No Apple Pie

Today is our monthly social event in the library. Our director has planned a pie delight and sends out the email invites. Somehow, because he is offering cider, I get the notion in my head that there is apple pie, and of course, I immediately am concerned whether there is so much cinnamon that I will have to pass.

After we gather, he takes requests for kind of pie and I ask about the cinnamon. Turns out that there is no apple pie. Only blueberry, raspberry (good Lord, no! Seeds never works well) and pecan (nuts don't work either). Once I get past the cinnamon taboo, I take the blueberry and decline the cider. Really, its getting so that I can barely partake of foodstuffs at events such as these. I don't want to appear snobby, but it is self defense.

Although I can physically put such foods in my mouth and enjoy them totally, I know I will pay a hefty price once they begin to wreak havoc with my intestinal track. So far I have stumped a number of nutritionists with my food reactions. We are so fiber conscious, so pushing raw fruit and veggies, that we cannot think outside of that box.

My one consolation is that I take vitamins. So far, B, C, D, and E on a regular basis. I will keep asking around. Maybe there is someone out there who has wrestled with this problem and has a better solution that what I have been able to cobble together.

I do have to smile though. Lots of people recommend drinking healthy fruits and vegetables in their juice form. I guess they don't realize that fiber is fiber no matter how it looks to the eye. The fiber in carrot juice is just as indigestible for me as the fiber in a raw carrot!

But at least for today, no worries about cinnamon in the apple pie!