I'm a huge Alton Brown fan (the host of Good Eats for you Food Network people) and a few weeks ago I was happy to find out he has his own blog! However he hadn't updated it since May 30th. So I've been checking back once and awhile and woohoo, new post on Sunday!
First the reason I like Alton Brown is that he's sort of a scientist. The way he explains cooking procedures and the why's and how's behind everything makes my inner lab rat very happy. He also dumbs down procedures that I never learned growing up (I'm still not sure my mom can even boil water and a "home cooked" meal meant heating up a can of Campbells soup in the microwave instead of buying fried chicken at KFC). One of Alton Brown's shows gave me the courage to make my own jams one Christmas to give out as gifts. Noow every year I get requests for more!
So back to his blog, his current post is on the movie "Supersize Me." While I'll probably never see it, I know the premise. If anyone is dumb enough to think that McDonald's food is healthy then they deserve to have clogged arteries and weight problems. But Alton's take made me think, as always. These lines really caught my attention:
"That's right folks, feeding someone is an act of caring. We will always be fed best by those that care, be it ourselves or the aforementioned friends and family. We are fat and sick and dying because we have handed a basic, fundamental and intimate function of life over to corporations. We choose to value our nourishment so little that we entrust it to strangers... This is insanity."He goes on to say that you shouldn't live solely on any type of food made by someone you wouldn't hug. Wow. That gives me a whole knew perspective running through the McDonald's drive-thru.
So maybe I'll look at making dinner a little differently from now on. I'm definitely not the world's greatest cook (haven't killed anyone yet!) and I don't particularly enjoy the task. But then again, FlyLady helped me view cleaning as blessing my family with a tidy, healthy home. And I really don't like the thought of the kids hugging the fry cook at McDonald's.
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