Prepare A Meal

This blog post for LSC 100 required me to plan and prepare a meal and then respond to a section of Michael Pollan's book "In Defense of Food". The meal I planned for myself was some macaroni and cheese and a couple hot dogs. I bought all of these items at the grocery store. To prepare this meal I used the kitchen located on my floor in my dorm. First I made the mac n' cheese; I boiled the water and put the macaroni in and after the noodles were soft i drained them and added the cheese powder, milk and butter. Next, I made the hot dogs; I just cooked those in a pan on the stove top. The whole preparation took me about half an hour. Then, I proceeded to eat my meal, I ate the mac n' cheese first then ate the two hot dogs with mustard and ketchup on them. All of the food was delicious and I enjoyed it very much. Cleaning up was pretty easy because the only dishes I had to clean were a couple pans and a fork. Also, I had to put away the the condiments and throw away any trash I produced making the meal. After my meal I felt proud of my meal making skills and very satiated. After re-reading pages 54-55 of "In Defense of Food" I find that I do in fact agree with what he is saying. Pollan is basically saying that eating has become less than what it used to be; a very pleasurable experience that was not upset by the modern way of worrying whats in the food and how it could be "bad" for you. Although I do agree with what Pollan is saying, my meal had no influence on me. I do realize that the cheese in my mac n' cheese was not actually cheese and that the hot dogs were very processed, but I did sit down and enjoyed my meal and found it to be a very pleasurable experience. I didn't worry about the ingredients or nutrients in my food, I just ate it and had a great time. Many things influence the way people eat; in America nutritionism has influenced many people to be afraid to eat a certain way. I was raised in a family that always sat together at the dinner table and ate together and enjoyed the experience. This has lead to me believing that you shouldn't worry whats in the food and just enjoy it.