Beware of Angry Foodies
1st June 2018
A day spent in the kitchen is a day well spent. I will never be as great a cook as my Mom was, but I do love to cook, and I manage to do a pretty good job. Even though I have a couple of bookcases full of recipe books, I still like to look at recipes on the internet to see if there is something new, or to get ideas for adding to old recipes. A couple of nights ago a recipe for a carrot, zucchini, and apple cake showed up in my Facebook time line, so I clicked on it.
After reading the recipe, I decided to look at the comments on the post (I should never do that). One gal said, “Just because it has veggies in it doesn’t mean it is good for you. Don’t make this.” And, another gal shrieked, “Flour and sugar will kill you!” (Emphasis added) Wow. I’ll bet the neighborhood potlucks with Debbie Downer and Morticia are a real hoot.
Sadly, these militant, angry foodies run rampant throughout our society. They seem to think that they are the only people on earth who should decide what everybody else eats. Looking down their snoots at the rest of us who just want to enjoy our food, they try like crazy to shame us into a diet that would make us as unhappy as they are. It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
The world is full of people who are convinced way down in their soul that they have the right to tell you how to live your life. Resist them, steadfast in the faith.
June 1st, 2018 at 22:32
I was visiting my sister and she had a large plate of cookies on the table. I picked one up and she said, “You’re probably not going to like that.” Why? “Well, I don’t want the kids eating sugar, so I only put a small amount in the cookies. They look great, but they don’t have much flavor.” Hmmm. You do understand that flour contains the same carbs as sugar, right? “Yeah, but sugar feeds cancer cells.” Sugar – glucose – feeds all the cells. I’ll taste the cookie anyway.
She was right about one thing. They weren’t very good.