On Thursday, November 20, 2014 5:50:20 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 04:14:55 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Do you ever suffer from food burnout?
> >>
> >> I have foods that I could happily eat every day to almost every day.
> >> Most
> >> soups, toast, popcorn/popping sorghum, beans, olives... Although
> >> sometimes
> >> when I make a big pot of soup I get pretty tired of it towards the end.
> >> I
> >> have been trying to make smaller pots of soup and adding some different
> >> veggies to them for the last little bit or perhaps changing the seasoning
> >> a
> >> bit. That helps.
> >>
> >> This time of year I think a lot of people get turkey burnout! Although
> >> we
> >> like turkey, it is not a favorite food for any of us and I wouldn't want
> >> to
> >> have to eat it for weeks on end as we sometimes seemed to do when I was a
> >> kid. So I try to buy/make enough for 2-3 meals.
> >>
> >> But now? I am having cranberry bread burnout. I love the stuff and
> >> after
> >> getting the new loaf pan, the 2nd loaf came out perfectly. I couldn't
> >> ask
> >> for more. The problem? I think it's just too rich. I like it. I love
> >> it.
> >> But yesterday, halfway through eating a piece, I had to stop and I didn't
> >> want any more. I am trying to eat another piece now. But I may well
> >> just
> >> chuck the rest of the loaf into the freezer and take it out next week.
> >>
> >> I would probably feel the same way about French onion soup, assuming I
> >> could
> >> still eat it. Love the stuff but it is so rich, I would not want to eat
> >> it
> >> every day. A few times a year is good.
> >>
> >> Do you have any foods that you feel this way about?
> >
> > Of course! I don't eat the same things day after day like you do, but
> > just last night we got burgers at a burger place my husband likes and
> > I couldn't finish mine. Don't get me wrong, it was delicious meat and
> > cooked perfectly but I got tired of eating it so I stopped.
> >
> > I have my eye on a cranberry jam filled shortbread recipe. What's
> > stopping me is I'm the only person here who likes cranberries, so I'd
> > have to eat the entire thing and I only want a piece or two.
>
> Yeah. My husband will eat cranberry salad but that's about it. I do like
> it but it takes Jell-O and I don't really like to make it. Not cooking.
> Just chopping and mixing. Not fun.

The White trash Jell-O stuff is where your mind goes when you see cranberry.

--Bryan