Having just finished dinner, I started thinking about how my menu has changed since I got married. I grew up in a family that was all meat and potatoes. A meal just wasn’t good if it wasn’t meat and potatoes..and maybe vegetables.
Marrying a Filipino? Yeah. That changed that quickly! Anyone who knows Filipinos will know that it’s rice three times a day. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner….snack too. Very good thing I like rice–although I do have my limit, and sometimes potatoes sound sooooo yummy especially as they are now a rare side dish in our house. I never even thought of eating rice with my breakfast. Although, I must say I think I have adjusted rather well to eating rice frequently. And rice and bacon do actually taste pretty good together….and I did tell him when we got married he would have his rice since we were living in the US…and he does make potatoes sometimes, especially if I’m having a bad day:)
Not just rice though. For various reasons, my dear sweet better half does a lot of the cooking in our house. While he does sometimes make Filipino dishes (his lumpia is seriously the best in this world!!!), he tries to make American dishes too (or Polish. His stuffed cabbage is SOOO delicious, it is my family’s favorite dish that he makes! Just trust me. It’s perfect.), but somehow they always end up having just a hint of Filipino taste to it anyway. But I love him for trying!
I wonder if anyone else married to a foriegner has had the same experience with their dinner and lunch menus changing……
I know. This was kind of a random post. Just my own musings after dinner:) We had fried chicken and rice….it was deliciouso!
~My Filipino Husband~ 