There’s a genuine phenomenon called “dessert stomach”. As I understand it, the stomach is somewhat flexible as to size. How full you feel is down to the pressure in there, but that’s a combination of how much you’ve eaten and how much the stomach has actually relaxed. Just because you feel “full”, that doesn’t mean it actually can’t hold more – just that your body has decided it’s had enough of whatever you were eating. Take a bite of dessert, and the sugars trigger a relaxation of the walls of the upper stomach – easing the pressure and giving you room for more.
In other words, even when you’re full, there’s usually room for dessert.
I was over a friend’s place once. We had some pizza and salad from a local place. I was comfortably full. Then his wife says, “I made cake too. You want cake don’t you?” So, yeah cake. She brings out these big slabs of sheet cake. “It’s single layer, so it’s not as much as it looks like!” Oh, yes it is.
I remember when I was about 5 years old, my grandfather told me that in China, the kids eat dessert first (before the main meal). I don’t know where that idea came from (aside from him teasing me), but I suspect my own thinking was that on the other side of the world, everything must be done the opposite from the way we did it. I do remember that my reaction was “Wow, those lucky kids in China!”.
Templo S.U.D. about 4 years ago
what’s for dessert? a parsnip pastry?
serenasakitty about 4 years ago
Life is short. Eat dessert first.
paha_siga about 4 years ago
As a child of mine once explained, the food goes to stomach, but sweets go into back.
fredd13 about 4 years ago
There’s a genuine phenomenon called “dessert stomach”. As I understand it, the stomach is somewhat flexible as to size. How full you feel is down to the pressure in there, but that’s a combination of how much you’ve eaten and how much the stomach has actually relaxed. Just because you feel “full”, that doesn’t mean it actually can’t hold more – just that your body has decided it’s had enough of whatever you were eating. Take a bite of dessert, and the sugars trigger a relaxation of the walls of the upper stomach – easing the pressure and giving you room for more.
In other words, even when you’re full, there’s usually room for dessert.
Little Caesar about 4 years ago
“There’s ALWAYS room for Jell-O….”
BiggerNate91 about 4 years ago
I mean, she’s not wrong…
Bruce388 about 4 years ago
It doesn’t take much of Andy’s lima bean/tofu casserole to feel full.
Brian Premium Member about 4 years ago
I was over a friend’s place once. We had some pizza and salad from a local place. I was comfortably full. Then his wife says, “I made cake too. You want cake don’t you?” So, yeah cake. She brings out these big slabs of sheet cake. “It’s single layer, so it’s not as much as it looks like!” Oh, yes it is.
WF11 about 4 years ago
I remember when I was about 5 years old, my grandfather told me that in China, the kids eat dessert first (before the main meal). I don’t know where that idea came from (aside from him teasing me), but I suspect my own thinking was that on the other side of the world, everything must be done the opposite from the way we did it. I do remember that my reaction was “Wow, those lucky kids in China!”.
Angry Indeed about 4 years ago
With Andy’s cooking, Bulimia can be a life-saving condition!