The inspiration for this “Love and Hate” article came from my friend, Paige, who borrowed the idea from a blog article written by her friend, Lexa.
Things I Hate
I hate that I get really grumpy and sometimes turn into a raving lunatic when I’m really, really hungry! I hate that I can’t live on just cheese, bread, wine and chocolate alone. I hate that I don’t drink enough water, which causes me to make kidney stones periodically. I hate it when I forget to buy an ingredient I need for a recipe. And I really hate it when you want to make something that calls for milk, you go to the fridge and you have some, but it’s expired, or the date on the carton doesn’t say it’s expired, but the milk smells like it is. I hate it when I burn my left over Cane Rosso pizza that I was soo looking forward to eating because I put it in the skillet and turned on the stove, but forgot to keep an eye on it when I got sucked into something on the internet. I hate it when I want a glass of wine after work and I go to pour a glass from the bottle I opened just last night, but it already tastes like vinegar. I hate that I’m not the most graceful girl you’ll ever meet, and that somehow, I can manage to soil a perfectly lovely outfit and have to wear the “stain of shame” for the rest of the day because I don’t have time to run home to change, or when I accidentally knock over my champagne flute and it shatters on the ground in the middle of a great party right in front of everyone (including my “ex”), and I’m completely sober. =/
I hate it when I get all excited to check out a new restaurant, and I go there, only to discover it’s not open on that particular day, or that it’s not open for lunch, or it’s just open for dinner because they haven’t ramped up to their full retail schedule quite yet. Or being asked by a popular taco place at 1:30 p.m. on a Saturday “I’m sorry, we’re not open yet, can you come back at 4?” I hate it when you order a burger medium rare and there is not even a hint of pink in it. I hate having to wait for something I asked for when I ordered my food because they didn’t bring it out with the rest of my order, especially when it’s something I actually need to eat my meal, like silverware. I hate having to ask someone to bring the check after the plates have already been cleared from the table, and then having to wait even longer for my credit card to be brought back, for what seems like forever, so I can sign my tab before I leave.
I hate bean sprouts because they taste like dirt. I hate celery in tuna salad. I hate the taste and crunch of raw carrots, raw celery, raw onions and fresh peppers, even though I like the flavor of those ingredients when they’re cooked. I like the smell, but hate the taste of coffee. I also hate green tea and jasmine tea. I hate lettuce on things that are supposed to be hot, like hamburgers or tacos. I hate yellow mustard as a condiment to anything – ICK! I’m not particularly fond of parsley, frisee, arugula, fennel, tarragon, dill, pickles, or anything that has been pickled, I can tolerate them when the bitterness is balanced with other ingredients so the flavor isn’t too prominent, but I generally don’t use those ingredients when I’m cooking at home if I can help it. On that bitter note, I seriously HATE licorice and anything that remotely tastes like it, those terrible little candies with the dots on them, black jelly beans, star anise, five spice, Absinthe, Jagermeister, and NyQuil. I also detest mint when it is used as an ingredient of a savory dish.
I hate processed food, fast food and most chain restaurants. I hate knowing that 95% of food sold in U.S. grocery stores contains one or more of the following: genetically modified corn, high fructose corn syrup (which is made from genetically modified corn), trans fats, growth hormones, antibiotics, preservatives and/or chemical ingredients that and are not healthy for human consumption. I hate that the food system in our country has dramatically changed over the past 10-20 years for the worst to one today that is practically a monopoly driven by corruption, politics and greed. I hate that so many people are ignorant when it comes to knowing where their food comes from, and that it has become so confusing for people to understand how to be healthy any more, much less eat right because the general populous doesn’t know very much about of how food the food we buy, eat and feed our loved ones is produced. I hate that even though I know better, there are still some processed foods I will eat, and that it’s so difficult to break myself from such a bad habit even after everything I have learned.
I hate haters and I hate writing about hate.