#banana famine) and anyway last night i made *incredible* roasted brocilini and ate it while reading online articles about the history of

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fun fact about me, the one and only time i tried to diet i drank a lot of water with lemon juice & cayenne pepper in it (bc of some dumb article i read online) and i came to enjoy the tangy pain so now even though I no longer diet my water bottles are still laced with generous amounts of cayenne pepper and every time someone new asks me if i have any water i am immediately jettisoned into the primal moral struggle of whether to explain to them my situation or just let them drink the spicy water

#also the diet helped me realize that my main problem with food was a disordered relationship dating back to a childhood sugar addiction that #would have killed lesser beings but probably did stunt my growth and armed with this newfound knowledge i went out into the world and learne #how to plan and cook consistently healthy but also sometimes decadent meals involving lots of seasoning and leafy vegetables but also plenty #of delicious butter and cheese and other goodies alongside good delicious proteins because balance is important and so is Joy #anyway quarantine has turned me into a super chef and reawakened my old hyperfixation on the history of the cultivation of staple veggies & #fruits (in my junior year of high school i once spent a solid month reading everything i could get my grimy little hands on about the great #banana famine) and anyway last night i made *incredible* roasted brocilini and ate it while reading online articles about the history of #brocillini which is quite a recent thing it is also called brocolette and is a hybrid between broccoli and chinese broccoli there is no aspa #asparagus involved although i am an immense fan of asparagus. #spicy water #also until recently kale had a different name and was a food you fed to cows farmers couldn't GIVE it away and then it was remarketed #and my grandma is one of the most calm placid people i know but i finally got to hear her rant in the car about the great kale rebranding #and let me tell you listening to my righteously indignant elderly grandmother mercilessly condemn the designer food industry SLAPPED #diet tw