While I don't miss America, I have a list of things growing in my mind that I will do when I get there. First I plan on going to Dunkin' Donuts and eating twelve glazed donuts. Mmmmmm. Then I'll have a Subway or Quiznos sandwich. And for dinner, a good juicy steak. After dinner, a visit to Brown's Ice Cream in Stillwater for a chocolate with almonds ice cream on a sugar cone and banana strawberry malt to-go.
Tolga tries to find me things that he thinks I will miss or crave. Peanut butter. Bacon. Ginger ale.
I also have a list of things I will buy, or find in my boxes and bring back. But, really most things are replaceable. It's more about comfort I guess. What I'm used to. I'm missing what I know. So at breakfast I don't want fried French Toast with cheese. I want maple syrup. Walking along the beach, I don' t really desire "milk corn", I especially don't want it with ketchup and mayonnaise. Instead, I instantly want sweet corn with butter and salt.
In America, I was remembering the foods Tolga and I missed - we missed tea, borek, lahamacan, fresh bread, cheeses, ayran, and the Turkish breakfast. We found or made most foods after some time. I guess its the comfort we find in what we know.
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