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food April 13th, 2008
I’m doing lousy with my diet, but my husband Dave’s doing just great. He’s well into a double-digit weight loss and I’m thrilled for him.
But I wonder if what he’s eating has altered his brain chemistry a bit.
He said this yesterday and meant every word of it: “God, this celery is so freakin’ good!”
I’ll call a doctor in the morning.
Stumble it!
April 13th, 2008 at 10:33 am
1) I had celery yesterday too!
2) Sometimes it can be stringy
3) Sometimes it can be chewy.
4) Sometimes it can be dry.
5) But it’s always good with spinach artichoke dip!
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April 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Ha ha ha ha! I bet it was a doughnut shaped like celery! I hate celery with a vengeance :O)
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April 13th, 2008 at 10:45 am
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April 13th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Would Dave have put sugar/peanut butter on that celery ? Would Dave be hallucinating that it was a foot-long subway ?
April 13th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Oh my. Doesn’t he know if cupcakes taste good, they’re good for you?
April 13th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
celery is good dipped in Marmite
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April 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Oh boy he might be in need of a specialist….
April 13th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Your husband needs help fast if he thinks that celery tastes good.
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April 13th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
BigNerd — Seriously? Somehow the dip doesn’t seem it’d help. Not a fan of either, which is probably why I’m doing lousy on my diet! I have to learn to love healthier foods.
babs — Now there’s an idea. Make all nutritious foods resemble donuts. Although I’m not easily fooled.
Jaffer — What’s amazing is he’s eating them plain. The only reason I’d eat the stuff is if it’s a conveyance for something else, like a huge dollop of fattening dip. And this is why he’s doing better than me!
Regan — I’m afraid to tell him that. He’s doing so well on this psycho diet he’s on. He’s also eating raw mushrooms in his salads. I’m sorry. Mushrooms were meant to be sauteed in butter and lots of it.
tfa — OK, that marmite stuff? It scares me. I looked it up on Wikipedia after I saw it used on Top Chef. The British version of the product is a sticky, dark brown paste with a distinctive, powerful flavour. Um. No thanks. I’d maybe eat it on a dare, that’s about it.
robert bourne — Yes, and it might be tough pulling him away from it. I think he needs an intervention.
Riayn — Maybe he’s pretending it tastes like cheeseburgers. Mind over matter?
April 13th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
“God, this celery is so freakin’ good!”
I’m fairly certain no one in the history of mankind had ever before uttered this phrase.
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April 13th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Had he perhaps dredged said celery in Smuckers All Natural Chunky Peanut Butter? Just a thot …
If not, I hope the doctor you’re calling is a psychiatrist … just sayin’ …
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April 13th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Kathy:
I love celery.
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April 13th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
3 words- Call a priest.
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April 13th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Diets are for losers.
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April 14th, 2008 at 5:03 am
kev — I do believe I could have gone a step further. Although now that we know Swubird likes it, that makes two who might have said it.
Jenny — Smucker’s makes a peanut butter? Where’ve I been? Nope, he ate it straight up. I might eat celery if I could dunk it in chunky PB, enough to kill the taste.
Swubird — And I’m sure you’re healthier for it! I shouldn’t be so hard on celery. I just read about its nutritive and medicinal qualities. Oh, and its seeds can be used in perfume. Celery’s got it all!
StephanieC — You know, there’s good reason for that. He also likes brussel sprouts and grape leaves.
Libertine — Let’s hope so!
April 14th, 2008 at 7:13 am
I love celery too…slathered in peanut butter.
Congrats to Dave on the double-digit weight loss.
Now get him to a doctor, stat, as he has obviously suffered some brain loss.
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April 14th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Don’t be discouraged….men usually lose weight easier than women. However, women tend to keep it off better 🙂
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April 14th, 2008 at 10:39 am
wow
April 14th, 2008 at 10:57 am
You’re missing the classic: celery with cheez whiz!
Seriously, celery is only good if you use the hearts and get the tender part. Otherwise it’s like chewing on a tree branch, and you always get those strands between your teeth that you end up favouring with your tongue for hours until you can finally get some floss or a toothpick and extricate them from your molars. Well, that’s my experience anyway.
Chocolate chunk ice cream, pizza with roasted peppers and goat cheese – that’s “freakin’ good”, but celery? I don’t think so.
Kat
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April 14th, 2008 at 11:34 am
He requires emergency treatment. He’s having hallucinations caused by a lack of bacon grease in the system. Two or three McDonald’s Big Macs will get rid of the hallucinations.
April 14th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
What? WTF???? Ok, seriously, scary shit there. lol
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April 14th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Are you sure there wasn’t some cocaine or crystal meth sprinkled on top of it? I would check just to make sure.
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April 14th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Oh.Dear.Me…………. Global Warming has really taken over…… That poor man…. Someone get him a drink….
April 14th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Mmmm, lightly salted celery dipped in ranch dressing. But it has to be icy cold and crunch with a snap when you bite into it. None of the wilty rubbery stuff for me.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Now what the heck? My comment luv isn’t loving me again? Bleh… this is getting old!
April 14th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Jeff … wilty rubbery definitely not good! LOL~!
Yeah Kathy … you gotta try that Smuckers PB … it’s the kind that comes with a half-inch of oil at the top and you must stir and stir, then refrigerate. Yums. Peanuts and salt only … no sugar, sugar.
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April 14th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
JD at I Do Things — Would you believe I’ve never actually had a celery stick dunked in PB? Would you also believe I’ve never had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? I think there’s something wrong with me.
KFJ — I know. I hate that the pounds just fall off men! Why is that?
Mandy — Ditto.
Poetikat — I know he eats the hearts. I prefer your example of freaking good. That’s my problem.
Lee — He actually did lose his mind on Friday and ate a something called a Baconater from Wendy’s. But then he went right back to the celery. Yeah, brain damage.
Lori — My reaction EXACTLY.
Bruce — Something warped his mind. Just not sure what it was. Meth is as good a guess as mine.
yahooserious — I don’t know if he’s practicing some kind of mind over matter thing or if he really thinks it’s yummy. Whatever it is, it’s working for him. Me? Not so much. I need a donut.
Jeff — The way you describe it sounds borderline good. But if given a choice, I’d opt for just the dip. I do luv your comments, really I do! Not sure what the problem is.
Jenny — Oil on the top? Is that good? It’s supposed to be like that? Not sure I’m lovin’ that. At any rate, it ain’t goin’ on celery!
April 14th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Yeah … it comes like that because it’s not like other PB that they do stuff to and add stuff to (like emulsives and preservatives), to make it hold together. But you mix it up real good when you get it, then store it in the fridge, and you never see the oil again. Delicious. I eat it right off a spoon, like a lollie …
After I finish these barbecue Fritos I think I’ll go see if we have some celery.
I totally do not know if “emulsives” is a word.
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April 14th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Does celery even have a flavor? LOL… Oooo! They should make bacon-flavored celery!
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April 14th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Once, I told my Mom that her authentic lentil soup, cooked lovingly, step-by-step from the original German recipe, was good.
However, I said it only after I dumped about half a pound of sugar in it, just to make it barely palatable.
April 15th, 2008 at 6:09 am
Just my weirdo brain, but when I read “I know he eats the hearts”, it makes me think of something out of a lycanthropic graphic novel, or something. Taken out of context, it has endless possibilities.
P.S. Have you tried spicy brown rice chips? They are yummy!
Kat
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April 15th, 2008 at 7:29 am
“God, this celery is so freakin’ good!”
Compared to WHAT????? What in God’s name are you feeding that guy? Maybe he’s on a strict water diet and THAT’s why he’s dropping the pounds. Then, and only then, would celery be deemed “freakin’ good”….
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April 15th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
hey kathy,
i can only assume he was trying to use mind-control techniques to make him believe it…or he was puttin’ you on and you fell for it.
rock on,
aitch
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April 15th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Corrina — No. Isn’t it 99.9% water anyway? Bacon-wrapped celery. Now you’re talkin’!
BabaBooey — You’re a saint. My sister used to be into lentil soup and I couldn’t even look at it, much less try it. You do know by now I’m a picky eater, right?
Poetikat — He eats the hearts. ACK! I didn’t even think of that! Yeah, scary sounding, isn’t it?
Maureen — I know. It doesn’t make any sense in this world. Something is really wrong with him.
Harris Bloom — Believe it or not, he meant it. He has it every night in a plain salad. As far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t even belong in a salad. It doesn’t belong anywhere. It’s a freak veg.
April 15th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
I just got through eating a couple of pieces of celery. Trust me, IT.IS.NOT.DELICIOUS……… I need a beer…….love, fozBot
April 16th, 2008 at 5:06 am
yahooserious — I trust you. There is no mistaking celery for anything in the foodicus delectablous family.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Good grief .. that would be like my husband saying ‘pass the broccoli!’ There are some things that men just don’t seem to eat. Not normally anyway.
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April 24th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Jay — I know. That man ain’t right. As for broccoli, I can only eat it swimming in butter.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:32 am
kathy, hope you success with celery,do you know celery has many advantages not just for your weight loss plan.
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April 29th, 2008 at 5:03 am
mona — Awesome! Didn’t know it helped with hypertension. Does it still work if you dunk it in peanut butter?
May 9th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Does it still work if you dunk it in peanut butter?
I guess it works but peanut butter should have no added salt and no hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oil.
One important thing to prevent hypertension “avoid high sodium foods such as smoked meats and fish, pickles, olives, and condiments.”
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May 9th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Mona — Well, I won’t tell you what I just had for dinner. Let’s just say I’ve eaten healthier in my life. Thank you for dropping by again. I always respond to everyone who visits here, so welcome aboard and feel free to join in the discussions. There’s always something weird going on in The Junk Drawer!
June 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
has your husband ever heard of french fries they are good and made of potatos
May 4th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Celery! Well, that’s major progress. If he start craving nothing but celery he’ll be losing triple digits!
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