Why do I fall such a victim to food? I mean I seriously lose periods of my life to the phenomenon that is EPDS or what we endearingly call The ‘Itis. I love to cook. Matter of fact I can cook a variety of cuisines from scratch. Those who have been to my other blog have seen recipes and pictures of my more healthier treats, and those who are REALLY lucky have been to mi casa and enjoyed the finer things in life. Let me take a second to just go off on a tangent about how awesome it is that more and more women these days don’t know how to cook. I believe this is an added bonus on my dating resume. I’m cute, I’m smart, I love sports, and I can cook/bake from scratch. Not to put down my ladies who can’t (keep doing what you do) and not to sound like a woman’s job is to be in the kitchen. I’m just saying that I know the ways to a man’s heart and one of them is through his stomach. Not to mention, I will heavily monitor what my kids eat and the best way to do that is to make it myself. I’d say I’m an above average cooker
I’ve made
- Sauteed Shrimp (in a wine sauce) with Veggies & Rice
- Curry Chicken (complete with rice & peas, cabbage (I make amazing cabbage) and plantains
- Baked Fish stuffed w/Crabmeat
- Garlic Roasted Chicken (the whole chicken) with Risotto and asparagus
- Banana Bread Pudding that you will slap your mother over
I mean the list goes on and on. But there is one thing in common with all of these dishes, it gives me the ITIS. It does not matter what I eat. I will be asleep by the time I put the fork back down on the plate from the last bite. I know, I’ve read about the things in Turkey and poultry that make you sleepy when you eat them (this could explain it, seeing as I don’t eat beef or pork), but honestly, it happens to me no matter what I eat.
You may be thinking, “So? What’s the big deal?”
I’ll tell you what the big deal is. The ‘Itis strikes no matter where I am. Romantic dinner with a potential: sleep. Dinner over at potential’s parents: Sleep. Well I won’t go to sleep, but I’ll be miserable inside (if the food was good) and praying to get home and go to sleep. If I’m eating, I’m sleeping. It’s temporary of course, but I’ll be down for the count. I’ll wake up a few hours minutes later and I’ll be ready to go until 5 a.m. in the morning.
Lately, this has been ruining my life. The KFC free chicken thing put me down for like 2 hours on Cinco De Mayo! Let’s not even talk about what Popeyes did to me. We won’t talk about how I went to happy hour with my friends, but then passed out on their couch for 2 hours during the Celtics/Magic game and all I ate was a few popcorn chicken pieces and a fish taco (amazing by the way!). Eating has ruined my productivity. I believe in part that it is due to the weather change as well and all the things in the air, but something has to give! It’s either stop eating and be productive (yet die) or give in, eat, sleep, and get fat.
Someone help me! What fights the ‘Itis? What gives you the ‘Itis?
Oh and to all my ATLiens tomorrow there is a major ‘itis inducing event taking place at Centennial Park. Free Pancakes! Basically some place Batter Blaster will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Most Pancakes Cooked in 8 Hours. I don’t really care why, for what, how, as long as I gets me a stack. My roommate will be in the place selling flavored syrups and I got OJ on deck. LOL and I’m kidding. It’s from 9-5 tomorrow, and I’ll be there for as long as I’m awake.
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