Growing up I was very influenced by foods that my dad did or did not like. At the table he made a point of saying when certain foods were “gross”… such as fat on meat, or milk. My mom had to pretty much bribe my sister and I to drink a glass. We hated it. Milk still isn’t my favorite, but it’s not so bad. At least not as bad as I convinced myself it was. You see, my dad grew up on a dairy farm and to this day you cannot get him to drink milk. He says he had to drink it too much as a kid, and then once he started farming I guess he was grossed out by the process. I’m not sure… However, the funny thing is is that he loves cheese. He eats cheese all the time {it’s something that we make fun of him about}, even on his toast for breakfast every morning. But we all know that cheese is milk before it goes through the process and becomes cheese. So I don’t really get it… [Read more...]
