Why I Love Egg Rolls

Some people turn to chocolate.  Others turn to cookies, cakes, chips, french fries.. I turn to egg rolls.  There is just something satisfying about it.  I love the crunch it makes when you bite into it, the immediate flavors that hit your taste buds.. and how it is a guilty pleasure bc in no way is it healthy for me.  You can try to tell me otherwise- but it is deep fried with pork inside of it.. and there isn't a way for it to be 'good for you.'

I don't care.  I love Egg Rolls.  I would say that I love egg rolls more than I love a Dick's Cheeseburger.  Those of you who think I am making a gross remark- I am not.  Seattle, WA has one of the best burger joints known to man.  The name of this restaurant chain is, Dick's.  They were perfect drunk food- or just food on the go.. So good.  Seems that I am just talking about all of my poor food choices tonight.  However, I am just trying to make a comparison that apparently only a small group of people would get bc you would have had to gone to Seattle and eaten there- or lived there and bought a burger.  However, egg rolls take the cake.  I only need to eat one.  They are good when they are cold.  They just make my heart smile (and probably congeal my arteries with fat- but who cares?! My cardiologist..)- but it isn't like I am eating an egg roll a day.  I was just having a rough day today.

Work was busy and we didn't have enough employees to help the immense amount of customers that were there.  Of course, I get to handle it- bc after all, that is my job. However, it was raining.  Which made it insanely busy.  It made me miss Seattle.  On my lunch I went to my car completely anticipating a salad like usual.  I am obviously not a perfect eater- but I try to behave myself on the regular.  I just kept thinking about Seattle, my friends, the places I miss but mostly the faces I miss.  All of a sudden I found myself parked in front of a local Chinese food joint- and what was I ordering? "Chicken with Broccoli.  Wonton Soup.  1 Egg Roll" Comfort food city right there.

I still have that feeling of longing for my home away from home.  I was born and raised in upstate NY.  I moved away for college.  I lived in WA, AZ, and then back to WA, then in CA, and back to WA.. and now I am back in NY.  Do you see a pattern?  Seattle was one of the few places I ever truly felt at home.  My son was born there, (well, Kirkland- but WA), I met my husband there.  I had friends there that had known me since the ripe old age of 18- and we are still friends.  I don't mean fair weather friends- I mean Friends.  Yes, with the upper case F.  I had friends there that didn't know me for that length of time- but it felt like I had known them forever.  I miss them.  I miss the rain.  I miss good coffee shops.  I miss the tourists.  I miss living in a city where many cultures existed and managed to coexist with minimal problems.

Days like today remind me of the things I miss.  Days like today call for the medicinal powers of the Egg Roll.  I do feel better. Thanks, Egg Roll.