First, before anyone freaks out… we DID give out candy for
Halloween. Brian’s mom picked up tons of
chocolates from the grocery store: Whoppers, Kit Kats, M&Ms, Reeses peanut
butter cups of all sizes, Snickers bars of all kinds, Milk Duds, Reeses pieces,
and possibly more. We have about a
million kids in this neighborhood and they all want candy… or else. So far,
we’ve only had one super lame outfit (Me: “So what are you?” him: “I’m a
basketball player.” Me: “Uh, yeah. Hmmm.”) The cutest one so far is the kid who
dressed up as a chipmunk and said, “Meeeek!!!” when I answered the door.
Awesome!
OK, back to me. I
DIDN’T eat any Halloween candy. My
personal favorite is Twix, which were not included in the mix tonight. Perhaps if I dressed up and rang doorbells, I
might get one, but I think I’ll be able to live without it. One of the moms dressed up as a ghost with a
sheet, so we made her come and get some candy.
She was terrific! I could go hang out with her,
The doorbell just rang and there was a shower there, along
with the boy scout from Up. Cool. I’ve never seen anyone dressed like a shower
before.
So, you know that I didn’t eat any candy today, so what did
I eat? Breakfast was cereal with sunflower seeds, dried strawberries and
candied ginger with almond milk… as usual.
I got hungry a little later and had some banana bread
(chocolate/chocolate chip). For lunch (after a 90 minute phone call with my
brother), I had a peanut butter and muscadine jam sandwich. What is muscadine jam, you ask? Muscadine is a type of wild grape that grew
in the yard of our house in Georgia. Brian and mom and I worked together to pick
them, clean them, cook them, and can them over the last few years. This jar of jam is the last of its kind. It tastes like a really strong flavored grape
jam. Oh so good with peanut butter. Now
you know!
For dinner, Brian cleaned, chopped and roasted all sorts of
root vegetables: beets, yellow potatoes, red potatoes, sweet potatoes, garlic,
carrots, yellow onions, and red onions. He cooked them drizzled in olive oil at
450 degrees for over an hour, until everything was nice and tender. My, they
were tasty. The veggies were served with
bolo rolls and water to drink. If kings
were vegetarians, we dined like kings.
Of course, most kings lorded their kingliness over everyone else by
having lots and lots of meat, so we probably ate more like peasants, but you
get the point.
Other than the muscadine jam, this was a day without added
sugar. So that is pretty cool. And Chuck, I told you I could do it. Seriously, I’m just not a fan of most
Halloween candy, so there is no hardship for me. If it was high end dark
chocolate folks were handing out – you couldn’t hold me back. But see, being a chocolate snob has its
advantages. In this case, the advantage
is that Halloween is the least challenging day of my challenge.
Got to go. The
doorbell is ringing again. I’m not sure
what manner of frightening creature awaits me.
I can only hope it is not a poorly costumed, pre-teen,
I-don’t-really-care-just-give-me-the-candy-boy, because those are scarier than
zombies in my book.
Be happy and healthy!
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