Fatty Thanksgiving

November 29, 2013

                This year, my mom decided that a thanksgiving dinner ordered from Publix, prepared and ready to eat was the solution.  These (possibly much healthier dishes) were not as appetizing which was most likely due to fat.  When my mom and I cook at home, we use old family recipes which have been in our family for decades and what is the one ingredient that every dish has? Butter and a lot of it.  The food obviously did not taste as good, but guess what? I didn’t eat as much of it! When the food contained less fat and less sugar, it was less appetizing and I did not want to keep eating it throughout the day.  I ate till I had enough and then I was done.  When I was finished my mom looked at my plate and said, “Why aren’t you finishing your plate?” Well simple, I was full. 

                Maybe Michael Moss is on to something when he says we can be addicted to sugar, salt, and fat.  Maybe that’s why once a year Americans gorge themselves on foods that are cram packed with sugar, salt, and fat:  because they remember how tasty the previous year was and they fell in love with that taste year after year after year.  Just because Thanksgiving is a tradition, doesn’t mean we have to repeat the event every year.  I think we carry on the tradition because we are addicted to the tasty thanksgiving turkey, green bean casserole, fresh dinner rolls, and mashed potatoes…not because we are truly thankful for what we are given.  If we were truly thankful as a culture, Black Friday wouldn’t exist less than 8 hours after we gave thanks and broke bread.