LAUGH OUT LOUD
If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet,
you’d best teach it to dance. ~George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950)
ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY
Why not end the week with a laugh or two? According to Shelly at Only The Good Friday, we should devote one day in seven where only good is mentioned. I maintain that each laugh cancels out two frowns.
When I read blogs about food or food issues, I always read the Comments. I like to keep up with research and developments as well as general public opinion, just to know what others are thinking. Here are some interesting comments:
- From Food Navigator Seeing Red:Â The Health Implications of Meat Consumption:
ONLY 1 SERVING OF NUTRITIONAL ADVICE PER WEEK
Experts- nutritional, ecological, political, social . . . so many agendas, so little time. How many anti-meat, anti-animal product experts have done studies on the effects of a diet laden with flour, sugar, fruit juice and high carbohydrates? Let’s see how the cereal/juice/toast for breakfast diet holds up to scrutiny over a 70 life span. We need more high carb diet research to show the real cause of so many medical maladies. There are too many other agendas in the research business to get good results; most every study is adulterated by someone’s pocket being filled by “sponsors”. I just read a study suggesting only 1 weekly portion of dietary rhetoric from experts would extend my lifespan by 20%.
- From The Junk Drawer The noise of the SunChips bag [emphasis theirs]:
. . . JUST DON’T IGNORE ME
At the risk of sounding like a Kelly Clarkson song. . . . Because of you I fondle those bags in the supermarket. Compulsively. I don’t like Sun Chips enough to buy them, they are usually my ‘Side item I hate the least’ at Subway when compelled to eat there, but if I walk down the snack aisle I HAVE TO TOUCH THE BAGS.
- From Food Politics Meat substitutes:
DIFFERENT STROKES . . .
You guys continue eating concentrated gluten. I’ll continue to feel awesome, increase my lean body mass and try to contain the boatloads of energy I have on an organic meat, cheese, veggie, nuts and fat diet (saturated too!). Wheat is beat.
- From Mark Bittman The writer shares how a family of one can consume their weekly CSA allotment:
VEGETARIANS FEEL GUILTY . . . ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT ENOUGH
This is great! I similarly scheme up ways to force-feed everyone I know all of my CSA goodies. I feel so guilty if the pretty fruits and vegetables go unloved in my fridge. So far this week two of my closest friends have had peach cobbler, my dog-walker has politely eaten two large hunks of zucchini cake, and my downstairs neighbors have had raspberry popsicles. And now I just need to eat this whole pan of scalloped tomatoes followed by some ratatouille, and I’ll be all set for next Tuesday’s vegetable challenge.
KC&CL
So, keep cooking and keep laughing!
