MY SWEET TOOTH IS ACTIVE

But not as much as a former co-worker of mine. When she was a little girl, she would take spoonfuls or spoonsful (I don't know which is correct, like brothers-in-law or brother-in-laws) of sugar straight from the sugar bowl. Now, that's a serious sweet tooth.

One of my favorites is grain. Now, let me explain. Chile is very strict on incoming food (or is it foods, and when does money become monies?). When we went through customs recently, one of the officials wanted to look into my bag. He asked if I had any grain. I said no. He looked. Sure enough, no grain.

What had happened was that he had mixed up my bag with my wife's who was carrying grain. At least she had some Rice Krispy Treats, a staple to my diet. Seven sugars and still 90 calories. So, naturally, we now refer to them as grain.

I think it was Britney Spears who took off a lot of weight when she avoided sugar completely. Maybe if I were younger. Naw. I'm fortunate I never heard about my co-worker's obsession until I was an adult. We lived pretty close to each other back then. I knew her brother pretty well. Had I known then what I know now, she might have had another spoon in her sugar bowl.