Today was a epic fail on the waged war on lactose. I went grocery shopping at our local IGA store and I found that the evil doers had marked down ice cream to only $1.99 for a pint Gifford's (never tried it so that was an instant lose because I was excited) and the same went for half gallon of Turkey Hill Ice Cream. So, I failed, but then again, I sort of won in a way. Later, I will fail again when my stomach and other parts of me will revolt against the insufferable lactose. My G.I. track is going to not like me in the next few hours to come.
The arsonal used against me:
Gifford's Maine Moose Tracks : vanilla ice cream with fudge swirls, candy cups filled with caramel. Not sure if I like it or not. The candy cups are obscenely colored neon orange... that can't be good.
Turkey Hill : Choco Mint.... anything with mint and I'm done for. This is especially true for Ben and Jerry's Mint Cookie Ice Cream... omg, if I died and went to heaven that would have to be on the menu (anyone seen Defending Your Life with Merryl Streep and the guy who did the voice for Nemo's Dad in Finding Nemo? SUCH a good movie, one day I'm going to buy it on ebay).
Turkey Hill : Bavarian Espresso... two words in the English language that send delicious shivers up my spine. Haven't tried this, so I'm hoping to bide my time on the gut busting bomb I'm preping for with all this lactose.
And all this was dessert.
Appetizer:
Cheese, cheese and more cheese... on sale.
Munster (my favorite), Sharp Chedar (oh, that's a favorite too) and Colby Jack Cheese (um, did I say I already picked a favorite? Can three cheeses be the winner?) Anyway, these were on sale 3/$5. Naturally I had to get the trinity. My gut is soooo going to protest the first cheese I open. I almost got the sour cream that was on sale for .99 too.
Oh, and picked up a bag of cheese and spinich ravioli for $2.99 that is going to be the fam's dinner.
Cheese
Lactose
This isn't going to be pretty.
Your friendly neighborhood IGA is out to get you, yes they are. Not fair, btw- mine only has the worlds strangest wall of meat. Well, and the best selection of beans outside the healthy food store...
ReplyDeleteUm, yeah, though, I get the pain. And the fail. My last roommate used to take pills before nomming the dairy. It works for her, but total fail for me. Might as well try it, right?
The pills don't work for me, even when I drink Lactaid milk I still get a rumbling tummy. Good thing we have lots of windows in the apartment. Sadly, same goes with beans. Love beans, don't eat them as often as I/we should (I hear your body becomes sort of immune to the gas producing effects... haven't tested that theory out yet fully), and I'm sensitive to Beano (retched like I had the flu the last time I used it).
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking if we force our bodies to accept lactose will it miraculously say, "Well, ok. It's part of the diet. I guess I'm going to have to adjust and make it okay for this body to eat it." If only.
Post note: O-M-G, Bavarian Espresso ice cream... took one scoop and nearly keeled over from the goodness. I seriously reigned in the urge to make a meal out of the gallon of ice cream. I was already under the effects of a lactose induced gut coma.
Some have drugs and alcohol, I... have... cheese.
yeah, small amounts of beans for a while, every day to build up bean eating gut stuff, then just don't stop.
ReplyDeleteI got super sharp cheese to work, but I don't love sharp cheese. I love mozzarella and fontina and mild creamy cheddar. Vegan cheese makers get better at their jobs, i'd be much happier. er, my intestines would be, anyway