I have never met a beet I didn't love. I love that earthy flavor they have. Plus, pretty!
Artsy types, I have a question. How do you let go of something you've created when its time to send it out into the world? I've only been painting for less than a year, so the painting I am working on now is the first one I will not be keeping. I am flattered and amazed that people want my paintings (yes, actual people!) and the idea of something I created hanging on a friend's wall makes my heart happy (strangers are another story). But how on earth am I going to let this go? Its like giving away a baby. Is that insane? Do other people feel that way? Does it get easier? I find myself painting slower and slower (and I am slow to begin with) because the day I have to give it up is getting closer and closer. I think I may have issues.
I am glad your mom is feeling better and does not need immediate surgery, Callaluna.
I, too, Love beets, although I always get the pink urine and briefly think I am dying. They are really good in a salad with cottage cheese and Italian Olive salad as well.
You mean like this?
Yeah. But with fewer squished babies.
I should have stuck to digital art, where it can be reproduced a zillion times and I never have to feel like I've lost anything. The first painting I have to give up and I'm all, "My preciousssss!"
So glad for your mom, Callaluna.
Also, feeling mildly parentally comforted -- about half the things we make are "too spicy" for Matilda, including things no spice has ever approached. It's somehow soothing to know that she isn't the only one with this issue. (OTOH, she loves ketchup and would probably eat spice-rubbed spice wraps if she could dip them in ketchup.)
about half the things we make are "too spicy" for Matilda, including things no spice has ever approached.
My kids think garlic is "spicy." So no, you're not alone.
(OTOH they will both happily eat moderately spicy chili without blinking an eyelash, so maybe the real problem is my kids don't know what the word "spicy" means.)
The art thing is a good question. Working in theatre, even the physical things we make are ephemeral, so I learned pretty quickly that they weren't precious and would be changed and possibly destroyed. I have worked with non they're seamstresses, and it is really hard to tell them to change something because they have loved the thing, and I love the show.
Do kids just have more sensitive taste buds? It seems like many kids don't really like flavors- hence the too spicy.
Do kids just have more sensitive taste buds? It seems like many kids don't really like flavors- hence the too spicy.
Yes - kids have more tastebuds than adults (we lose them as we age), so to some extent they are all tiny little supertasters.
Interesting. So our tastes literally change as we age.
