OK, this is going to
be tricky. Unlike my wife Fiona – who is a complete foodie – I tend to view
food the same way a car looks at petrol: fuel to get me through the day. Fiona
tells me I’m an utter Philistine on matters nutritional, and I’m sure she’s
right (she usually is). If I could simply pop a pill three times a day, I
would. Chewing can be exhausting. I often forget to eat meals when I’m busy,
and on such occasions it takes a hunger headache or rumbling tummy to drive me
to the fridge.
Enough about me.
My protagonist in the Time, Blood and Karma series, PI
David Braddock, is also somewhat
careless of eating – since to eat, he would have to take the cigarette out of
his mouth, and put aside the whisky bottle. As most of his adventures take
place in South East Asia, when he does eat it is likely to be Thai dishes (with
‘rat shit’ peppers, as they are lovingly known by the ex pat community). The
latest book in the series, A Poison Tree, is, however, set in Leicester,
England. Not somewhere one would automatically associate with great cuisine.
However, they do have some mean Indian restaurants and a few serviceable coffee
shops – and it is there that Braddock tops up his energy levels.
One thing my anti-hero
would NOT be eating, for sure, is humble pie. He’s way too self-absorbed for
that.
Now where did I put
those protein pills?
Thanks for stopping by to share your food for thought, John!
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