Barry Obama's Congress Luncheon
Menu:
Seafood stew en croute.
Brace of American birds – duck and pheasants on a bed of vegetables: brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots and spinach – and a wild cherry chutney. Corn muffins baked in a corn husk.
Apple cinnamon sponge cake and sweet cream glace.
Children’s Menu:
Hot dogs, cheeseburgers, macaroni and cheese, french fries, grilled cheese sandwiches, cheese pizza, chocolate chip cookies, apple and orange juices.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Instead of smaller portions of the adult menu, or even slightly toned-down versions of the same food, with less complex flavors, the children were offered, as a commenter on the New York Times article said, “[…] unbalanced party food.”
Children will potentially eat anything - as long as they are taught (by example) from an early age.
The myth of brussel sprout hatred stems from parents too weak to stop their kids from being fat little dictators that make their own dietary choices based on the corn-syrup based junk food advertised on television.
I’ve spent two years as an Au Pair, with a family whose children were obsessed with cherry tomatoes and brussel sprouts, simply because their parents ate that and loved it. Leading by example.
Get these kids some celery, and don’t offer them as sacrificial lambs to unhealthy diets and mass consumption-oriented lifestyles!
Oh, and sorry about the semi-serious post marking a timid return. Gotta ease back into my usual shitty asshole self, right?
