, which was to my benefit. I enjoyed listening to the sounds of all the veggies being peeled and cut. The HyWy was the one who cut most of them, but we both were sniffing and smelling everything. As the soup was simmering I was constantly sticking my nose in the steam to get a wonderful smell of what was to come. We then opened the carton of rye wafers, which on most days would seem like a fairly mundane and innocuous food item. I can't even say that I would buy them on a normal day. However, as we opened the carton and broke a piece of wafer off for each of us I was brimming with excitement myself. We toasted our successful completion of the fast with our wafers and bit in. The act of taking a bite, chewing, and feeling the rough texture of the wafer on my tongue was wonderful. As I read this I'm amazed at my own ability to write such a detailed description about a cracker. There was little to no taste to the cracker, but for me it was all about the texture. Finally the meal was ready and we poured ourselves a bowl over a little rice. The HyWy was not entirely impressed with the results mostly due to the a strong tomato flavor, which overpowered the rest of the seasoning. I tasted one thing and only one thing...the lack of lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper. As I was cleaning up I washed out our lemonade jugs and just the smell of the lemonade made me cringe:).
The experience of making our first meal was great. As simple a meal as it was for me it will stand to be a very memorable one. Everyone has been talking to me about how they would be craving a hamburger, but the truth is that I was most interested in simple things. I want daal, rice, soup, vegetables, and of course BBQ (though that has more to do with the Blues and BBQ Pilgrimage I'm embarking on in a few days). At the store we had our list of vegetables that would be good, which we carefully picked. We ventured into aisles that seemed almost foreign to us after 10 days of buying a handful of items. Both of us thought the same thing when our eyes strayed to lemons or maple syrup...AHHH! The items we picked up included potatos, okra, bell pepper, celery, kale, onion, garlic, ginger, canned tomatos, zuchini, and carrots. We also bought brown rice, rye wafers, vegetable broth, and powdered vegetable broth. At home the TV that was normally on while we cook happened to be off, which was to my benefit. I enjoyed listening to the sounds of all the veggies being peeled and cut. The HyWy was the one who cut most of them, but we both were sniffing and smelling everything. As the soup was simmering I was constantly sticking my nose in the steam to get a wonderful smell of what was to come. We then opened the carton of rye wafers, which on most days would seem like a fairly mundane and innocuous food item. I can't even say that I would buy them on a normal day. However, as we opened the carton and broke a piece of wafer off for each of us I was brimming with excitement myself. We toasted our successful completion of the fast with our wafers and bit in. The act of taking a bite, chewing, and feeling the rough texture of the wafer on my tongue was wonderful. As I read this I'm amazed at my own ability to write such a detailed description about a cracker. There was little to no taste to the cracker, but for me it was all about the texture. Finally the meal was ready and we poured ourselves a bowl over a little rice. The HyWy was not entirely impressed with the results mostly due to the a strong tomato flavor, which overpowered the rest of the seasoning. I tasted one thing and only one thing...the lack of lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper. As I was cleaning up I washed out our lemonade jugs and just the smell of the lemonade made me cringe:).
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