Mmmmm...
Since I've been here in Durango, I've had at least one Subway sandwich each day. Usually my routine is to get up at six, browse the net and wait for Saved By The Bell to finish, watch Dawson's Creek, take a shower, and head out for a delicious footlong turkey on white bread.
Yesterday, however, was the 'Taste of Durango' day. This event featured almost every restaurant, café and eaterie in Durango setting up stalls with free samples of their cuisine. It was a day-long event with a rich variety of food, from Japanese to Italian to Himalayan.
Naturally, I got up at six, browsed the net, waited for Saved by the Bell to finish, watched Dawson's Creek, had a shower, and then went into town to enjoy a delicious footlong turkey on white.
Some may think that I wasted an opportunity, that I should've gone round the various stalls filling up on freebies, and diversifying my taste buds. To be honest, that's not really what I'm about.
I'm crazy when it comes to food. Last year, I survived for weeks on a diet of cherry coke and maltesers. In my younger days, I maintained a strict diet of Weetabix. I once cried because I had to eat a cold sausage for a play - and that was only five years ago.
The food I put in my mouth has to conform to very strict rules that my insane brain comes up with. I'm uncomfortable eating at someone else's house(because what if I don't like the food? What then?! Huh?!) I don't like to eat food I haven't seen prepared(which is why I like both Pizza Express and Subway - you can see the 'chefs' at work). Heck, I won't even try new foods without vigorous peer pressure. That's just how I roll.
I don't see it as a bad thing. I mean, the insane maltesers diet was a very bad thing(just ask my brittle bones), but aside from that I don't mind my eating habits being so limiting. Other people like to experiment and eat a wide variety of meals, and that's great for them, but I'm happy just going with what I know I like.
When it gets right down to it - I don't enjoy eating. I really only get round to it when I'm really starving, and I don't eat much even when I do deign to put something in my mouth. I think it's inefficient, like sleep, and it's one of my life goals to come up with the fastest, most painless way for me to refuel and then get on with my day.
Until then, though, I'll be down at the Subway, sticking to the routine.