الخميس، 29 يونيو 2017

‘I find myself eating pork pies like the last two decades of near-vegetarianism never happened’

Pregnancy brings with it cravings, aversions and a nostalgia for the food of one’s childhood – scotch eggs, fish and chips, or more meat than seems reasonable

When pregnant with me, my allegedly vegetarian mother once ate an entire salami, string and all, before she’d even reached the till (apparently toxoplasmosis didn’t exist in 1984).

Now it is my turn to thicken my baby waist with love and longing. And, in keeping with the family tradition, I have found myself eating pork pies and sausage rolls like the last two decades of near-vegetarianism never happened.

At least I didn’t fall off the wagon like a friend of my parents who ate a small block of coal during her pregnancy

Related: ‘As a carnist I’m conditioned to accept meat-eating is natural’ | Comment

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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2to0BT5

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