post off: what are your food rules?
Michael Pollan has an article and fun slideshow at the New York Times about his favorite “food rules” he received from his readers. They range from the purely funny to the quite thoughtful. I think if I have a food rule, it comes from a long-ago boyfriend. He would do things like order and eat a cheese quesadilla, but then lament for an hour afterward about how bad it was for him and how he shouldn’t have eaten it. So that’s my rule: “If you’ve already eaten it, don’t beat yourself up over it. Just enjoy it and move on.” What’s yours? –Mary T.
October 8th, 2009 at 6:48 am
1) Never bite into a popsicle.
2) The only thing that should taste like bubblegum IS bubblegum.
3) No chewing lollipops.
I could go on!
October 8th, 2009 at 8:23 am
1. Never eat anything bigger than your head.
2. Other than items covered by #1, try everything once.
October 8th, 2009 at 8:51 am
If it comes in a box or a plastic bag, you probably don’t want to eat it.
Shop the perimeter of the supermarket.
Read the label.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Anything gelatinous should be suspect.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:58 am
If I don’t want to see it being made/processed, I don’t want to eat it. (gelatin, baloney)
October 8th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Just because it can be fried, doesn’t mean it should.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
No dessert before dinner.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
1. Don’t eat things off of the bone, it’s bad for your karma.
2. Bread should never be sweet, that’s called cake.
3. Vegetables are more filling if eaten raw.
4. Desserts starring fruit don’t count.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Ah, this is a great slideshow!
My #1 rule is that I’m allowed to have butter, sugar and salt as long as I prepared the food it’s in from scratch.
And my second #1 rule is no high fructose corn syrup. Not because it’s bad for you, but because I find it appalling that there’s an advertising campaign encouraging people to consume more of it than they already do!
October 8th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
If you even *think* you need to smell something to make sure it hasn’t gone bad, throw it out!
October 9th, 2009 at 6:25 am
1. try to use everything in your panty/fridge before going to the store. be creative
2. use/eat leftovers, some are usually better the next day anyway.
3. when everything else fails, ramen and cereal are there for you.
October 12th, 2009 at 5:01 am
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