I finally gave up on broccoli

if you have a clay pot cooker I can get you back on the broccoli for sure. (note, my method involves lots of cheeese)

Also, I tend to think adults are, y'know, adults, and can decide to eat whatever the hell they want

Definitely! That's one of the many things that would bug the shit out of me when some busybody at the grocery/convenience store would look at what I was buying (pre-surgery) and make comments on it. Yeah, well, fuck you, asshole. I'll eat what I want and refuse to take up less space in the world just because some stranger tells me I should.

OK, how many Buffistas want this shirt?

Hee!! Can I wear that to my library school class?

If I wanted to use bleach to make light colored designs on a dark tshirt, what concentration would I use?

Yes. Yes you can. And if anyone complains, refer them to The Librarian.

I'll eat a bowl full of veggies with some butter for dinner, not so much without the butter.

It took me a while to remember/realize that of my quick meal choices, frozen veggies with ::gasp:: butter is FAR ahead of nearly anything cheap I could "grab on the way home". Grab a can of sardines and its fast approaching a balanced meal.

Swiffer Wet Jet?

What I've got in the Cube is very similar, but wih reusable microfiber pads.

BTW, my neighbor on the corner has a rooster.

Corn, carrots, limas, and omgpotatoes are just as high in sugar as most fruit

True that.

I'm focusing on the basic food rule, "Eat food (and in actual, unprocessed food)...not too much...mostly vegetables.

Actually, I'm following a modified Fat Flush regimen.

It is helping me to have a checklist of types of food to have each day: cruciferous, sulphur, leafy greens, protein, healthy fats, probiotic, fiber, citrus, fluids.

Rather than, "What am I in the mood for," which invariably leads to chips and Dr. Pepper, "What do I need to fill this category?" leads me to enjoy things I might otherwise have avoided.

For instance, since citrus isn't big for me, so I made fresh lime juice ice cubes last night...28 of them! Now, I can pop one in a glass of fizzy water with some stevia and, Bob's your uncle, I feed two birds with one seed off my list.

Oh, that's a cool shirt! Unfortunately I am not a librarian, nor do I play one on tv.

With you on the adults get to eat what they choose. I can't abide broccoli plain, either. But it's been so long since I had cheese on it now I don't like it that way, either. I do make miniflorets and warm them with leftovers: slivers of chicken breast and steamed rice, plus a handful of diced cheddar, num! But I will occasionally have a bowl of steamed broc for dinner because that's what I'm craving at the time. What's made it not only edible but num for me is whole sea salt, just a random sprinkling. We have sea salt grinders, but I love the crunch of the whole crystal amongst the broc florets. It sparks the flavor, for me.

H has been on no-salt for so long he would ban the shaker from the house. I've massively *reduced* my sodium intake, but I find now that a tiny bit of salt can spark all the flavors of a dish, making what would be boring and plain a treat of different flavors. Plus, I read somewhere but won't swear to it that sea salt actually contains less sodium than table salt, so I feel all virtuous now for using sea salt.