Just Eat It.

This might seem like a silly post but I don't care. I don't have a recipe or some learning to share, just common sense.

As a person who enjoys cooking, I cook. But sometimes I remember I can just eat. I don't need to cook. For example, you can eat a beefsteak tomato like you do an apple. Just bite in. A friend of mine in high school did just that. She got a tomato out of her bag, wiped it off, and then bit into it. She ate the whole thing, no core, no nothing left over. I cracked up. I had never thought of eating a whole tomato like that.

Why is that funny? (Remember the beginning of the original Iron Chef when the host bites into a red pepper. It's a crackup!) I guess it seems childish. When someone doesn't know how they are "supposed" to eat a particular food or when they just go for it without thinking about other people, it's funny. But it's common sense. You can eat asparagus or a cucumber like you would a banana, or break off florets of broccoli by hand and just munch them like you would grapes. And the same goes for other foods too - a loaf of bread, a salami, a hunk of cheese, a cake. But think how much easier it is to just eat it. Cut out the middleman.

I don't recommend this behavior except for healthy foods of course. Enjoying fruits and vegetables more easily is a good thing. Cake probably not so much. So even when a food isn't small enough to be eaten whole, like berries or the cherry tomatoes above, take a bite and enjoy it anyway.

Susan