I wonder, therefore I am - more food for thought
We’re all getting old and I used to think ‘food, glorious food, and lots of food.’ But now it’s more like food, tasteless food, cheap and tasteless food.
I wonder how many of you have thought about the food you eat? How a plump chicken from your supermarket has such a good look and no taste? How disappointing it is to spend all that time in your kitchen and then eat a chicken that is just filling but no more than that apart from the flavourings you put in to your gravy.
I was in Hong Kong and had a bad time with Virgin Atlantic foods (expected), but when I was in Hong Kong, I had a great time tasting how a simple boiled chicken ought to taste. I thought it was due to a different species of chicken, but a well informed friend of mine said it was due to the time the birds lived. He said any chicken that have not lived more than 6 months aren’t worth tasting and I thought the chickens we get in supermarkets are indeed intensively reared and they are slaughtered ten weeks after hatching.
I also thought of the sirloins I cook, where is the taste gone? I remember it used to be very nice when I was a young lad but nowadays, it is a bit like a lottery; sometimes it is good but more often it is bland. How can this be so? Is it because I’m getting on a bit that my taste buds fail me, I wonder?
Another thing I wonder, (there’re so many things I wonder- it’s what makes one tick) is have you seen on the supermarket shelves, how lean are the pork chops? I remember pork chops come (or use to come) with half an inch of fat but nowadays, it’s really lean, just skin and the meat. Do the farmers have a strict exercise regime for their pigs and make them fit before they are slaughtered? Or are they genetically modified pigs bred to be lean, just like those super muscular cows I saw on TV and they looked like these body builders on a diet of anabolic steroids. Or worse still, could it be that these pigs are fed a chemical in their feed to keep them lean?
I think we are all a bit paranoid about our foods; we let people say to us that having an egg every day is bad for you for donkey’s years and then recently I heard that there was no truth in that. We hear that fat is bad but then eating a sausage without any fat in it, is not enjoyable.
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Fat is fine - sugar is the problem.
Sadly, when buying fresh foods and making meals from scratch it's more expensive... but in order to have a healthy lifestyle and body... I'll pay the extra... Having good chicken depends on two things, where you get it from and how you cook it.
There's just far too much plastic / fast food available and people willingly lap it up. They don't realize the damage they doing to themselves... good fresh food helps make and keep one stronger in mind, body and soul... keeping our bodies healthy to fight off germs and infections...
I also know that some don't have the time when getting home from work, but they really need to try and make the time to cook meals... it's in there best interest at the end of the day... and once in the routine, they won't notice the time taken...
Okay enough bitching from me... :0)
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