Popcorn Cob Gets Me Thinking
Prior to buying three cobs of corn at an organic taste feast I was unaware of this treat.
Which makes me aware of how many exotic delicacies ( and I'm not including this popcorn) I am either unaware of or refused to consider as eatable—for me. If something quivers on a plate I'm suspect. If the colour looks suspicious or the form doesn't resemble a familiar animal I'm apt to politely refuse. I am not adventurous—as far as food is concerned.
Then there's the piled high— too full —high carbohydrate dinners served in restaurants. How many doggie bags return home to either a reheat in the microwave or an eventual toss in the disposal or garbage?
"We'll share that dish," I say to the waitress.
"Is that all you want?"
Shame doesn't work. I know the size of the dishes.
And then I go down to Cambridge and see homeless people holding signs—"Please help. I'm homeless and hungry."
According to the latest statistic over 35 million people in the United States are food insecure. Doesn't that sound like a government way of describing being hungry?
And what about hunger and famine in the world? We are spending over $4000 per second in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In Cameroon, 24 people have been killed in food riots since February, while in Haiti, protesters chanting, "We're hungry" forced the prime minister to resign this month.
In the past month, there have been food riots in Egypt, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Madagascar."
Which makes me aware of how many exotic delicacies ( and I'm not including this popcorn) I am either unaware of or refused to consider as eatable—for me. If something quivers on a plate I'm suspect. If the colour looks suspicious or the form doesn't resemble a familiar animal I'm apt to politely refuse. I am not adventurous—as far as food is concerned.
Then there's the piled high— too full —high carbohydrate dinners served in restaurants. How many doggie bags return home to either a reheat in the microwave or an eventual toss in the disposal or garbage?
"We'll share that dish," I say to the waitress.
"Is that all you want?"
Shame doesn't work. I know the size of the dishes.
And then I go down to Cambridge and see homeless people holding signs—"Please help. I'm homeless and hungry."
According to the latest statistic over 35 million people in the United States are food insecure. Doesn't that sound like a government way of describing being hungry?
And what about hunger and famine in the world? We are spending over $4000 per second in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In Cameroon, 24 people have been killed in food riots since February, while in Haiti, protesters chanting, "We're hungry" forced the prime minister to resign this month.
In the past month, there have been food riots in Egypt, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Madagascar."
2 Comments:
As individuals we can stop over-eating, but as a culture, or as in any culture, teaching people not to act like dogs is very difficult. Impossible even. Our bowls are just too big. Are we at the beginning of a correction?
I think that until we realize that we are connected to every other human being and hunger is not a problem that belongs to the hungry, but to all of us. Until we make some commitments to cease spending money on war we're in a a vicious cycle.
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