Annie get your grub.

Three months ago, getting Annie to eat was difficult. 
The only thing she would eat (if allowed) was sugar based foods.  Now she is a non stop crumb cruncher.  Wakes up in the morning has two bowls of cherrios, a banana and toast.  She will then try to sneak back into the kitchen and forage for food.
She devours several apples, bananas and pieces of raisan bread in the day.  She follows up with soup, sandwiches and whatever else we put in front of her.  On Christmas day she had her usual breakfast, followed by four sweet rolls, and later rolled into the kitchen to snag several sugar cookies; all before noon.  This all is being consumed by a woman who is a whoping 110 pounds and had an eating disorder for most of her adult life. 

Oh how the mind changes with dementia.  The food "fight" has become quite amusing.  She will eat almost anything put in front of her with any utensil.  A spoon for steak? no problem.  A butter knife for peas?  why not?  She still hesitates with vegetables but after a "stern talking-to" will eat them.  When she doesn't like something she will spit it out in her hand (gross) and began exclaiming in dementia-eze why she shouldn't have to eat it. (of course no one else speaks dementia).  She will finish her plate at record speed and begin clearing the table automatically and if you are not careful your plate will be removed regardless if you are finished or not.
  The grande finale however was indeed Christmas Eve, we had a pie and after she finished her piece and we were still all around the table talking she snatched up the pie server scooped up a slab of pie and downed it in one mouthful.  Jo was having none of that and the pie was removed much to Annie's dismay. :)