A Quickie On Food

Wow! It's been a couple of weeks since I've blogged. Are you missing it or have you decided that you have found better ways to spend five minutes every few days? Either way, I'm back...

...not that I went anywhere. Well, I have been out of town a few times since I've blogged, but you know what I mean; no major changes. And no excuses for not blogging other than lack of discipline and desire. And to be honest, I felt like I was in a rut. It seems like a little negativity goes a long way with me these days. Even though I'm cranky because I am an optimist, I am hoping to dull the edge a little, so to speak. So maybe the time off will help my outlook.

So for my blog today I will not focus on politics or religion. I will not use this as a forum to blast wishy-washy, cowardly people who pretend to be friends in an attempt to hide my hurt. I will not try to solve the health care problem or write a treatise on Tea Parties or issues of reform. No splitting the atom or re-inventing the wheel.

But I will ask a question of my reader's; one that I can't figure out for the life of me: and that is why is food and eating becoming so confusing?

Yes,food is becoming confusing to me. I love to eat and always thought that I understood the concept; all to well. But even the basic principles of food have me a loss these days. Like food flavored food. You know, food flavored to taste like other food. And I can understand why you would want to cover up and disguise the taste of brussel sprouts or peas. But why cover up good stuff? Like apple pie shake. Why would I drink a shake if I have a craving for pie? Why wouldn't I just get pie? Or a shake? Or how about mango flavored pineapple? I still can figure out who goes to all of the trouble to "unflavor" a piece of dried pineapple, only to "reflavor" it with mango. And to add to the confusion, I read that the product contains pear and apple juice.

Then that brings me to the question of why does the juice I buy from the store contain artificial flavors, but the soap that I use to wash dishes contains real fruit juice. Would I be better off drinking my dish washing liquid? It leads me to believe that would be the case, except I tried that with the "Body on Tap" shampoo, years ago. I drank 6 bottles of that stuff and was still as sober as the Pope! But my insides were clean; and come to think of it, it could have been marketed as toilet cleaner. But back to my point...

...which is that even eating is getting confusing. Maybe I am getting old. Maybe this is some of the change that people talk about that occurs whren you hit forty. And certainly there is some psychological aspect that I am overlooking. But to me it still seems simple; "I want chocolate pie. I go to store or I sweet talk my wife or mother for chocolate pie. One gives in, I get pie. I eat pie." None of this "Company X has now developed a chocolate pie flavored ice cream that you can make into a frozen dessert or a shake" stuff. That makes my head hurt. And it kind of makes me feel stupid that I just want a simple piece of chocolate pie. I didn't think I was a simpleton, but maybe I just don't understand the psychology of it all.

I do know that it bothers me that I can' trust my government, most people I meet on the street, or anyone else some days, with the exception of God; and that now Gosh Dang It! I can't even trust my grocer or fry-cooks! What have we devolved into?

Oh well, it is lunch time and all of this is making me hungry. I crave a cheeseburger and I see that one sandwich joint has a chicken burger with turkey bacon, covered with american flavored swiss cheese. And organic pickles, whatever that means. Maybe I will hop in the truck and go try one and see if the psychology tastes as good as a regular bacon cheeseburger. Or maybe I will put some soap on a cracker and call it an even wash, so to speak...

...Thanks again for your support! And pass this along to any that may be "food impaired" like I am...