My Pregnant Girl Craving Theory

I think everyone's fascinated with pregnant girl cravings.  I definitely am.  Women talk about craving things they used to hate!  What's not interesting about that?  Some experts say it's our body's way of telling us we need certain nutrients.  Some say it's just an excuse for us to indulge. 

But the Kipapa mommies crave a little differently. 

First of all, we don't have the first trimester cravings because none of us having morning sickness.  Don't yell at me!  My sis & I think that we get punished in other ways like unusually frequent headaches & gas.  (Kinda like for me with drinking, I never got sick the night of drinking or the day after; I would just forget things all the time & have massive headaches the next day.)  

Then in the second trimester, so far anyway, cravings are minimal & mild.  I want brownies & ice cream, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Burger King, KFC, Chinese Buffet, casseroles, any American food, frito pie, soup, mashed potatoes & gravy.  The other day, I was in the store to buy only the ingredients for a dish I was testing for work, Poblano Corn Pudding, when I passed the pancake section.  Suddenly, I had to have some pancakes.  Donuts & cake sound amazing.  Right now, I would really like to have a bologna sandwich.

I didn't hate any of these things before; I just preferred other things.  I used to want cheesecake any day over brownies.  I never ever wanted pancakes or waffles for breakfast.  I could totally go without cooking casseroles for dinner. 

As I was contemplating these mysterious cravings, I realized what they all had in common...  They are all things I ate during my childhood.  The kicker that led to this revelation - why do I not want Mexican food (something I normally do crave), but I would kill for some Taco Bell?

So this is Jewel Kipapa's pregnant girl craving theory...  During pregnancy, your tastebuds become unsophisticated & for 6 months of your life will shrivel back to where they were 20 years ago.  Wow, that was a long time ago. 

So for me, that means no more steaks & seafood, fast food instead of gourmet food, simplistic instead of complex, brownies & ice cream instead of cheesecake, & ramen noodles above all else!  And guess what my favorite food as a child was... 

Uh huh.  Pickles.