Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> Andy <q> :
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>>-L. said...
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>>>Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that stick
>>>out in your mind?
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>>I must've been about 5 y.o. (the crappy food days of Mom's cooking). For
>>dinner she served us a canned ham. She didn't cook it just sliced it up,
>>jelly and all. I took one bite and it was so icky and salty, I tried to
>>swallow it but it wouldn't go down and instead I vomited all over the
>>table. She never served canned ham again.
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>>Andy
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> Interesting how a little puke will give the adults a clue as to what NOT to
> do for young children, food wise


And then there's a gal I worked with who confessed that when she was a
kid, anytime she wanted to fake sick she would go to the pantry, open
the bottle of blackstrap molasses and smell it. This would induce
vomiting, a symptom her rather strict dad considered unimpeachable.

Kathleen