The Issue of Food

Currently Reading: Beyond Infinity by Gregory Benford
Currently Watching: Mrs. Doubtfire

I'm a fairly picky eater, I'll admit. It isn't as though I asked for psychotically quirky tastebuds but I do feel bad when I don't want to eat something that I don't like yet there are starving children in Africa who, if given the chance, would eat from America's overflowing garbage cans.

Despite having a larger frame of body I don't eat that much. I have always been more of a snacker. If I eat a meal the portion is almost always too big for me. Hell, I can hardly eat a small cone of ice cream without feeling full! Lately I have been starving to death because we haven't gone grocery shopping. We have almost nothing in our fridge. The only thing I can really make is a cake without icing and buttered pasta.

Therefore, the search for food continues. I would walk to Food Lion or something but in weather like this I don't think it would be very smart:


Among many, many other things I would love to take a cooking class. I wouldn't really like to go into the culinary arts for a career but I think it would be a nice ability to have cooking. My friends seemed to appreciate my cookies and I have another friend who makes brownies for everyone's birthday. They're pretty damn good I hear. Aside from being a humanist and simply wanting to improve myself I think it would be nice to be able to make a nice meal/snack for my friends/boyfriend ( <--- EVENTUALLY.) Something aside from cookies and a simple cake. It's a nice sentiment either way I suppose.

Too bad I don't have some good oil and garlic. I could make a simple pasta dish, maybe add some tomatos (if we had any.) I feel like a single college student who's broke. All well, I'm not in a third world country, I should be thankful that I even have a bag of honey mustard pretzels.

There was a very interesting study conducted by some university or organization (or something of that sort) that found men who were hungry found larger women (within limits) more attractive than skinnier women. However, when they were well fed they appreciated the beauty of the skinnier woman more. Perhaps that is why third-world countries often admire more buxom women as opposed to the well-fed United States, who seem to idolize women who are sometimes unhealthy looking. I was watching a commerical for an anorexia and bulima help-line where she saw herself in the mirror as a larger girl. She really was not large at all, I thought her healthy looking, rather pretty really. Then again, most people would agree, it's only the trashy factions of celebrity media that worship women like Paris Hilton, who has no brain and the ugliest pelvis I've ever seen.

While we are on the topic of body image, I wil comment that the ideal male body image is nearly impossible to achieve I think. Really, who has time to work out at the gym and get those muscles? Who wants a man whose focus is constantly going to the gym? Yes, a lean male torso is a beautiful thing but seriously...non-muscular men are just as beautiful. I'm no where near perfect, why should I expect that of others? We seem to concentrate on the impossible female body image when men have a great deal of pressures as well. Enjoy life, enjoy food. The key is to avoid excess. If you watch portion sizes and balance them with excercise then most people can retain a certain weight without going on these extravagant, ridiculous diets. It's simple enough.

Food has a surprising number of issues surrounding it from abundance of food to lack thereof.