/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12362369
Oh shit. I have almost the exact opposite version of your story.

>8/9 year old kid, poor immigrant family
>more sensible about money compared to other kids that age
>out with mum shopping and we walk past an ice-cream stand
>ask if we have money for ice-cream, I didn't outright say I want it because I knew it's more expensive than buying a big tub at the supermarket but it was a hot day and I kinda wanted one
>mother looks at me and clearly see that I want it even if I'm just asking a question about money, she firmly says let's get ice-cream
>in hindsight she must have felt so awful about having her kid be so unchild-like and thinking about money rather than just asking for whatever they wanted
>pick out ice-cream, it was mint chocolate chip
>ice-cream lady is scooping it out, mother is getting money
>oh shit
>we don't have the £1.50 we need for the shitty ice-cream
>it's already scooped up in the scone
>lady looks pissed, thinks we're trying to scam her
>she's raising her voice at mum, people are turning heads
>I start crying, telling mother and the lady I don't want the ice-cream
>ice-cream hag's not having it

Some context: mum loves Princess Diana and got one of those commemorative £5 coins from colleagues for her birthday, she always keeps it on her. It's legally worth is £5 but it's worth more because collector value, this was only the 00s so maybe it was worth about £10? idk probably worth more now...

>so she offers the lady this, all calm and apologetic
>I'm having an internal meltdown because I know it's precious to her and also worth more than the £5 face value
>can't even cry like I want to because I don't want to draw more attention to us
>ice-cream lady is suspicious and take the coin to the back to check with her husband
>she comes out looking smug saying yeah we can accept it as if she's doing us a favour
>mum gets £3.50 change and we leave
>ice cream tastes artificial and awful

The guilt still feels like lead in my chest bros.

>tfw your sides hurt and you have dizzy spells and somehow it's no longer cool

I have had fast food for every meal for the past three days.

>>10657189
My brother was so picky he'd only eat his pasta with salt pepper and butter. And his rice only soy sauce. One time our friend's mom made him rice and knew how picky he was so asked if he liked ketchup. He said yes and she mixed it into the rice

>his face when