Comments on: obsession http://jenlarsen.net/2009/02/obsession/ dealing in awesome, since 1973 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:53:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Melissa http://jenlarsen.net/2009/02/obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-4063 Melissa Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:20:44 +0000 http://jenlarsen.net/?p=234#comment-4063 This is a great blog! The obessions are so crazy and such a time waster. Why do we do this nutty stuff? Why is this food so powerful? This is a great blog! The obessions are so crazy and such a time waster. Why do we do this nutty stuff? Why is this food so powerful?

]]> By: G.G. http://jenlarsen.net/2009/02/obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1711 G.G. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:28:52 +0000 http://jenlarsen.net/?p=234#comment-1711 Brilliant post. "Hoarding my future potatoes." Really describes the nuttiness of this, doesn't it? Brilliant post. “Hoarding my future potatoes.” Really describes the nuttiness of this, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Lauren http://jenlarsen.net/2009/02/obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1709 Lauren Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:54:32 +0000 http://jenlarsen.net/?p=234#comment-1709 What you do with mashed potatoes and I do with chocolate cake, my grandmother does with quality time. You spend several hours driving to see her in her little retirement village and she spends the whole time coming up with ways to guilt you into staying longer, or working on you to commit to another day to visit again. I visit her with pretty good regularity but she doesn't seem to be able to enjoy our time together because she's so focused on making sure these 4 hours aren't the last spoonful of mashed potatoes she'll ever have. What you do with mashed potatoes and I do with chocolate cake, my grandmother does with quality time. You spend several hours driving to see her in her little retirement village and she spends the whole time coming up with ways to guilt you into staying longer, or working on you to commit to another day to visit again. I visit her with pretty good regularity but she doesn’t seem to be able to enjoy our time together because she’s so focused on making sure these 4 hours aren’t the last spoonful of mashed potatoes she’ll ever have.

]]> By: Holly G http://jenlarsen.net/2009/02/obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 Holly G Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:37:12 +0000 http://jenlarsen.net/?p=234#comment-1685 Get out of my mind! I do this with really tasty leftovers. I plan, I covet, I sneak in to the fridge and devour the leftover burrito. God help my husband if he gets in my way! Get out of my mind! I do this with really tasty leftovers. I plan, I covet, I sneak in to the fridge and devour the leftover burrito. God help my husband if he gets in my way!

]]> By: Shana O'Brien http://jenlarsen.net/2009/02/obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1684 Shana O'Brien Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:39:09 +0000 http://jenlarsen.net/?p=234#comment-1684 Take everything you just described, but make it me instead of you, then factor in children. And imagine the horror of going back to the fridge for your hoarded, I mean saved for later, deliciousness and finding that some heinous beast child had eaten it. Then imagine a loving spouse trying to talk you down from your murder/suicide level range with something as inane as "It's just mashed potatoes. We can make more." The urge to kill can be unbearable, and when you fight the urge you turn into a big black hole of loathing. And the only thing that fills the void is candy. All over potatoes. Yes-huh. Take everything you just described, but make it me instead of you, then factor in children. And imagine the horror of going back to the fridge for your hoarded, I mean saved for later, deliciousness and finding that some heinous beast child had eaten it.

Then imagine a loving spouse trying to talk you down from your murder/suicide level range with something as inane as “It’s just mashed potatoes. We can make more.”

The urge to kill can be unbearable, and when you fight the urge you turn into a big black hole of loathing. And the only thing that fills the void is candy.

All over potatoes. Yes-huh.

]]> By: sarah http://jenlarsen.net/2009/02/obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 sarah Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:24:04 +0000 http://jenlarsen.net/?p=234#comment-1683 and this is why i love reading your site. how many times have i done this? not with mashed potatoes, but with special sausage-cornbread-apple stuffing, with cheesecake, with mini-salami-puff pastry sandwiches... i feel you, girl and this is why i love reading your site. how many times have i done this? not with mashed potatoes, but with special sausage-cornbread-apple stuffing, with cheesecake, with mini-salami-puff pastry sandwiches…

i feel you, girl

]]> By: Kim http://jenlarsen.net/2009/02/obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 Kim Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:14:16 +0000 http://jenlarsen.net/?p=234#comment-1682 Omigod. This hit very close to home. Especially the part about not enjoying the current food because of hoarding the future food. My mind = blown. Omigod.
This hit very close to home. Especially the part about not enjoying the current food because of hoarding the future food.
My mind = blown.

]]> By: Sal http://jenlarsen.net/2009/02/obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 Sal Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:54:20 +0000 http://jenlarsen.net/?p=234#comment-1681 Not just you. I've done this more times than I can count, right down to the endless sampling that fills me up and inability to enjoy the meal once it's cooked. It's positively oppressive. Not just you. I’ve done this more times than I can count, right down to the endless sampling that fills me up and inability to enjoy the meal once it’s cooked. It’s positively oppressive.

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