When feelin' grumpy, I like to eat _____
It's one of those days when you are feeling ouchy, irritated, grouchy, cranky and totally annoyed...what's your food cure-all?
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28 Comments:
Wine.
LoCo at 3:41PM on 02/24/08
Mac and cheese or ice cream.
When I'm mad, it's different than grumpy. When I'm mad, I don't eat, I clean and tidy and rearrange things.
When I don't feel well, I crave Burger King Whoppers with cheese, Campbell's Tomato Rice Soup with Ritz crackers on the side. Or Cheetos. Or mac and cheese. Or rice.
When I was a kid, mom's stress-reliever was soup. Not to eat it, but to cook it. Whacking at the vegetables made her feel better, I guess. I may never forget the day that I came home from school and there were 4 pots of different kinds of soups bubbling away on the stove, and she was still chopping. I wasn't sure if I wanted to be there for dinner or not. The soup looked good, but there was trouble brewing as well.
dbcurrie at 3:44PM on 02/24/08
Eggs and toast
bessfour at 3:44PM on 02/24/08
chocolate
SSMom at 3:46PM on 02/24/08
salty (cheesy) carbs. see also: pizza, nachos, cheetos, doritos, etc.
lexophile at 3:59PM on 02/24/08
Nothing
paris221966 at 5:18PM on 02/24/08
homemade bread. especially cornbread. reminds me of childhood, when i was never grumpy. not for long anyway. maybe they bribed me with cornbread.
pamelamarie44 at 5:44PM on 02/24/08
Hormones. ;D
PerkyMac at 6:01PM on 02/24/08
give me chocolate and then leave the room, that way noone gets hurt.
huney_bumper at 6:02PM on 02/24/08
a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates. i am the epitome of health.
machellebelle at 6:02PM on 02/24/08
Yogurt with granola.
Oatmeal, couscous, pasta, bulgur wheat, nut butters, cheese.
Basically, I want carbs and fat. Together. And something that's quick and mindless to make.
KarynMC at 6:04PM on 02/24/08
Personally, I like Perky's idea best! I'm not quite to the hot flash age yet, but it's rapidly approaching. Meanwhile, I have days where I'm the psycho-PMS-beyotch from hell!
But seriously, I'm pretty much open to anything that I don't have to fix. When I'm in a bad mood, I do housework. Frenzied housework. Stay out of my way housework. Ranting and raving if one thing is out of place housework. But I don't cook. For some reason, I only like to cook when I'm happy. If I'm sour, it's just a chore.
So, take me out to dinner, or get me some fat-laden take-out, and I'm good. Or, in keeping with my original response, a bottle of wine, a loaf of good bread, and maybe some cheese. And leave me alone.
LoCo at 6:35PM on 02/24/08
@LoCo.......I was 36. No kidding. Mom had a baby at 46. Go figure.
PerkyMac at 6:45PM on 02/24/08
Grumpy happens a lot in my job. Fortunately, there are about 400 Mexican restaurants in town, and a good, hot Mexican meal does wonders for the stomach and the soul. Each of those restos does at least //one// dish that is world-class. The fun is in finding those recipes, and then choosing the restaurant based on what I'm hungry for.
TikiPundit at 6:46PM on 02/24/08
I'm not really an emotional eater -- when I'm cranky or annoyed the best thing to do is go to the movies or go running. I'm more likely to chow when I'm happy or relaxed. There was a line in "Sex Lies and Videotape" where Andi MacDowell (sp?) says something like, "I don't think happiness is so great. I was happy once and I got... so... fat." I laughed out loud!
CookiePie at 6:55PM on 02/24/08
When I'm grumpy, or nervous, or angry, or cranky, or annoyed, I can't eat at all. If it's not nasty outside, I go for a walk and "walk it all out":-). If not, I may have a glass of wine. Or two.
brooke29 at 7:21PM on 02/24/08
an entire loaf of crusty baguette slathered with unsalted butter.
cybercita at 8:15PM on 02/24/08
If I'm really crabby and upset I lose my appetite. So I usually do some deep breathing, yoga and meditate. Mostly I meditate about the bottle of wine and cashews I'm going for when I'm done meditating. Then maybe a cookie and espresso.
frederika at 9:31PM on 02/24/08
Pho is a cure-all for me. I forget about the world when I'm absorbed with my bowl of pho. =)
Cassaendra at 10:29PM on 02/24/08
Yes I do.......
Hunnyoil at 1:07AM on 02/25/08
I'm with the don't eat crowd--it's sure to make me feel even worse. I run...fast.
smallblondemom at 1:48AM on 02/25/08
It's weird, when I'm grumpy or pissy I don't really like to eat. It's one of the few times that I have no appetite at all, but I really love to cook when I'm pissed. Kneading bread, pulvarizing garlic, bashing on meat with a tenderizer- it's way cheaper than therapy.
PumpkinBear at 4:56AM on 02/25/08
Elbow macaroni with good meat sauce. Just like my mom used to make me when I was a kid. It's like italian valium in a bowl.
JerzeeTomato at 9:09AM on 02/25/08
everything in sight
LiveToEat at 9:41AM on 02/25/08
Small children.
Obviously I'm kidding.
I don't think "me want cookie" when I'm grumpy, grouchy, sad, etc. I think, "how can I take this out on my husband?" LOL, I'm only half kidding...misery loves company.
I definitely don't enjoy food when in a bad mood.
wookie at 10:25AM on 02/25/08
a giant bowl of pasta covered in hard, salty cheese
bitchincamero at 3:49PM on 02/25/08
.... none of your god damned business.
srhcb at 10:57PM on 02/25/08
@srhcb... ha! classic!
(sounds like you need a bottle of wine)
LoCo at 11:38PM on 02/25/08