January 15, 2011

I'm Giving Up 'Health' Food.

No, really. I'm fed up of having horribly tasteless or (tastefully horrible) food that is said to be very good for my health. Screw my health, I say. I can have other wonderful things and still stay alive.

This does remind me of Stephen Leacock's 'How to Live to Be 200'. I don't need nitrogen and phosphorous in my food. I can get nitrogen from the air. And I can get phosphorous AND potassium from plant fertiliser extract.

Hence, I do not need the Indian staple chapatti-lentils-vegetables-rice diet to have a balanced meal.
No, a balanced meal would be:

(All these pictures are from Google images to nurse my gastronomic side.)


Paneer chilli, a nice spicy Indian starter, followed by


(I'm not fussy about demarcations of entrees, main courses, and desserts.)
Yum yum.

Then a light course of


made crispy and golden-brown to perfection.

The main course would be


Cheesy and a bit spicy. And accompanied by my mother's garlic bread, which tastes and looks better than any of those pictures over the Internet.

Finally, for dessert, I would have a simple lemon cheesecake


along with



So there. Six very good reasons to not have 'healthy' food anymore.

Plus, I can always swap cuisines. I can go for the wonderfully Mexican



or go Chinese, Lebanese (I've only had baklava and mou- mouh, well, something), Italian, or Mediterranean.

All I have to do is tell my family I'm not going to be eating anything I don't want to and expect no lightning bolt to fall through the ceiling.

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