this mortal roundabout
I listen to the internal dialogue as I prepare dinner:
“Butter or olive oil? Heated vegetable oils are carcinogenic, but the butter is high fat and probably full of hormones.”
“Go with the butter, at least most cattle are free range in Australia…”
“No don’t put that hot food out in a plastic bowl, heated plastics release toxins into the food.”
“But its in an aluminium saucepan.”
“So get a non-abrasive spoon to stir it with…”
“All these wooden spoons look gross – they’re probably full of nasty moulds.”
“Be good for your immune system.”
So much allusion to death in one meal can’t be good for the digestion.
“What was that study about stress and free radicals….”