Food
I have this theory that if I trained for it, I could be an eating contest champion. I did win the most recent edition of the family eating contest, after all!
Today started off quite well, as Meredith brought be back a present from his American friend he met in Paris - chunky peanut butter! I enjoy my generic brand Nutella of course, but peanut butter is really incomparable. I know I've made a general open invitation to anyone to come visit me here anytime, but I need to request that you bring a jar of peanut butter. If nothing else, I want to make my students try it! Is it true that Americans eat butter made out of peanuts?
I mentioned yesterday that grocery prices are much cheaper here, so I'll give an example of what I bought at Carrefour today. Prices are in Euros, and 1000g (1kg) is 2.2 pounds, so about 450g is a pound.
Generic brand Nutella 750g .93E
Milk chocolate 500g 1.21E
Milk chocolate 500g 1.21E
Organic pasta 500g 1.05E
Yogurt x 8 2.20E
Drinkable yogurt 750g 1.62E
Milk 1 Liter .62E
Frozen pizza 300g .93E
St. Nectaire cheese 282g 2.24E
Bananas (2) .51E
Pomegranate (1) .50E
Multigrain bread 300g 1.20E
In other exciting news, I am trying to get my running back on track. Yesterday I set off for an as-yet undecided distance and managed to get about 13 miles in. I took the Jean-Charles Varennes trail all the way to its end in Neris-les-Bains where I accidentally found a back way into the campground through a muddy trail. It was my longest run since mid-October and I felt a bit tired this morning, but the good kind of tired. Friday's race definitely got me excited to run fast again.
Today started off quite well, as Meredith brought be back a present from his American friend he met in Paris - chunky peanut butter! I enjoy my generic brand Nutella of course, but peanut butter is really incomparable. I know I've made a general open invitation to anyone to come visit me here anytime, but I need to request that you bring a jar of peanut butter. If nothing else, I want to make my students try it! Is it true that Americans eat butter made out of peanuts?
I mentioned yesterday that grocery prices are much cheaper here, so I'll give an example of what I bought at Carrefour today. Prices are in Euros, and 1000g (1kg) is 2.2 pounds, so about 450g is a pound.
Generic brand Nutella 750g .93E
Milk chocolate 500g 1.21E
Milk chocolate 500g 1.21E
Organic pasta 500g 1.05E
Yogurt x 8 2.20E
Drinkable yogurt 750g 1.62E
Milk 1 Liter .62E
Frozen pizza 300g .93E
St. Nectaire cheese 282g 2.24E
Bananas (2) .51E
Pomegranate (1) .50E
Multigrain bread 300g 1.20E
In other exciting news, I am trying to get my running back on track. Yesterday I set off for an as-yet undecided distance and managed to get about 13 miles in. I took the Jean-Charles Varennes trail all the way to its end in Neris-les-Bains where I accidentally found a back way into the campground through a muddy trail. It was my longest run since mid-October and I felt a bit tired this morning, but the good kind of tired. Friday's race definitely got me excited to run fast again.
posted by Paige @ 7:53 PM
5 Comments:
At 10:07 PM,
Anonymous said…
I still think I won that eating contest. My second win! I love you tons and tons!!!
Glad you are running so well.
At 10:50 PM,
Anonymous said…
I thought it was a team event so I'm accoutable for half the win...unless there was a more recent one I'm missing.-molly
At 10:59 PM,
Anonymous said…
Nutella is a hazelnut flavor, isn't it? You bought over two pounds of milk chocolate?????? Is there any left?
I think I came in last in that eating contest with only three plates of Chinese food.
At 2:57 AM,
Anonymous said…
I think Molly is right, it was a team event. I forgot, you two beat Dad and I.
At 7:09 PM,
Paige said…
Mom, you may have won the first contest (and Molly and I certainly kicked butt as a team) but I won the most recent edition!
Dad, Nutella is hazelnut-chocolate spread. How much does it cost in the US?
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