"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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>I have the TV on most of the day, even though I'm not
> watching most of the time. I'm usually working, and
> just have the TV as sort of background music. And
> of course, I like cooking shows. If Lidia Bastianich
> had a 24 hour channel, that's what would be on my set
> most of the time.
>
> Sometimes I get desperate. Sometimes I'll tune in the
> Spanish-language cooking shows from V-me. Or an
> infomercial for the Magic Bullet. (I'd rather have
> an infomercial with Ron Popeil in it -- where are
> you, Ron?)
>
> Rarely, I'll tune in to Cooking Time, the Korean
> language cooking show. The host often uses obscure
> or weird ingrediants, like oligosaccharide or
> slim eel fish paste. But what really gets me is
> the food quackery. She'll say this is food is good
> for the joints, or that food is good for the muscles,
> or this other stuff is good for your brain.
>
> Yesterday, she was saying that because the salad
> she was making was made with raw vegetables which
> are still alive and have their life force, you
> shouldn't mix the salad dressing into the salad
> with your hands. You should use chopsticks.
> If the vegetables had been cooked, you could go
> ahead and use your hands. She wasn't clear on
> whether the life force from your hands would
> ruin the salad, or whether there was some ill
> effect you'd receive from the salad through your
> hands.
>
> You learn something about other cultures by
> watching their TV. Koreans are a bit kooky.

Sounds to me she's smoking some of the greens.

Steve