Rinse & rePeat
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"If we added up all of the special 'avoidance' diets, no one could eat anything. Many people are ruining their health by avoiding too many foods." -Ray Peat
Oh the days of youth! How did we get to this place where we question everything we eat and worry? When was the moment that one day we were chasing the ice cream truck and the next day we crossed over a line where we were too grown up for that? I remember the days of the yellow bakery truck with its other little jingle, drawing in the young and old alike. "Al" was our baker man, pulling out wooden drawers of fresh baked pies, cookies and other such things the adults might have after dinner with coffee that night. We kids would step into the little mobile sweet shop with our fingerprints on everything before being sure of our selection, and minutes after stepping out of his truck we were already thinking about what we would be getting the next day.
Then there were the soda fountains, malt shops and drive-in diners where your double cheeseburger, fries and a rootbeer float, in an extra frosty glass mug, was brought to your car on roller skates, and balanced on your hand cranked window, precariously so. It was a family affair!
Nobody went to these places without get ice cream or coffee. It was all about Slurpies, sundaes and shakes, until broccoli ruined everything! How did the celebration of food come to a screeching halt, seemingly overnight for the likes of broccoli, wheat germ and protein powders? No wonder children aren't minding their parents, there is now a great divide! The young can't wait to excuse themselves from the dinner table and get back to living life. The business, or laziness is now killing us, with ovens traded for microwaves and dinner tables for couches. The celebration of food is now a chore or not a focus, with everybody having answers as to what we are suppose to be eating. They were all happier back then, and nobody was as fat and sick as we are today. How was sugar ever the the problem? I'll tell you what, broccoli could have never gotten this far if it weren't for butter!
Attached are photos of a few my "old time" "Peaty" Foods :
Oh the days of youth! How did we get to this place where we question everything we eat and worry? When was the moment that one day we were chasing the ice cream truck and the next day we crossed over a line where we were too grown up for that? I remember the days of the yellow bakery truck with its other little jingle, drawing in the young and old alike. "Al" was our baker man, pulling out wooden drawers of fresh baked pies, cookies and other such things the adults might have after dinner with coffee that night. We kids would step into the little mobile sweet shop with our fingerprints on everything before being sure of our selection, and minutes after stepping out of his truck we were already thinking about what we would be getting the next day.
Then there were the soda fountains, malt shops and drive-in diners where your double cheeseburger, fries and a rootbeer float, in an extra frosty glass mug, was brought to your car on roller skates, and balanced on your hand cranked window, precariously so. It was a family affair!
Nobody went to these places without get ice cream or coffee. It was all about Slurpies, sundaes and shakes, until broccoli ruined everything! How did the celebration of food come to a screeching halt, seemingly overnight for the likes of broccoli, wheat germ and protein powders? No wonder children aren't minding their parents, there is now a great divide! The young can't wait to excuse themselves from the dinner table and get back to living life. The business, or laziness is now killing us, with ovens traded for microwaves and dinner tables for couches. The celebration of food is now a chore or not a focus, with everybody having answers as to what we are suppose to be eating. They were all happier back then, and nobody was as fat and sick as we are today. How was sugar ever the the problem? I'll tell you what, broccoli could have never gotten this far if it weren't for butter!
Attached are photos of a few my "old time" "Peaty" Foods :