Sunday, November 28, 2004
My turn to be sick! First Hamish, then Alex and now me. I have had a bad cold and was off work for three and a half days last week. I am going back tomorrow. Still can't taste or smell anything much and generally feeling a little dodgy still. It has been kinda weird because colds don't normally hassle me so much and it has also been weird that both Hamish and Alex have been fairly sick themselves recently- it seemed like it was 'my turn'.

The really interesting thing however is not being able to taste or smell for about three days. I think I have found the cure for America's (and NZ's) obesity problem. One of those drug companies should make a pill that artificially simulates whatever caused my smelling and tasting senses to stop (something about sinus and the nose being blocked). I only ate boring but healthy stuff like porridge and toast and orange juice cause there was no point eating anything that tasted. It would make it real easy to resist hamburgers and lollies cause you would get no satisfaction from eating them!

Anyway that doesn't really deal with the issue or make changes to lifestyle so the weight won't go back on again but it is an interesting thought.

Also on the interesting front. I was looking for recipes online and came across a recipe for Candied Sweet Potatoes. It looks like Amercians make a dish for Thanksgiving with Kumara that used brown sugar and marshmallows!!! Very strange, I wonder what it tastes as *interesting* as it sounds.

Anita posted at 4:49 pm