Baking something very special
Forgive me, dear readers. I haven’t exactly been writing prolifically lately. The main reason is that I haven’t exactly been eating prolifically, because I’ve been busy baking Something Very Special. (Yes, that’s with capital letters.)
You see, for the past twelve weeks… we’ve had a bun in the oven!
In February O and I will meet Baby Lunchalot!
So I’ve spent the past couple of months feeling very green indeed, and culinary exploration hasn’t exactly been high on the priority list. In fact, I haven’t been able to look at a piece of red meat without feeling my stomach churn in quite a while, and I seem to have developed a strange penchant for chocolate milk and Bega Tasty cheese slices.
So please excuse my recent silence. Writing about food isn’t exactly a great treatment for morning sickness - which, I have to say, is the biggest misnomer in the English language. Just ask anyone who’s ever been up the duff. Trust me, it lasts all day.
Food cravings are a strange thing for a food lover like me. For example, one week I became obsessed with oranges, and went straight to the market, bought six navel oranges and had scoffed three within minutes of returning home. The other day I couldn’t stop thinking about the vegetarian fake meat burger patties I used to eat during the vegetarian phase in my early teens (yes, believe it or not dear readers, this die-hard carnivore was once a vegetarian). I hadn’t thought of those burgers in over 15 years, and the first bite was an almost orgasmic experience! I had been terrified they didn’t make them anymore or that I wouldn’t remember the brand, but there they were on the supermarket freezer shelf - what a relief. There’s nothing quite like satisfying a craving when you’re pregnant.
Food aversions and sensitivity to smell are the other strange things. Red meat has become nothing short of repulsive. And the smell of meat, whether it’s in the fridge or on the grill, is enough to send me running to the loo. When I walk into my supermarket I can immediately smell the meat section lining the back wall of the building. O and I recently bought a beautiful new fridge, and every time I open the door I am hit in the face by that plastic new fridge smell, which puts me off whatever I was just about to eat. I even rubbed vanilla essence on the door seals to try to cover it, but it only worked for a day or so before the plasticky smell fought back.
So while I don’t know what weird food topics I will be writing about until Baby Lunchalot makes his/her debut into the world, I can promise to keep blogging throughout the pregnancy. I’m a firm believer that you are what you eat, and in this case, this little bubba will be a product of what I eat. Does that mean I will be giving birth to a vegetarian cheese lover?
I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank the love of my life and Daddy-to-be, my wonderful O, for his patience over the past few months. I’ve been a bit hard to deal with at times, and he’s been very patient with me. Not to mention putting up with night after night of macaroni cheese. And giving me his Singapore noodles when I couldn’t eat my Char Kway Teow. And for feeding the cat because the smell of Whiskas made me gag. And for barely mentioning a distinct lack of his favourite burritos on the dinner table. And for not complaining about a lamb shankless winter.
Thank you beautiful man. You make me very, very happy. I love you madly. And I promise I won’t eat any more fresh pineapple until February.
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Lorena says:
July 31st, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Many Congratulations!
The cooking/food aversion will pass… I remember my main issue was with the food I was eating the first time I started feeling queasy. Pregnancy one it was grilled zucchini and parmesan, pregnancy two it was potato frittata. Quite sad.
Oh, very exciting, a little baby lunchalot!
bliss bubble says:
July 31st, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Congratulations!!! And commiserations about the “all day sickness”.
Oh, and forgive my cheekiness, but if you are what you eat, can we assume little lunchalot was created of Vue??
Lady Lunchalot says:
July 31st, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Bliss Bubble, you are very perceptive! I don’t want to give too much away, but we did go to Vue de Monde 12 weeks ago and, well, let’s just say that it was a very romantic evening, and we now have a permanent memento of the night!
And the funny part is that I’d told O I wanted to go to Vue de Monde before I fell pregnant so I could enjoy the food and wine properly. He managed to book us in with only hours to spare!
bliss bubble says:
July 31st, 2007 at 4:15 pm
What a fabulous story LL!!
On our recent jaunt to Vue I described myself as being in a ‘bliss bubble’ (and therefore the name when I posted). I have to agree it is the perfect appetizer for a very romantic evening
ben says:
August 1st, 2007 at 10:07 pm
if my toasted sandwiches at work are making you feel ill just say so.
Ange says:
August 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 am
Congratulations, I had Miss Chloe this Feb so went through the same thing as you about a year ago, I had the meat thing too but did try to eat some & completely went off cooking as well. In summer my biggest danger was ice cream, I actually ate it for dinner some nights with nothing else at all!
KP says:
August 2nd, 2007 at 8:18 am
You’re latest missive made me cry! What a beautiful time in your lives, and what wonderful news for two fantastic parents-to-be. We can’t wait to meet your Something Very Special, Baby Lunchalot.
cin says:
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:54 am
Congratulations, what great news! Looking forward to hearing about your progress.
Truffle says:
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Congratulations! What fabulous news and what a lovely story about VDM. Very fitting for the baby of a food loving mother!
Ali-K says:
August 6th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Congratulations. It must be hard for a food lover to temporarily no longer love food (except for oranges and vege burgers…) but obviously all for a wonderful reason. AND judging by everyone’s comments, it’ll pass. I’m excited to read about all the wonderful and crazy combinations your cravings lead to though.
Jess says:
August 7th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Congradulations. Can’t wait to see you.
Kate says:
August 19th, 2007 at 1:56 am
Oh that is SO GREAT!!! Congrats!!
When I was PG with my son, I had a terrible craving for Coca Cola. It was very strange because I NEVER drank soda at all!! But I had to have it like I needed to breathe.
My son, now 13, LOVES Coca Cola. Hmmm.. My fault??
Make sure to post some belly photos too, so we can watch BL grow!
Richie B says:
August 21st, 2007 at 9:04 am
Congrats to you both… Although it seems you are doing most of the work at this stage… I’m sure O can pick it up again later.
It seems like so many of my friends and family are adding to their quivers at the moment… Maybe… No, actually that’s not possible anymore, so the doctor says.
BenandPip says:
November 11th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
We can’t wait to dine with lady lunchalot again soon! Great to read your blog LLLW, looking forward to the next installment with a page dedicated to mashed pumpkin and stewed apples!
Richie B says:
December 14th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Must be close now… Could we please have a baby eve installment of Lady Lunchalot?