While writing my research paper I was able to connect the dots on the development of appliances and food over the last 50 years or so, and its crazy how directly connected they are. One of the biggest examples of the correlation between food and appliances was when televisions became common in households. As soon as this happened, people were eating and watching TV at the same time; thus, paying less and less attention to their food. When I read about this, I immediately thought about Wendell Berry's article where he discusses how our respect for food leads us to want to eat better and respect produce for what it was meant to do. When we do not acknowledge our food, we are confirming our roles as mindless consumers of a corporate food industry. Have you ever noticed how unhealthy tv dinner are? How many of us really do sit down and heat our food without something else in front of us whether its a book or a screen? I can't remember the last time I have, but I believe that once and a while eating without any distractions and simply paying attention to eat bite would be a good way to acknowledge the role of the meal.Friday, April 11, 2014
TV Dinner
While writing my research paper I was able to connect the dots on the development of appliances and food over the last 50 years or so, and its crazy how directly connected they are. One of the biggest examples of the correlation between food and appliances was when televisions became common in households. As soon as this happened, people were eating and watching TV at the same time; thus, paying less and less attention to their food. When I read about this, I immediately thought about Wendell Berry's article where he discusses how our respect for food leads us to want to eat better and respect produce for what it was meant to do. When we do not acknowledge our food, we are confirming our roles as mindless consumers of a corporate food industry. Have you ever noticed how unhealthy tv dinner are? How many of us really do sit down and heat our food without something else in front of us whether its a book or a screen? I can't remember the last time I have, but I believe that once and a while eating without any distractions and simply paying attention to eat bite would be a good way to acknowledge the role of the meal.
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Gemma i completely agree with this that eating and watching tv at the same time is so unhealthy because we aren't paying attention on how the meal is delicious or even anything. In my family were not aloud to eat and watch tv or be on a phone because it distracts us and we aren't enjoying our food.
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