maxine in ri wrote:
> On Feb 1, 10:31 am, "Jean B." > wrote:
>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>> 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.
>> I dunno that the first things are quackery. The last part seems
>> most dubious to me though.
>
> Sounds like folk medicine or animism to me. I would bet it goes back
> to when folks would get sick if the uncooked veggies were handled by
> hand, but not cooked ones.
>
> maxine in ri

Yes, but some folk medicine has proven to be valid. I am highly
skeptical of the above though.

Hmmm. Your example is logical.

--
Jean B.