Monday, March 16, 2009

Is the Food Network Peddling Food Porn???

We’ve all done it. We’ve stayed up way too late and “just happened” to start watching a cooking show on the Food Network. Before you realize it you’re hooked and you can’t stop watching. You’re seriously enjoying yourself and then you start to wonder, “Is this wrong? Should I be doing this?” We’ve all been there. It’s a disconcerting experience.

The last time this happened to me, I started to wonder, “Why does this feel so wrong?” And then it hit me: watching cooking shows on the Food Network feels just like watching porn (at least this is what I’ve been told by my more low-brow acquaintances). I started to run through all the similarities in my head and I came up with the list below. I hope it helps you as much as it helped me. Remember, admitting you have a problem is always the first step.

7 Ways Cooking Shows are Like Porn:

  1. You watch it late at night with the door locked.

  2. You get excited and secrete bodily fluids during the best parts.

  3. You feel ashamed after watching it and vow to seek help.

  4. You immediately look forward to the next opportunity to indulge in more.

  5. You seek out bizarre and exotic forms to maintain interest and excitement (e.g. Extreme Cuisine, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Iron Chef America).

  6. No matter how much you watch, you always want the real thing.

  7. You try to reproduce what you see on the screen using whatever resources you have at home with varying levels of success.

At this point, you’re probably saying to yourself, “What do I do now? I can’t just give it up.” I concluded the same thing. That’s why I decided to just stop worrying about it and enjoy myself. If it starts to cause problems with my work, friends or family, I can always get new ones. Happy eating!

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