As some of you know I have been advised to lower my cholesterol
and lose a bit of weight, which has been going pretty well if I am honest. One
thing the docs advise is to eat more fruits and veg. This is never easy for me
as I am not a huge fan of vegetables. I am like a three year old when it comes
to food, carrots, parsnips, cauliflower and cabbage are evil things sent to
punish us while turkey twizzlers and chicken nuggets are manna from heaven. It;s not easy having the palette of a child but sometimes it’s fun. Obviously getting my 5 a day is easier in the summer when the shops are full of blueberries and
strawberries that are plump and ripe and full of goodness. But at this time of
year the berries have been replaced with rotting apples and pears and ill
looking plums and so getting my 5 a day becomes a lot more challenging. So
imagine my glee when I spotted strawberries in Tesco yesterday. And what’s more
they looked good.
But looks can be deceiving. The strawberries were bright pink in colour, not quite ripe, yet somehow they were already rotting, already squishy, already growing mould. 50 crowns they charged me for the privilege of buying but not eating a punnet of genetically modified fruit with the shelf life of a fruit fly.
But looks can be deceiving. The strawberries were bright pink in colour, not quite ripe, yet somehow they were already rotting, already squishy, already growing mould. 50 crowns they charged me for the privilege of buying but not eating a punnet of genetically modified fruit with the shelf life of a fruit fly.
rotten strawberries and life of a fruit fly sound like a good subject for a poem
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