Beans or spaghetti hoops? That is the question.
I think that I may have touched on this subject before, but
there are some situations when only the foods of our childhood will do. The
foods we ate as the rain poured down and we couldn’t go outside to play or
managed, for once, to convince our mums that we didn’t feel very well and couldn’t
go to school that day. Wet day off school foods - boiled eggs with toasted
soldiers, tinned tomatoes, beans, and spaghetti hoops.
We all have our favourite ‘make things better’ foods, mine’s
beans on toast although sometimes it’s tinned spaghetti; the long wormy stuff,
not the hoops and certainly not the alphabetti. I never could face alphabetti
spaghetti. Perhaps it was all the potential words; I’d spend so long looking at
it, making some that I’d never get around to eating it.
These days beans on toast is my late night ‘something’s
wrong but I’m not sure what’ food. A plateful of beans on toast and the world
seems doable once again, at least for a while; it’s my facing the world food.
Brace yourself for a sad story(well not that sad). Last year my mother at the age of 88 had a major stroke, followed by another some weeks later, She died some 6 weeks after her first stroke but that isn't the point of the story. In that time she could only eat food that had been mashed or in the case of liquids, thickened...yuck. Anyway sitting with her one day discussing the hospital menu I asked her what she would like to eat if she could have whatever she wanted. The answer " Bread and butter" and you know I think she is right. Life is pretty grim without decent bread and butter, not the way I would like to go but we don't get to choose.
ReplyDeleteSorry not meaning to be dismal, she was 88 and had a good healthy life to then.
But bread and butter gets my vote and thanks mum for making me appreciate it.
Yes Michele that is a sad story. But you make a great point about enjoying the simple things while we can. Thanks.
DeleteMaxine Noble
ReplyDeleteNiether - common food !!!!
Andrew Height
ReplyDeleteGet you Maxine. La di da!
Maxine Noble on FB
ReplyDeleteI am in no way a food snob but both are disgusting !!! X
Cloe Fyne on FB
ReplyDeleteTell you what's really common but still great..... Spaghetti and sausages in a tin! Mmmmm
Paula Braham on FB
ReplyDeleteDepends what your having with them. Beans on toast with a fried egg on top is a favourite of mine, but love hoops with sausages too.
Liz Shore Tomato on FB
ReplyDeletesoup or mashed potato with cheese .
Fraser Stewart on FB
ReplyDeleteEither way it will be a big fart.
Emma Cholmondeley on FB
ReplyDeleteIt's got to be mature cheddar on toast with a splash of worstershire sauce!!! Delish ;-D yummmm
Paul Kesterton on FB
ReplyDeleteYears ago when I had Level 1 Man Flu my wife made me a baked bean and cheese pie. Dellissshhhh!!!
Cloe Fyne on FB
ReplyDeleteBeans beans beans. Cold or hot I don't care! On bread , toast , potato , with cheese or mushroom mixed in. Always beans.