 August
Buzz
I don’t
know about you guys but I’ve
noticed lately that we are stressing
ourselves out way too much on some
things that are just plain unnecessary.
I recently spent time away with friends
and family, whom I adore, but the
obsession with food was totally ridiculous.
I know we should all eat from the
right food groups and granted I am
the most, as my kids call me, “rubenesque” of
the group, but do we have to stoop
to “I can’t believe
it’s not butter” spread?
I mean REALLY. You aren’t fooling
anyone. I CAN believe it’s
not butter and please bring me the
real butter while you’re at
it! How else am I going to fill all
those nooks and crannies?
Low fat cream cheese, UGH. Even worse
are the low fat salad dressings;
who are they kidding? All these companies
playing to our guilt about eating,
and in most cases it has worked because
there are a lot of people in all
sizes and shapes making the diet-food
industry a ton of cash $$$. How many
times do you see someone loading
up at the fast food chains for the
dollar menu but adding a diet coke?
Ok, so I suffer from bad eating habits.
One of my favorite movie lines comes
from the classic Woody Allen movie “Sleeper”.
The character, Miles Monroe, who
has been frozen cryogenically for
200 years, was a prior manager of
a health food store. Upon waking
up from his deep sleep the doctors
are chatting:
“He requests something called
wheat germ, organic honey and tiger’s
milk.”
“Oh yes, those were the charmed
substances that some years ago were
felt to contain life-preserving properties.”
“You mean, there was no deep
fat? No steak or cream pies or hot
fudge?”
“Those were thought to be unhealthy.
Precisely the opposite of what we
now know to be true.”
I SO wish it was true……..hot
fudge at Kimball’s ice cream,
you can die happy after that experience!
So I know the new crop of young parents
want to be sure that only “organic” foods
ever touch the lips of their babes;
again way too stressful. I’m
all about buying the best food you
can afford and fresh and local as
much as possible. I suffered the
wrath of my sister recently when
at a birthday party for her grandchild,
I mixed the organic fruit with the
Costco fruit, and she went a little
crazy. Apparently all the 4-year-olds
at that party only eat organic and
now I have mixed the fruit bowl,
and you would have thought I personally
sprayed them with DDT. I get it,
but I don’t think one time
is going to give them brain damage.
Anyway, the point I’m trying
to make is LIGHTEN UP! Everything
is not always perfect. Yes, some
discipline when it comes to eating
is great, but isn’t it so much
fun to break those rules once in
awhile?
As for me, I am now going to have
a cold glass of milk and dip myself
some Oreos. Cheers!
Peggy Burns
Queen Bee
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