Last night we had a simple and delicious dinner. I wanted to keep eating because 1) it was mmm, mmm good and 2) eating keeps the nausea at bay. But I finally had to face the sad truth: that there was no more room in my stomach.
Within an hour, I prepared:
- local sweet potatoes (purple skin, orange flesh), baked at 400 degrees for 45 minutes
- asparagus, also baked at 400 degrees, following Orangette's recipe
- a ripe tomato, sliced and mixed with chopped garlic, salt, and pepper
- wild Pacific salmon (bought frozen, but still a preferable choice in my mind to the Atlantic variety), cooked on the stovetop with salt, pepper, a little garlic, and lemon juice
An hour after eating dinner, I had room in the tummy again, so we had vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice cream with banana slices and chocolate sauce. Yes, I've gone pregnant.
I'm now contemplating a means of hanging a piece of orange peel under my nose. The scent also helps reduce nausea (and is a nice alternative to constantly stuffing my face), but my arm gets a little tired holding the peel all the time. And sometimes you want to use both of your hands.... I'm thinking maybe a thin curved piece of metal hanging down from the bridge of my glasses. Or a string draped over my head. Maybe to go with these, I'll need a curtain across the door of my cubicle.
Posted by Shokufeh at April 11, 2005 05:47 PMThat sounds like a delicious dinner, and very healthy too. :-) I've never heard of orange helping nausea. I'll remember that. I bet ginger would help too-- candied or even ginger tea.
Posted by: Hannah at April 11, 2005 09:04 PMmy mom and i use lemon to help nausea. we just sniff half of one. helps a lot. it must be a citrus thing.
in other news, that recipe for asparagus has been popping up all over the place. i keep hearing people say that it is the best way to cook asparagus. in the last 2 weeks, i've heard at least 5 different conversations about that recipe. oh, and in one of them, the person added some garlic too...i bet it would be even better that way.
Shok, you could start a jewelry line for pregnant women. I see dangly silver over the scalp and behind the ears with a clip for orange rinds in front. It might even catch on in the punk scene. "Dude, where's my orange?"
Posted by: george at April 12, 2005 09:58 AMI'm so incredibly far behind on blog reading that I didn't realize that you'd gone and made your brother happy. I can only imagine you calling him, him asking if you're pregnant, and you saying "Yes."
Congratulations! I'm quite, quite happy for you.
And I remember a friend working at a health food store and they sold this lip gloss looking thing. It was a glass tube with a plastic ball on the end. It had a mixture of ginger and orange essence which you could rub on your upper lip so you smelled gingery orangey goodness for a couple of hours. It was sold to people who experienced nausea or to people who needed to cover up some other scent, like being on the train. I don't remember the brand but I remember using it when I had to take out the garbage at work. That dumpster was horrid!
Posted by: Cinnamon at April 12, 2005 11:53 AMhmmmm... i'm not pregnant, but i seem to want to feed incessantly as well. i wonder what'll happen if i'm ever pregnant... better not think about it. for now, glad you're enjoying your culinary delights, shokufeh. :)
Posted by: nas at April 12, 2005 07:25 PM