Just like the Science-Fiction Movie "Soylent Green" - the Food Channel Stars; especially Paula Deen (bless her butter-lined heart, y'all) are really there for us to just vicariously watch - not actually cook or eat the meals!
It's the truth; we Professional Dieters & Off & On Dieters with our eyes on our Fat Cells - haven't seen a Pat of Butter in years!
You know who you are. At the store; if your mouth waters as you pass the Whipped Cream, the Nutty Buddies or the Mallomars; you either want Sex or a Sugar High!
That's right; from my experience - it's the same look!
Well, this 1973 movie starring Charlton Heston & Edward G. Robinson - that has seared my memory ever since - depicts life in the future (that's us folks) where Food was so scarce it was Black Market currency & coveted like ....a Jersey Tomato! *
Okay, it was 2022 in New York City; the inhabitants are suffering from overpopulation, dying oceans & 130 degree evenings & still don't believe in Global Warming!
Most survived on processed food rations including a Small Green Wafer with questionable ingredients. Wait a minute! I don't know if this morality tale is a review of "Soylent Green" or "Sweeney Todd"! Pass the Pork Rinds, please!
"A Little Salty, a Little Sweet - Hate to Brag...a Little Feat"!
Even though the New Yorkers were all ravenous; there was still Murder, Mystery & Sexual Tension.
Yes; voluptuous Leigh Taylor Young plays a 21 year old Concubine who comes with the Apartment.
(I will not lower myself to a cheesy quip - I'll just let the guy's wander off in bliss)
And that's not all - the Apartment has a Shower with real hot water, soap, liquor, real food & a $150 Jar of Strawberry Jam; which in this Flick is an out-of-place luxury for the Mistress of a Bodyguard - unless of course; you're Republican!
So you Foodies - when you watch Emeril, Giada or Bobby Flay - get off your hind quarters & make those recipes before it's the last of the Black Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chili Peppers - and yes, Ladies; you have to give up your last Zucchini!
Remember; our Armageddon can't be far away & we can't count on our last resort - "Twinkies Scaloppini"!
* What can I say; I'm an East Coast Girl!
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