JMU food thoughts

You learn things when you are used to living by yourself and you are suddenly forced to coexist with other people. This week, while being an amazing dose of community, has also been an amazing dose of reality. I've discovered that I am a snob about my food. For example, I love yogurt but it has to be the fruit on the bottom kind. None of this "light" nonsense. Who really wants less calories in something that is already healthy for you? Come ON yogurt companies! If the healthy stuff doesn't taste amazing then why on earth would I eat it?! If I want to diet I will stay away from the Oreo's, not try to subtract calories from the only healthy thing I eat. Whatever happened to "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down"? Kashi cereals have this concept down. I was sold from their very first commercial. The guy starts out by saying, "I hate healthy foods." Heeeey, me too!! But wait, it's a commercial for HEALTH FOODS! That guy goes out searching for health foods that TASTE GOOD- what a concept (and yes, of course he does the commercial and does the food hunting). I have to tell ya, Kashi commercials got me, hook, line, and sinker, and I am delighted to say that they followed through on their promise. I have never experienced a more tasty health food cereal in my life. All it takes is a little bit of sugar- the real kind, not the nasty splenda kind. Way to go Kashi!

On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, my food snobbery also shows up in my beverage choices. For example, hot chocolate MUST be Swiss Miss, there is no other brand that even comes close to bringing justice to the name "hot chocolate." Furthermore, a decent cup of hot chocolate entails one and a half packets of mix. One packet is much too watery, and two packets is much too sugary. This will explain the half-full and delicately refolded packets of Swiss Miss that currently occupy my food closet. Lastly, if one is to put whip cream in this steaming cup of sugary goodness, the cream must be placed into the cup after the Swiss Miss has been dumped in and BEFORE the water is poured over it. Cream on the top is just to make it look pretty. Would you rather have hot chocolate that looks pretty or hot chocolate that tastes creamy? Exactly. I've also strengthened my opinions on Oreo's, that if they aren't double stuff they are a waste of calories, as with any kind of cookie/brownie/cake that is made from a mix. (Disclaimer: it is acceptable to make muffins from a mix, but in this case it must be done using the correct brand which creates the correct consistency for a muffin. Muffins should not taste like cupcakes, they should be soft but more rubbery than crummy).

Really, I'm not sure where any of this came from- it has nothing to do with anything spiritual or anything related to raising support. Still, here it is, on my blog, the things I learned about food and myself while I was away at JMU.