tofuqueen wrote:

Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.


Very cold skim milk and fresh or dried fruit work for me when anything
else makes me want to hurl.

My daughter craves apples and Nutella when she's queasy with nerves.

My SIL swears by very thin slices of green bell pepper, nibbled slowly,
when she's nauesated.

YMMV

Kathleen

projectile vomit chick wrote:
On 14 Jan 2006 11:48:20 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, "tofuqueen"
hit the crackpipe and declared:
Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Suck on a nice big cock.

tofuqueen is vegetarian. myraide

tofuqueen wrote:
Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

tortilla chips. the ultimate food for high stress! myraide

"tofuqueen" wrote in message
oups.com...
Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

For years, caffeine has irritated my stomach and gut. I don't usually drink
a lot of it - meaning more than about 8 oz twice a week at the most - but
the other day I had a lot. I felt sick and I had some plain yogurt which
totally solved the problem. I wish I knew about that when I was in college
:-D

"tofuqueen" wrote in message
oups.com...

Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when
I'm nervous about something, I have trouble eating.
The thought of the regular foods that love, make me
want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat
during stressful times (and I'm not talking about
chocolate, cake and all the other sugar laden stuff
that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

Not food, but I do find a bit of aromatherapy helpful when I've got a
nervous stomach. One drop of good quality lavender essential oil (Tisserand
is my favorite brand; should be easily available in the US and UK) on a bit
of tissue or paper towel in a small dish (or use a diffuser); after a few
good, deep breaths, I'm usually much calmer.

-j

Myraide wrote:
projectile vomit chick wrote:
On 14 Jan 2006 11:48:20 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, "tofuqueen"
hit the crackpipe and declared:
Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Suck on a nice big cock.

tofuqueen is vegetarian. myraide

I wasn't sure that the helpful comment would understand the correlation
:-)

On 15 Jan 2006 00:03:42 -0800, tofuqueen wrote:


Myraide wrote:
projectile vomit chick wrote:
On 14 Jan 2006 11:48:20 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, "tofuqueen"
hit the crackpipe and declared:
Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Suck on a nice big cock.

tofuqueen is vegetarian. myraide

I wasn't sure that the helpful comment would understand the correlation
:-)

Custard is always nice, but I'm not sure if I'd be up to making it if
I was upset/under stress.
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

In article ,
Dave Smith wrote:

tofuqueen wrote:

Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Learn to eat a properly balanced diet that included meat and carbs and
maybe you wouldn't develop a nervous stomach.




Tsk!

While I'd never dream of being vegetarian, I do have a lower grocery
bill when I eat less meat. ;-)

Gods. I was shopping yesterday morning and just about died when I saw
the meat prices!

Tomatoes were also nearly $3.00 per lb. :-(

F-ing greedy oil barons.........
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article .com,
"tofuqueen" wrote:

Arri London wrote:
tofuqueen wrote:

Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

A few small cubes of tofu floating in a broth made from seaweed.
Normally the bonito flakes would be part of the equation but since you
are veg leave them out.

That sounds good! Actually it reminded me of miso soup which I forgot
all about. Miso is totally good for settling stomachs. Thanks!


Yes, it is.
I use it so seldom, I'd forgotten about it.

Do add some fresh grated ginger tho'.
Ginger is VERY soothing to the stomach and goes well with Miso.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article . com,
"Myraide" wrote:

projectile vomit chick wrote:
On 14 Jan 2006 11:48:20 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, "tofuqueen"
hit the crackpipe and declared:
Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Suck on a nice big cock.

tofuqueen is vegetarian. myraide


snicker
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article .com,
"tofuqueen" wrote:

Myraide wrote:
projectile vomit chick wrote:
On 14 Jan 2006 11:48:20 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, "tofuqueen"
hit the crackpipe and declared:
Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Suck on a nice big cock.

tofuqueen is vegetarian. myraide

I wasn't sure that the helpful comment would understand the correlation
:-)


PVC may be a bitch, but she's not stupid......
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

tofuqueen wrote:
Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Low carb'er, hmmm, would simple oat meal or oat bran be too many carbs?
As a food rich in stuff, but also too many carbs for you?, it settles
not
only the stomach but the brain. The carbs are good carbs. A cup or
two of oat meal is calming.

And it's a no-brainer. Quick oat cooks in 2 minutes in a microwave,
so can be made half-asleep. Just be careful in that regular oat meal,
especially oat bran, will bubble up in the required time to cook it
and that's a mess.

Miso soup you like that someone suggested is good and I think
the raw stock keeps forever, maybe even improves it )
Miso is great. Salt content is high but that stuff will keep
forever it seems at room temperature, especially the pure
stuff you get in health food stores. Used to come in big
old wooden casks. Don't see that in the chain food stores now.

Milk is good, skim if the fat content disturbs you.
A cup of warm milk.

And yogurt which is more easily disgested.
I guess you could warm up the yogurt to make it easier.
Plain yogurt with certified cultures in it. Dannon has seals on it
now. I see organic Stonyfield in supermarkets now, about
same price as good, plain Dannon. Stonyfield adds some soluble
fiber.
It would also replenish and tone up the tummy if tummy upset.
Get the plain. Anything else appears to diminish the beneficial
effects of the bacteria.

There are also those liquid yogurts like the kefirs.

If you're a strict veggie, then yogurt, milk and so on is, well,
call it medicinal at that point. Are you an extremely strict veggie?

I'm trying to think of veggie proteins since that can help the brain
in the long run. That's a toughie at times since the powerful proteins
that are complete are animal in nature. The veggie proteins if
complemented are supposed to be the same in the essential
amino acid picture. This is the wheat with bean so what is low
in one is high in the other. But you know all that, I'm sure.

Soy milk might work at times. But it's usually a complex
recipe for most soy milks. Some work better than other
and carbs here? Rice milk, but also carbs?
Brown rice but that's carbs too.

Hi Tofuqueen--I am like you--when I am very nervous, or upset about
something, I have a hard time eating--just about everything sticks in
my throat.

I've found the following to be the easiest to get down:
1) Yogurt
2) Cereal
3) Fruit
4) Soup--especially chicken and rice
5) Toast with jam
6) Chai tea

Very much like the diet that appeals to me when I have a bad cold/flu.

Back in 1994, when I was laid off, I had a hell of a hard time
eating--ended up losing about 10 pounds in 2 weeks....lol.....At least
I saved money on food!--r3




tofuqueen wrote:
projectile vomit chick wrote:
On 14 Jan 2006 11:48:20 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, "tofuqueen"
hit the crackpipe and declared:
Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Suck on a nice big cock.

What a helpful group indeed. :-)

On 14 Jan 2006 16:18:02 -0800, "tofuqueen" wrote:


Arri London wrote:
tofuqueen wrote:

Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

A few small cubes of tofu floating in a broth made from seaweed.
Normally the bonito flakes would be part of the equation but since you
are veg leave them out.

That sounds good! Actually it reminded me of miso soup which I forgot
all about. Miso is totally good for settling stomachs. Thanks!


Ginger works for me. Lots of ginger.


modom

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

Learn to eat a properly balanced diet that included meat and carbs and
maybe you wouldn't develop a nervous stomach.




Tsk!

:-)

While I'd never dream of being vegetarian, I do have a lower grocery
bill when I eat less meat. ;-)

Mine would be a heck of a lot cheaper if I weren't married to a carnivore. My wife
considers any meal without meat to be incomplete. She eats 2-3 times as much meat
as I do, and she eats all the bits of fat that I trim way from my meat. I used to
think that it was going to the dogs until I went into the kitchen and found her
eating the dogs' treats.

Gods. I was shopping yesterday morning and just about died when I saw
the meat prices!

It's amazing how they very from place to place. I have started shopping at a store
when my meat bill runs about half what it would be at other stores. It's a small
grocery store that does a great business. They sell good meat much cheaper than
the other local grocery stores and butchers. I had expected most of their other
prices to be high to compensate, but not so.

Two weeks ago we went into one local grocery store and I picked up a nice big
bunch of broccoli for 68 cents. Last week I needed some broccoli and another store
was selling bunches half as big for $1.89. This week I bought a nice sized bunch
for $1.29.


Tomatoes were also nearly $3.00 per lb. :-(

F-ing greedy oil barons.........

Not to mention all those SUVs and other gas guzzlers that drive up demand and
prices.