Well, I have a horrible long term memory. It takes one of my sisters or parents telling a very specific decade-old story for me to remember anything prior to the age of 17, with the exception of one thing: food. I have a lot of memories centering around food. I can remember sitting around the dinner table with my family, I can picture Emma (my youngest sister) as a baby in her high chair as we ate dinner, I can feel the glob of Country Crock butter in my mouth as I snuck into the fridge (circa 1993) for a spoonful of delight away from my mom's watchful eye, I can remember one of my first pit stops as a newly licensed driver being to Long Johns for one thing: crunchies. Well, all this to say one thing: i.love.food. And moreso than the average person. Here's the thing, I get hooked on one thing and stay there for a while and I obsess over it and drag roommates and sisters into it. Let me take you on a walk down memory lane for a few examples.
Age 5: butter.
Age 7-8: Grandy's fried chicken.
Age 9-10: baby food, peach baby food more specifically
Age 12: Girl Scout Samoas.
Age 14-15: an entire onion (after school snack, every single day.)
Age 16-17: Long John Silver's crunchies (like, order nothing else at the drive-thru)
Age 20: Mushrooms (sauteed, like an entire package)
Age 21: Bush's baked beans (as often as I could. microwaved. in front of my 'mates.)
Age 22: asparagus, roasted in the oven, a little on the burned side
Most people have like the one thing that they have always liked and people that they spend a lot of time with can even pinpoint that persons "one food." For example, my dad is a spice drop guy, Charis Anderson is a pecan pie girl, I have a few Pi Phis in mind that are sushi people, my cousin Lincoln is a mac 'n cheese person... I'm not that person because it changes so much! Well, needless to say, the asparagus is in the oven as I type. It is so good but I cannot stop eating it... like, my pee has started to smell like asparagus. Yeah, TMI I know but I just have to relay the obsessions that I develop over "my one food." I eat an entire bushel of it every.single.day. Well, I guess thats all for now. I can't believe I haven't posted about this huge personality quirk/flaw/trait of mine yet!! It defines me.
Asparagus lover,
Hannah K.C. Burton
Hannah it's Hillary Rector and I had to comment because I also drive through Long John's when I'm home and did all through high school to order just "crispys" :) love it! They are amazing and don't let anyone tell you differently. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
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