WEBVTT - Indulge in a vacation food

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's tip is to find a food that says vacation

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<v Speaker 2>to you and then make sure to savor and enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>it as a way to deepen your vacation experience. Longtime

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<v Speaker 2>listeners know that every summer, my family goes to the

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<v Speaker 2>same beach for a week or two, and pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>every day while we are at the beach, we go

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<v Speaker 2>to the same ice cream parlor at night. When we

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<v Speaker 2>first started going ice space trips out. But about three

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<v Speaker 2>years ago I decided, what the heck? People want ice

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<v Speaker 2>cream every night and we are on vacation. And now

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<v Speaker 2>this delicious ice cream helps say vacation to me. Well

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<v Speaker 2>the non dairy flavors they have for me and regular

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<v Speaker 2>for everyone else. It deepens my sense of pleasure and

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<v Speaker 2>distance from the routines of ordinary life. Maybe you have

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<v Speaker 2>a similar food. It might be lobster rolls when you're

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<v Speaker 2>in Maine, or raw oysters at a particular beachfront restaurant

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<v Speaker 2>in Florida. Or maybe your vacation food is something you

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<v Speaker 2>could have any time and anywhere, but don't except on vacation.

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<v Speaker 2>Cookbook author Jenny Rosenstrauch writes about her family's tradition of

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<v Speaker 2>getting pop tarts anytime they grocery shop while on vacation

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<v Speaker 2>and no other time. It is just not a food

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<v Speaker 2>the family buys regularly at the grocery store. Subsequently, she

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<v Speaker 2>writes that buying pop tarts on vacation reminds us that

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<v Speaker 2>the point of vacation is inserting happiness wherever you can

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<v Speaker 2>and getting as far away from your daily routine as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the idea of finding places to insert happiness

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<v Speaker 2>on vacation, and food is a great one. Whether it

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<v Speaker 2>is place specific foods like my ice cream or a

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<v Speaker 2>lobster roll in Maine, or just foods like pop tarts

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<v Speaker 2>that you might choose not to eat at other times.

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<v Speaker 2>I bet you already indulge in vacation foods. Doing so

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<v Speaker 2>mindfully can amplify the happiness. Any time you are going

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<v Speaker 2>to the beach, are pretzel rods your go to snack?

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<v Speaker 2>You may think that is just a practical choice, since

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<v Speaker 2>they stand up to humidity and even a little splashed

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<v Speaker 2>water better than chips. But if that is what you

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<v Speaker 2>always bring, then over time pretzel rods may start to

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<v Speaker 2>say beach to you, so notice that. Reflect on it

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<v Speaker 2>at the grocery store. I am buying pretzel rods because

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<v Speaker 2>we are vacationing at the beach. Narrate it to yourself

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<v Speaker 2>as you are packing your beach bag. We are at

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<v Speaker 2>the beach, so I've got to have my pretzel rods.

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<v Speaker 2>Reflect on it as you are sitting under an umbrella

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<v Speaker 2>and snacking. Hm, I am loving my beach snack. The

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<v Speaker 2>same goes for place specific vacation foods. Here I am

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<v Speaker 2>on vacation in Florida enjoying oysters. You can document that

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<v Speaker 2>first lobster roll in Maine and text it to friends

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<v Speaker 2>to let them know that vacation has begun. When you

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<v Speaker 2>pay attention to your vacation foods, you insert more happiness

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<v Speaker 2>and have one more reminder that you are on vacation.

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<v Speaker 2>You use more of your senses to celebrate, and that

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<v Speaker 2>can deepen the experience and make it even more memorable.

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<v Speaker 2>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 2>here's to making the most of our time.

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