Jun 21, 2025
shout out to celiac disease and my mother for making me a really weird picky eater.
Eggs? FUCK no.
Teff pudding, the texture of frogspawn and chia seeds? Yes please I will have five bowls smothered in maple syrup.
Chicken? Get the hell away from me.
Slightly warm and slimy smoked salmon? I will eat the whole pack.
#my mom and i were talking#because i grew up LOVING ethiopian and indian food#because it was all we could eat#she could make it completely gluten free#without any substitutions#(because gf flour is fucking expensive)#and no one in our family likes casserole#so i grew up on curry#njera with doro wat#pakistani kima#feijoada stew#with charoset and homemade rice pudding for dessert#i’d like to emphasize that my family is REALLY REALLY WHITE#we’ve got NOTHING but french irish and swiss in us#but shoutout to my mom who saw smol me refusing to eat sad white people gluten free food#and learned how to cook brand new dishes from cultures she didn’t know so that id grow up actually enjoying meals