It's Official: I'm Old

Have you ever noticed that as people age, they begin to eat strange foods? Diet this, low-fat that, high fiber, low salt, organic, vegetarian, and on it goes.

Last week while Kelly was out, I stopped in at my local Sprouts to pick up, well, sprouts. I also grabbed fruit, veg and pita for the week. In the checkout line, the clerk looked at my container of spicy sprouts and said:

I have no idea how to use these.

I waxed poetic about the joys of sprouts on salads, wraps, omelets and the like, paid and headed home.

Today, I was back to the market picking up a full complement of food for the Hayley household. While ringing up my purchases, the clerk at Kroger looked at my frozen bag of mango pulp and said:

What on earth is this?

I explained how helpful pulp is when making morning smoothies. Then I watched the rest of my purchases go by on the belt:

• Rice cakes
• Plain animal crackers
• Greek low-fat yogurt
• V-8 juice
• High-fiber oatmeal bars
• Flaxseed oil

It's official. I'm an old person eating strange foods!