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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2004-08-24 08:46 am
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Acid Reflux

I woke up choking. I don't think I was close to dying but for a moment it felt like I was. Acid reflux. And the moral of the story is don't eat curry.

Ailz and I had lunch yesterday at the Cafe Lahore, which is probably the best curry house this side of Manchester. Very nice. But the lesson needs to be learned- curries do me harm and if I want to live to be 80 I must LEAVE THEM ALONE.

I'm not going to pretend this is any great hardship. Curry is possibly my favourite food, but the truth of the matter is I don't like any food all that much. In spite of tuition by experts I find the whole business of eating a bore- and the restaurant experience is particularly boring because it takes a huge chunk out of the day which could be spent doing- oh, almost anything else. Restaurants make me edgy and anxious. I hate the waiting, I hate the fact that someone is suffering the indignity of serving me. I want to read a newspaper, I want to listen to the radio, I want to watch TV, I want to shovel the stuff in as quickly as possible and get on with my life.

[identity profile] beentothemoon.livejournal.com 2004-08-24 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
You reminded me of the White Knight in the Alice books with your moral. I'm glad you're well. Is it just curry that you can't have? Can you meet them half way with Chicken Tiki Marsala or something inauthentic and anglo?


In an unrelated subject, do you have any books published? If so, I would like to read them.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2004-08-24 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
To be compared to the White Knight is one of the greatest compliments I can imagine.

I think it's probably any spicy food. I suppose I could experiment, but I'm a little afraid to after last night's experience.

The only book I have had published (I just don't try hard enough) is a thing called The Illustrated Guide to Wicca by Tony and Aileen Grist. It does what it says on the cover but it's not really literature.