With my lovely wife returned to me, my experiment to see whether I could eat nothing but chili for her entire absence (except breakfast) has come to an end. Let me first say that whenever someone heard I was doing this I received a pretty constant flow of pity and concern as a response. I don't fully understand this response as; 1. not only was it a conscious decision. but 2. It's probably better than what I otherwise would have been eating.
I mean really, why the pity? It's delicious and nutritious. I've probably had more vegetables in the past twenty days than I have in the past twenty weeks. I've had three different kinds of peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, corn, beans, onions and garlic (I realize not all of those are veggies, let's move on). The concern I understand, Chili is not the known for being gentle and calming on the insides or those around you...but fear not gentle readers I have insides like steel.
Now to the results! I feel I was quite successful, aside from breakfast and a couple of invitations out for dinner from friends and concerned well wishers(it would be rude to refuse on account of a ridiculous experiment) I ate nothing but chili for a solid twenty days. I found that the outcome was a near immunity to the "ill" effects of beans (I don't need to clarify that, do I) and several delicious and very cost effective meal ( it came to about 2.50 a meal). The only ill effects I suffered other than eventually becoming tired of chili ( It's not my favorite food, just the healthiest) was my tears started to smell vaguely of chili. My eyes started to water one day and I discovered after wiping them that they smelled like the meals I was eating...they did not taste of chili, they tasted of salt.
Not the most scientific of experiments but mostly done out of the curiosity if I could do it, not the need to know what the effects would be. You may expect my Canada day blog tomorrow but I wouldn't, I guess we'll see...
Later days everyone, enjoy your Canada day festivities and I'll see you again soon.
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