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As a member of the Slow Food Movement, I say...

posted 16 years ago by jandybanandy
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Ok I KNOW it’s not about food but…
Renfrew definitely reinforced the intense focus on food.

I wouldn’t want to have to eat a cupcake slathered with colored frosting while a bunch of people watch me choke it down either. That was just mean and sick. I hated that scene. It was uncomfortable to watch, and I have zero respect for Renfrew. The food they provided looked REALLY unappetizing.

I wonder if it would have been any different if they had given Polly the same calories worth of delicately seasoned veal scallopini with lemon and caper sauce, or beef barley vegetable soup made with Love and the best freshest ingredients? And it would have been a gift to Polly if her friends joined her in a tasty bite for lunch, instead of gawking.

Or why not celebrate a birthday with a live band, singing, dancing, and joyful play and skip the stupid "birthday cake" convention altogether?

[–] lighthouses 16 years ago

I think it's more "mean and sick" to neglect/abuse your children all in the name of being thin and "perfect". I'm just sayin...

[–] SlickerPA 9 years ago

She would have had the same difficulty eating one of your favorite dishes, no matter how perfectly made, as she did the cupcake

[–] cookiela2001 8 years ago

I wouldn'’t want to have to eat a cupcake slathered with colored frosting while a bunch of people watch me choke it down either.

Why in God's name would you "choke" on a little cupcake? Put on your Big Girl Panties and get over yourself.

We all, within reason, do things we don't want to do....it's really no big deal.

The objective is to not coddle the sickie's fetishism of starvation; it's to bring them out of their fantasy world and into the real world of eating food under normal circumstances. In the real world in America, we eat a piece of cake on our birthday.

Really, not a big deal.

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[–] jandybanandy 8 years ago

It is weird to go from self-starvation to eating crap. Why not go from seeing food as the enemy to realizing its delicious and nutritive value?

MAYBE those girls would choke on cake made by hand with love and real ingredients. Maybe not.

[–] cookiela2001 8 years ago

MAYBE those girls would choke on cake made by hand with love and real ingredients. Maybe not.

You can go by and drop one off.

Report back as to how it goes.

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