"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> On 1/17/2012 10:08 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> Yes, and even those ads on TV for diabetic supplies...always come with a
>> dessert cookbook so "you can have all the delicious foods you love." :-)
>>
>> Cheri
>
> what blows me away Cheri
>
> my idea of 'dessert' was a piece of fruit, occasionally with, oh, 2
> tablespoons of ice cream
>
> our desserts were small portions only when i was a child....... a friend
> took myself and 4 other gals to Banff one day........ at the 1/2 way mark
> we stopped and the 5 girls were all allowed to choose an ice cream cone of
> their choice....... and as MANY scoops as they wanted
>
> i said "really?"
>
> and ordered a triple scoop ice cream cone
> whimper.... each SCOOP was about 2/3 of a cup of ice cream
> i gulped and ate thru the first scoop on the cone......... and..... was
> SICK of ice cream at that point (it was a flavour i had never seen before
> and haven't again since)
>
> i had to beg the benefactor to stop and allow me to throw the ice cream
> cone out as it was melting all over and i could NOT lick one more drizzle
> for the life of me
>
> lol, guess how much ice cream teenlet gets??? he was allowed to take 'as
> much as you want, honey' and ever since, he has oh, maximum 1/2 cup,
> usually closer to 2 tablespoons LOL
>
> none of the ice creams spoken of were the cheap icky stuff LOL

In our house we only had dessert when company came or on holidays. In my
house now we don't even have it that often.