Fleeting hazelnut
Happy Easter, Dear Reader! The Lord is Risen, Alleluia!
I spent today with family, as I dearly hope all of you were able to do. Easter is a very special time. Our children would like to think that it all boils down to the Easter Bunny hiding eggs and leaving candy. Sometimes, I'm tempted to agree with them, especially about hazelnut and chocolate. Especially the hazelnut spread that has a hint of cocoa in it. This spread is not for the faint-of-heart!
The following incident happened to a professional. Remember DO NOT try this at home.
I joined Young Man on a tour of duty overseas where the delicious spread was commonplace - we had yet to hear of it in the United States. I was 9 months pregnant with our first child. I weighed 135 at the beginning of that pregnancy and topped out at 199. It was ALL because of the hazelnut spread. I scoured our apartment for pfennigs until I found enough to walk down the street to a Bäckerei to buy a loaf of hard bread. It was in this Bäckerei that I discovered the succulent hazelnut spread. I brought the food home and promptly sat down to devour the whole loaf - in one sitting! I didn't mean to (isn't that what all addicts say?). But the bread and the hazelnut were so delicious, so yummy! Young Man never had a clue . . . he was always at work.
I did this so many times, that eventually Young Man began to ask questions about pfennigs and marks he put here or there and were now gone. Did I know what happened to them? I will confess now to the whole world. I lied to Young Man. I told him I didn't know what happened to the money - perhaps he was mistaken about putting it where he thought he did. I think he began to fear for his sanity because he worked 12 hour shifts and was gone from home for at least 16 hours a day. And his days off were taken up with training. So, I am sorry to say that I took advantage of this. And gained over 60 pounds for the effort!
Our first child was huge - I will say it plain and I will say it in English - he was huge! And to this day, he has a sweet tooth almost as big as mine. Since that bread spread came across the Atlantic, I've had quite a battle with myself. I wonder if my son has had a problem with it.
So, if you value your health, if you value your slim waist - avoid, to the utmost of your ability, the hazelnut spread that has a hint of cocoa in it.
© 2011 Carol Phares
I spent today with family, as I dearly hope all of you were able to do. Easter is a very special time. Our children would like to think that it all boils down to the Easter Bunny hiding eggs and leaving candy. Sometimes, I'm tempted to agree with them, especially about hazelnut and chocolate. Especially the hazelnut spread that has a hint of cocoa in it. This spread is not for the faint-of-heart!
The following incident happened to a professional. Remember DO NOT try this at home.
I joined Young Man on a tour of duty overseas where the delicious spread was commonplace - we had yet to hear of it in the United States. I was 9 months pregnant with our first child. I weighed 135 at the beginning of that pregnancy and topped out at 199. It was ALL because of the hazelnut spread. I scoured our apartment for pfennigs until I found enough to walk down the street to a Bäckerei to buy a loaf of hard bread. It was in this Bäckerei that I discovered the succulent hazelnut spread. I brought the food home and promptly sat down to devour the whole loaf - in one sitting! I didn't mean to (isn't that what all addicts say?). But the bread and the hazelnut were so delicious, so yummy! Young Man never had a clue . . . he was always at work.
I did this so many times, that eventually Young Man began to ask questions about pfennigs and marks he put here or there and were now gone. Did I know what happened to them? I will confess now to the whole world. I lied to Young Man. I told him I didn't know what happened to the money - perhaps he was mistaken about putting it where he thought he did. I think he began to fear for his sanity because he worked 12 hour shifts and was gone from home for at least 16 hours a day. And his days off were taken up with training. So, I am sorry to say that I took advantage of this. And gained over 60 pounds for the effort!
Our first child was huge - I will say it plain and I will say it in English - he was huge! And to this day, he has a sweet tooth almost as big as mine. Since that bread spread came across the Atlantic, I've had quite a battle with myself. I wonder if my son has had a problem with it.
So, if you value your health, if you value your slim waist - avoid, to the utmost of your ability, the hazelnut spread that has a hint of cocoa in it.
© 2011 Carol Phares
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