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A Bowl Full of Cherries.
August 03, 2005

One of the things I love most about living where I live is the plethora of locally grown products.

We've got wonderful Chinook and King Salmon. We've got Penn Cove Mussels. We've got Dungeoness Crab. We've got clams. Oh the clams. The Gooey-Duck in particular will have your children asking all sorts of questions about Man Parts. Because that's what I thought I grabbed one day when I found one of those bad boys. Nearly had a heart attack.

We've got strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, cranberries and all sorts of other berries I am pretty sure I would need to read up about before I eat them as not to poison myself.

And we've got wine grapes and hops and asparagus and corn. And peaches and apricots and nectarines and pears and cherries. Ohhh the cherries.

I have a picture of myself at the age of 5 on a trip my family took to a festival. Even then, I couldn't wear white because my little t-shirt was stained from neck to hem with cherry juice.


I picked up a bag of Ranier Cherries to set on my desk while I did some book work this afternoon. I mindlessly ate and spat the pits for a good part of an hour and by the time I got up to put the bowl on the counter, I realized it was empty.

"Well then, I guess that's a healthy lunch", I said to myself.


So I went on with my day and while on a quick trip to the grocery store my stomach started to gurgle. I stood there in the cereal aisle looking side to side in hopes that no one else heard. The gurgling stopped so I carried on with my shopping and it happened again over by the cheese. It was then I realized my quick trip to the grocery store needed to be even quicker and I made a beeline for the check-out.

The gurgling just never stopped.

I slammed my car into drive and sped the entire drive home, leaving the groceries in the car. I bolted up the steps and didn't even shut the front door behind me on my way into the bathroom.

The Husband hollered behind me, "Is everything ok?" I hate making conversation during 'Bathroom Duties' so I remained silent hoping he would just busy himself. "Babe? Where's that bowl full of cherries?"


And while I hate to fill this blog with things like bathroom humor, I have to admit that my response to him was, "In here."

Sigh.

Posted by Foodwhore at August 3, 2005 09:33 PM

"Muscles?" Maybe "mussels," hmmmm? (Don't mean to be snarky!)

Posted by: Annie at August 4, 2005 06:49 AM

Ah, yes, Cherries. 3 years ago we were in Italy for family visits, and I gorged on the ripe cherries we found at the local market, with much the same result as you had....
Unfortunately, experience didn't teach me much. We were back this summer and....
Boy, the cherries tasted good.

Posted by: Yogi at August 4, 2005 07:44 AM

Maybe that's what it tasted like on her food pallet?

Posted by: Dr. Biggles at August 4, 2005 08:41 AM

Oh, sure.

My spelling has never been one of my greatest gifts.

Posted by: The Food Whore at August 4, 2005 09:18 AM

oh the cherries. I've never had rainier cherries, until a coworker recently told me about them (we're new to the area). and oh are they amazing! The produce here is truly mind boggling - it's like mecca for vege-pesca-tarians like me!

Posted by: gaile at August 4, 2005 09:21 AM

Been there. Done that. Never learned.

Posted by: Rissa at August 4, 2005 10:09 AM

I've done that. It's best just to holler out "TOO MUCH FRUIT!" when they ask if you're okay in there.

Posted by: laura at August 4, 2005 10:47 AM

This reminds me of that yucky scene in The Witches of Eastwick, where they make Jack projectile vomit cherries.

Why do we NEVER learn?

Posted by: Fatemeh at August 4, 2005 11:12 AM

Oh, yeah that brings back memories of past...Oh wait that happened to me this week too. Yeah I never learn, and I think i dissillusion myself into thinking it won't happen again. *sigh* lets not talk about spelling. Actually I am terrible at typing. LOL I hope you don;t mind that I added you to my blog roll.

Posted by: milgwimper at August 4, 2005 02:13 PM

The cherry episode reminds me of our first vacation trip out west. To keep me from asking "are we there yet?" every 5 minutes, Dad would stop at Stuckey's. In addition to the infamous pecan logs, I remember some of the Stuckey's had fresh cherry juice.
And on the return portion of our trip, I had the "gurgles" for 2 days straight after eating a whole bag of cherries we bought in Washington. All I can say is thank goodness we were traveling in a conversion van with a bathroom.

Posted by: Puddin at August 4, 2005 04:24 PM

LOL. Absolutely cracked me up. I LOVE bathroom humor.

Have a great day :)

Posted by: Margaret at August 4, 2005 09:19 PM

I used to do that with strawberries when I lived in OR. Funny. I was thinking about that problem before I got to the tummy rumblings in your entry!

Posted by: Traci at August 5, 2005 06:44 AM

Oh honey. Being from the San Juan Islans, I totally know what you're talking about. I've done the roadside cherry purchase before, gleefully spitting pits out the window as I drive untill the bag is empty. Then suddenly realizing that I'm on the backroads of Anacortes and there's NO bathroom anywhere near when the gurgling begins. Feel your pain hon.

Posted by: Mandy at August 5, 2005 10:20 AM

I was laughing out loud and crying. I have SOOO been there!

Posted by: Kobi at August 5, 2005 10:52 AM

Oh I am so glad I am not the only one who has done that! And then done it again because I love cherries so much!

Some people learn, others just keep enjoying themselves, no matter what the consequences.

Cheryl

Posted by: Cheryl at August 5, 2005 02:07 PM

Ah, the glories of fiber. I have been there myself THIS week but it was unfortunately some hot chiles that decided they needed to exit the premises all at once...and I was out walking the dog with my sweetie.

I stopped suddenly, clenching with all my might, looking up at the trees like I had taken a sudden interest in bird-watching so he wouldn't glimpse the desperation in my eyes...

After several sudden stop/clenches I confessed what was up. He offered to go get the car and drive me home and I said "You may not want to do that."

We walked fast and made it home posthaste, and in the nick of time!

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Posted by: Suebob at August 5, 2005 06:31 PM

If you can fill a toilet with cherries, you can fill a blog with potty humor.

Posted by: veg4me at August 7, 2005 03:10 PM

 
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