Food Enlightenment

The ACT this year felt so much better than last year’s.  Last year, there were many math and science questions that I didn’t know where to begin with, whereas this year I felt I could understand and ace every single question if I had had more time. Unfortunately I don’t think I paced myself perfectly, but I still feel a lot better about this year’s test, even the essay.

I have recently discovered the joys of vegetables that aren’t peas or lettuce or brocolli.  When I was immature and unenlightened, I would go to Subway and order a plain ham and cheddar on wheat with only lettuce and tomato.  But ever since I discovered the wonderful tangy taste of mustard (on an airplane, too!), food has slowly revealed to me a side of itself that I’d never seen before.  Ham and cheddar is still my favorite. But now I eat ham and cheddar with cucumbers and green peppers and mustard!  Portabello mushrooms are no longer rubbery over-sized fungi.  They’re steak flavored rubber.  Pickles and veggie pizza are growing on me.  Those crunchy fat green bean pods that come with the vegetable trays at the grocery store are my current favorite vegetable after I tried them for the first time a few months ago. Still working on olives and raw onions though.