"It's just carbon and hydrogen" OR "I like it fine."

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Now, on to eating...

I've discovered that there are two ends on the eater type continuum. Matt represents one end and I'm the other. Let me explain...

I love food. I get excited about brownies, thai food, or a smoothie. My heart will race when I see my favorite Ben and Jerry's ice cream. I salivate at a delectable avacado with a pinch of salt or a flat of perfectly ripe and sweet raspberries (which I ate all by myself yesterday).

Matt thinks of food and eating more as a chore. It's just something you do to make your body go, do your work, have energy, etc. He's known for saying, "It's just carbon and hydrogen."

This used to cause problems in the first months of our marriage. I would make a new dish for dinner and be oh so excited about it. Matt and I would eat and I'd say, "How'd you like that?" He'd respond, "I like it fine." Finally I probed - what does this statement mean? How can he possibly like all of this varied food just fine? Well - it's because he simply doesn't view eating the same way I do.

Sam is like Matt. I can't think of any foods that Sam goes ga-ga for. He eats what's on his tray in no big hurry - whether it's cheese, crackers, fruit, veggies, or chocolatey cocoa puffs! There is one, only one thing he shows any zest for (and it's minor in my book), and that is graham crackers. Sam does love graham crackers... at least as much as he loves anything.

So, on Saturday, Matt was feeling a bit snackish and went into the kitchen to rummage. I found Sam and Matt like this:

I said, "AHA! Now I know where Sam gets his love of graham crackers!"
Matt replied, "Yah, I guess graham crackers are good. They're still just carbon and hydrogen."