All of us were foodies but Max excelled and was far above us in the serious pursuit of food . He learnt to associate the morning visit of the maid with boiled egg .. served while it was still warm . The cook with hot chapatis .. gently broken up and fed by hand and hot afternoons with a serving of cold curd rice!!
Fresh chilled carrots , hot boiled sweet potatoes , cold milk , crunchy apples , ice cubes with fruit in them.. talk of a gourmet menu . I stopped snacking as it meant the pitter patter of toes s waking up and asking for a bite ! i ate less under the watchful eye of a sweet sad face.
Early on Max would carry his big red food bowl and beg for food .. later he found this too cumbersome. He realized just a bark or a pull on my hand did the trick. Anyway the food was in the kitchen.. why carry the bowl around ?
Food has always been the central focus of our family . But Max made us realize how much .with him within earshot .. which was pretty much the whole house , we learnt to spell out words that represented food .. E.g.g … c.ar.r.o.t etc . we learnt not to open the fridge repeatedly. generally we learnt food discipline . but all in all we have stayed a foodie family
Maximus & Me 