Some things are just too good

When I was younger, my Mum and Dad always called me the ‘marrower’, and this was solely based on the fact that I loved the marrow in a rib bone of a joint of roast beef. I’d stick my little finger as far down the opening in the bone as I could, and tried to fish out the delicious contents. They used to joke about going to a Car Boot Sale to buy me a marrow spoon, but we never did find one. Instead, I would get creative and use not only my hands and fingers, but straws, fork tines, and metal skewers to extract the marrow. Thinking back at Sunday Lunches where this would occur, it sort of makes me wonder why I enjoyed the idea of sucking out the marrow of the bones. I know I enjoyed it, but I can’t seem to come to terms with the fact that that was something that I took pleasure in doing. It’s similar to thinking about how much I love crackling, or bacon rinds and realizing that what I love the taste of so much is purely rendered fat. The thought of it is slightly repulsive, and almost gag inducing, but regardless of the fact that it is just fat, the taste of it outweighs the negative points of it. My family and I have always tried to eat more healthily, with less fast food and less eating out, but when it comes down to it, some of the food that is more likely to be bad for me is food that I am just not willing to give up. I enjoy my Mum’s English home cooking far more than I should, but it’s something that had you been brought up with, you cannot bear to bring yourself to part with it. It’s part of your upbringing, and it’s most likely going to be part of your future family’s upbringing too. Although, some of the food I grew up with is most likely on the side of too much goodness, fat, sugar, butter and cream, it’s the little things like those additions to a meal that make it that much more enjoyable and yummy. My family and I do try to aim for the more healthy options these days, but I would choose my family style cooking over any ‘rabbit food’ any day. Something’s are just too good to give up.