My Opinion on Foods

I like food. I like to eat food, mainly real food. I like the occasional treat. I do eat prepared food at restaurants. I do not eat frozen or even typically packaged food from the grocery.

I do not like the government to tell me what to eat. I do not like the new food plate. I did not like the 2005 food pyramid, and I do not like that the general consensus is that people are too stupid to understand the pyramid that was released in the 1990s.

I like meat and other animal products. I especially like meat when I know the farmers that raised the animals or at least when I know the butcher that knows the farmers that raised the animals.

I do not like it when people call margarine butter. Drives me crazy.

I put cream in a my coffee (not nondairy substitute). I eat full fat varieties of most foods that come with an option (the exception being milk, because like beer, full flavor is just too filling). I do not think that a low fat life style is healthier.

I like the idea of the slow foods movement. I don't like the name because who has time for slow foods. My meals are all prepared in 30 minutes or less, unless the baking time is longer than 30 minutes in which time I am able to get other things done. I like meal plans. I don't always make them. I like breakfast. I don't ever skip it. Lunch I can give or take, but dinner is a must.

I eat dessert. Today it's fresh berries. They aren't good yet because they are out of season. Sometimes it's cookies or chocolate.

I grow herbs. I think they have healing properties. I think the food we eat affects our bodies. I think too many people do not make that connection. I think we can train our thumbs to be green and we will benefit from getting our hands dirty working on it. I'm at least going to try.