EVOO Anyone???
I just wanted to try some recipes with quinoa, a protein-rich food that seems to be becoming quite popular.
But I didn’t have any recipes for it.
So I started searching online.
And then I ran into “EVOO.”
It appeared as an ingredient in more than one recipe.
Never before had I heard of such a thing until then. And then, in a simple search for recipes using quinoa, almost every single recipe called for EVOO.
“What in the world is EVOO?!?” I thought as I scanned through the recipes.
“Oh well, it’s probably some kind of exotic seasoning that you have to get at the health-food store and I don’t want to spend big bucks on it anyway, so I’ll just omit it… After all, one little ingredient can’t make that much difference in a recipe, can it?”
Finally, after coming across probably five or six recipes that called for EVOO, I committed the deed that confirmed my absolute ignorance to the existence of the ingredient.
I googled it.
Yes, I actually typed in “What is EVOO?”
My search revealed a lot about me: Just when I was beginning to feel like I was at last going to join the group of healthy people and eat this stuff that is supposed to be so good for you, I found out that I’m really not as healthy as I thought I was. I’m just a wanna-be. I mean, in today’s world, there is healthy, and then there is healthy. It’s like a whole new genre. And it is the second group that uses EVOO.
And guess what?
I’m definitely not in that group. Seriously. I’m not. If I were, I would have known what EVOO was!
But, I didn’t… (Well, now I do, but only because I googled it.)
Anyway, I probably won’t need EVOO much anymore though, since Isaac didn’t really like the dish of quinoa that I tried.
Oh well…more power to those who use EVOO and eat quinoa.
Ok, maybe I am still kind of bitter about just being a wanna-be...but I guess I had it coming to me. I mean, I don’t even call EVOO it by it’s full name of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Guess I’ll go back to using my olive oil like normal.
But I didn’t have any recipes for it.
So I started searching online.
And then I ran into “EVOO.”
It appeared as an ingredient in more than one recipe.
Never before had I heard of such a thing until then. And then, in a simple search for recipes using quinoa, almost every single recipe called for EVOO.
“What in the world is EVOO?!?” I thought as I scanned through the recipes.
“Oh well, it’s probably some kind of exotic seasoning that you have to get at the health-food store and I don’t want to spend big bucks on it anyway, so I’ll just omit it… After all, one little ingredient can’t make that much difference in a recipe, can it?”
Finally, after coming across probably five or six recipes that called for EVOO, I committed the deed that confirmed my absolute ignorance to the existence of the ingredient.
I googled it.
Yes, I actually typed in “What is EVOO?”
My search revealed a lot about me: Just when I was beginning to feel like I was at last going to join the group of healthy people and eat this stuff that is supposed to be so good for you, I found out that I’m really not as healthy as I thought I was. I’m just a wanna-be. I mean, in today’s world, there is healthy, and then there is healthy. It’s like a whole new genre. And it is the second group that uses EVOO.
And guess what?
I’m definitely not in that group. Seriously. I’m not. If I were, I would have known what EVOO was!
But, I didn’t… (Well, now I do, but only because I googled it.)
Anyway, I probably won’t need EVOO much anymore though, since Isaac didn’t really like the dish of quinoa that I tried.
Oh well…more power to those who use EVOO and eat quinoa.
Ok, maybe I am still kind of bitter about just being a wanna-be...but I guess I had it coming to me. I mean, I don’t even call EVOO it by it’s full name of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Guess I’ll go back to using my olive oil like normal.
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