WEBVTT - Second Cup: Indulge in a vacation food

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

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to find a food that says vacation to

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<v Speaker 1>you and then make sure to savor and enjoy it

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<v Speaker 1>as a way to deepen your vacation experience. Longtime listeners

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<v Speaker 1>know that every summer, my family goes to the same

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<v Speaker 1>beach for a week or two, and pretty much every

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<v Speaker 1>day while we are at the beach, we go to

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<v Speaker 1>the same ice cream parlor at night. When we first

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<v Speaker 1>started going ice space trips out. But about three years

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<v Speaker 1>ago I decided, what the heck? People want ice cream

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<v Speaker 1>every night and we are on vacation. And now this

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<v Speaker 1>delicious ice cream helps say vacation to me. Well the

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<v Speaker 1>non dairy flavors they have for me and regular for

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<v Speaker 1>everyone else. It deepens my sense of pleasure and distance

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<v Speaker 1>from the routines of ordinary life. Maybe you have a

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<v Speaker 1>similar food. It might be lobster rolls when you're in Maine,

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<v Speaker 1>or raw oysters at a particular beachfront restaurant in Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe your vacation food is something you could have

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<v Speaker 1>any time and anywhere, but don't except on vacation. Cookbook

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<v Speaker 1>author Jenny Rosenstrauch writes about her family's tradition of getting

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<v Speaker 1>pop tarts anytime they grocery shop while on vacation and

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<v Speaker 1>no other time. It is just not a food the

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<v Speaker 1>family buys regularly at the grocery store. Subsequently, she writes

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<v Speaker 1>that buying pop tarts on vacation reminds us that the

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<v Speaker 1>point of vacation is inserting happiness wherever you can and

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<v Speaker 1>getting as far away from your daily routine as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the idea of finding places to insert happiness

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<v Speaker 1>on vacation, and food is a great one. Whether it

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<v Speaker 1>is place specific foods like my ice cream or a

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<v Speaker 1>lobster roll in Maine, or just foods like pop tarts

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<v Speaker 1>that you might choose not to eat at other times.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet you already indulge in vacation foods. Doing so

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<v Speaker 1>mindfully can amplify the happiness any time you are going

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<v Speaker 1>to the beach or pretzel rods your go to snack.

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<v Speaker 1>You may think that is just a practical choice, since

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<v Speaker 1>they stand up to humidity and even a little splashed

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<v Speaker 1>water better than chips. But if that is what you

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<v Speaker 1>always bring, then over time pretzel rods may start to

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<v Speaker 1>say beach to you, so notice that. Reflect on it

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<v Speaker 1>at the grocery store. I am buying pretzel rods because

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<v Speaker 1>we are vacationing at the beach. Narrate it to yourself

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<v Speaker 1>as you are packing your beach bag. We are at

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<v Speaker 1>the beach, so I've got to have my pretzel rods.

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<v Speaker 1>Reflect on it as you are sitting under an umbrella

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<v Speaker 1>and snacking. Hm, I am loving my beach snack. The

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<v Speaker 1>same goes for place specific vacation foods. Here I am

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<v Speaker 1>on vacation in Florida enjoying oysters. You can document that

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<v Speaker 1>first lobster roll in Maine and text it to friends

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<v Speaker 1>to let them know that vacation has begun. When you

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<v Speaker 1>pay attention to your vacation foods, you insert more happiness

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<v Speaker 1>and have one more reminder that you are on vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>You use more of your senses to celebrate, and that

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<v Speaker 1>can deepen the experience and make it even more memorable.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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