Tastefully Depressed is the a new term that has been coined by yours truly… me. That is the state I’m in… “Tastefully Depressed”. You arrive at this point little by little over time when you do not and can not enjoy eating the things you love the food you miss the most! After all, food is one of the great joys in life… and when you can’t find happiness in enjoying those things that make you happy… namely great food that you have had all your life… you get depressed… “Tastefully Depressed”. This entry started with one simple thought about a craving for something… a smoked turkey leg! First with a little entry on Facebook to friends…
Then it got expanded to include more things I miss. I guess there’s not too many things that make you feel at “home” then great foods that you are use to. When you travel around to different parts of the country in a Rv, you experience lots of new and different things… but you also miss all your favorites most of the time… and sooner or later, fall into a state of depression in one form or another… and when it involves food… you become “Tastefully Depressed”. The cure? … well, a quick fix is order some of the stuff via the internet and UPS… or have family send it to you… but, most of it, most of the time… ya just do without… and then depression sets in. Nothing is really going to replace Krispy Creme Doughnuts… nothing. And as with everything else, when you can not satisfy a craving… you eat this, that, and everything else to no avail. What you do find, is the attempt to satisfy your cravings which has left you 20 pounds to the heavy… and you still have those cravings! Yep… the list is almost endless and the road to satisfaction is long, endless, and unsatisfying. One of the places I miss from back home in Maryland is a little mexican place called “Baja Fresh”. Now you think being a mexican style food that they would be everywhere in the south, especially Florida and Texas… nope… no where to be found or even heard of. So aside for being usually 25 miles from anything close to being a shopping or food mecca… we are also lacking and missing all the good things that bring happiness! On a positive note… there are some things we really enjoy here that I’m sure will not be found any where else. There’s this little place call Waller County Line BBQ… famous for their “loaded potato”… OMG… so good… over the top best ever… raises the bar so high that everything else falls to a “5” out of 10 at best. But… I’m already sad… because when we leave here, and travel to someplace else, we will not only have our old favorites that we will miss, but also the new favorites as well. I can see this is not going to end well. Over time the favorites list is going to grow larger and larger… the availability will be the same ( can’t get it )… and “tasteful depression” will once again raise it’s ugly head to spawn cravings that will be the torture of the day! So if food is important to you, you may experience this same fate… and become “Tastefully Depressed”… and not even realize what you are experiencing. So… I wish you well. Enjoy what you have available to you… you never know when things could change… and the food that you have always enjoyed, could be gone. Bon Appetite. Pass the crab legs please!
