Something Bitter for the Bitter Hearts

You are not alone in celebrating Anti-Valentine's day, the good thing is that not everyone is full of love today. Someone out there can feel your pain, so cheers to this Valentine's day nonsense! Now do I sound bitter? But hey, if you really feel love, why not celebrate it every day? Just my 2 cents.

I was thinking of making some cocktails that I like but I realized that I have no access to fancy liquor. Which is a good thing because I can't afford them at the moment anyway. Just add that to the bitter feeling.

There's a hurricane right now, quite normal in paradise actually. So there's really nothing much to do outdoors. But I went to the supermarket to grab some cheap stuff for the bitter hearts out there!

Here are my top three bitter stuff:

Here's a dark chocolate for your dark heart. Even though I can afford chocolates now, I only eat some once in a blue moon. Maybe because it will only make me feel guilty eating sweets. But I heard that dark chocolates are good for you, just make sure you choose the right product or brand (that doesn't exploit the cacao producers). You can choose 90-100 % cacao which would taste more bitter. But what tastes nasty is probably good for you.

I don't have much access to proper dark chocolates. But you can look for those in the high-end chocolate stores that will awaken you to a whole new world of chocolate.

Here's a bitter gourd for your bitter heart. The nastiest and the most bitter among all fruits and vegetables. Just look at it, isn't it the ugliest vegetable you've ever seen? It looks bitter and tastes bitter. This unique vegetable-fruit thrives in tropical and subtropical regions including the Carribean, parts of Africa, Asia, and South America.

I hated this vegetable when I was a kid, nobody likes it. But now that I'm older, I learned some cooking technique to make it taste less bitter. Which I'm going to share later on. So now bitter gourd is one of my favorite vegetables. But hey, didn't I say that what tastes nasty is good for you? Instead of condemning its bitterness why not appreciate its beauty from the inside. This vegetable-fruit is rich in vitamins and minerals such as iron, magnesium, potassion and vitamin C. It helps in maintaining blood sugar levels and also lowers bad cholesterol levels. This vegetable-fruit also has powerful anti-oxidants that will make your hair and skin look nice, making you look younger.

Here's a bottle of beer to drown your sorrow. I can only think of Guinness but I also don't have access to that... sigh. I can't have it all hey! Anyway, there are always cheap beers around although I'm pretty sober these days. I'm not really a beer fan and I know nothing much. But when I think bitter, I think beer. The bitterness depends on the amount of malt in a beer. The more malt in a beer the sweeter it is. And the sweeter the beer, the more bittering acids are needed to balance its sweetness.

Beer is the cause of and solution to your problems. It is a magic potion that is used to make people of the opposite look better. So for the bitter hearts out there, go grab a beer and see the beauty in everyone!

Anyway, Happy Capitalistic Couple's day!