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pantryslutSo, I just checked out the website of Healthy Chef Alex, the girlfriend of filmmaker Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me. (A movie I haven't seen, btw.)
I am, uh, unimpressed. If I were thin and spunky, I could be her, too -- because I can sure cook her food. But ya gotta be thin and spunky in order to work as a "healthy chef." (It also helps to be professionally trained :) But please note, she's not working as a *restaurant* chef.)
I am having a food snob reaction today, apparently. I like good food, good ingredients, and I'm willing to put in the time and energy to make good food and good ingredients part of my daily life. And on occasion, I'm even willing to proselytize that it takes less work than you think, it makes you feel better, it connects people and feels spiritually rewarding, blah blah blah...*
But none of this makes me more moral than anyone else. OK? Please, God(s), never let my food choices make someone else feel bad.
* I'm also willing to bitch on occasion that if you can't at least acknowledge that your meat is a dead animal without getting squeamish, you probably shouldn't be putting it into your mouth. This probably is a reaction to having lived with teenagers, though.
I am, uh, unimpressed. If I were thin and spunky, I could be her, too -- because I can sure cook her food. But ya gotta be thin and spunky in order to work as a "healthy chef." (It also helps to be professionally trained :) But please note, she's not working as a *restaurant* chef.)
I am having a food snob reaction today, apparently. I like good food, good ingredients, and I'm willing to put in the time and energy to make good food and good ingredients part of my daily life. And on occasion, I'm even willing to proselytize that it takes less work than you think, it makes you feel better, it connects people and feels spiritually rewarding, blah blah blah...*
But none of this makes me more moral than anyone else. OK? Please, God(s), never let my food choices make someone else feel bad.
* I'm also willing to bitch on occasion that if you can't at least acknowledge that your meat is a dead animal without getting squeamish, you probably shouldn't be putting it into your mouth. This probably is a reaction to having lived with teenagers, though.
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Date: 2004-10-28 12:16 pm (UTC)Hey, my latest food peeve is: there are never enough vegetables! When I cook, I never seem to be able to prepare enough, and I end up with lots of rice or noodles left over, but I ate all the veggies. When I go to coffee shops, they serve dishes that consist of 9 cups of rice and only two small broccoli florets. grumble. Vegetarian food without veggies sux.
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Date: 2004-10-28 01:45 pm (UTC)Or if they secretly feel bad about their own choices and I'm a handy excuse. But that's still not my problem.
As for your other peeve, I agree! No matter the venue, there are never enough vegetables. I am completely veggie-starved here in downtown-land, unless I want salad.
It's hard to remember when cooking at home that vegetables cook down, sometimes way down.
But for some reason, I always have more than enough salad, and winter squash. It's impossible to make too little of these two things, it seems.