Does Food Ever Talk to You, Make You Feel a Little Guilty? (healthier, tomatoes)

[tijlover]

Ever sort through a pile of apples, oranges, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers (or whatever) at the grocery store, rejects tossed aside, and you pick the healthier-looking ones and you don't hear some faint voices, like:

"Hey! I went thru this whole growing/ripening journey and transport by truck to give some pleasure to someone's life, and you're rejecting me because I'm not as good-looking as the others?"

"What will become of me if no one wants me? All that work for nothing!!!"

I sometimes go thru this in the meat department, too, like choosing a package of less lean beef over the fattier pieces of another package. That poor cow, it tried so hard, and now I'm rejecting it!"

Please don't do an investigation, find out my true name and address and have me helicoptered to an insane asylum, all I'm looking for, even if 100 posters recommend my commitment, is one person who will post:

"Hey, I share your feelings! And if you think you're crazy, I've got news for you!"

I've bought ugly-looking oranges that I merely felt sorry for, as who else would buy them!! And they were tasty!!

[dclamb3]

Originally Posted by tijlover

Ever sort through a pile of apples, oranges, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers (or whatever) at the grocery store, rejects tossed aside, and you pick the healthier-looking ones and you don't hear some faint voices, like:

"Hey! I went thru this whole growing/ripening journey and transport by truck to give some pleasure to someone's life, and you're rejecting me because I'm not as good-looking as the others?"

"What will become of me if no one wants me? All that work for nothing!!!"

I sometimes go thru this in the meat department, too, like choosing a package of less lean beef over the fattier pieces of another package. That poor cow, it tried so hard, and now I'm rejecting it!"

Please don't do an investigation, find out my true name and address and have me helicoptered to an insane asylum, all I'm looking for, even if 100 posters recommend my commitment, is one person who will post:

"Hey, I share your feelings! And if you think you're crazy, I've got news for you!"

I've bought ugly-looking oranges that I merely felt sorry for, as who else would buy them!! And they were tasty!!

lol I admit. I sometimes do this, too.

I always shucked it up to having an overly active imagination as a product of being an only child. lol

But now reading you type it "out loud", it sounds more like extreme empathy (which is a charming quality).

Whatever the reason one is compelled to select the ugliest fruit in the bin, there's nothing wrong with it. SOMEONE has to buy those less than perfect oranges that taste just as good anyway.

[hueyeats]

Hahahah... only in my "dreams".
I love food too much to have a real life guilt trip.
Can't feel that guilty if I really don't even like to waste food.
Can't say that for others though... say that grocery manager w/ the expired cans etc. or that person who is picky & does not finish their food.

[jtur88]

If I don't buy them, I know my supermarket will mark them down tonight, and someone struggling to pay for groceries will buy them discounted.

I have other criteria for selection. If they're sold by the piece or by pre-weighed package, I weigh them and buy the heaviest one. If they're sold by the pound, I buy smaller ones, because things like tomatoes, I eat a whole one, and a pound will last longer if I buy small ones.

Among the 3# bags of onion, they all weigh over 3 pounds and I recently got one that was 3.6 pounds One pound bags of carrots are always about 1.15 pounds, so three of them are cheaper than a 3# bag. Plastic tubs of strawberries are highly variable in weight.

[debzkidz]

The only time food ever talks to me is when I'm shoving an Oreo in my mouth and it says "hey, I'm gonna land right on your hips, and you'll never get rid of me!"

[dclamb3]

Originally Posted by debzkidz

The only time food ever talks to me is when I'm shoving an Oreo in my mouth and it says "hey, I'm gonna land right on your hips, and you'll never get rid of me!"

lol Right?!

[CantWait2Leave]

LOL I seriously am cracking up! No, I've never done that, but you are really funny!

[Stumbler.]

This actually reminds me of an episode of the 1980s show "Tales from the Darkside". I believe the episode title was "Love Hungry" where a lady wishes for a way to lose weight, and gets it in the form of being able to see and hear food talking to her and screaming not to be eaten.

[PinkString]

I saw that episode not long ago on Chiller channel. Really weird, having the fruit talking to that strange woman. As for Tij, I recommend some counseling while locked in the asylum.

[NinaN]

My son's dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets talk to him "don't eat my tail, NOOOOOOOOO".