Balance of Food

I confess that I'm surprised Jon Stewart is becoming a junk food critic. First, he had a delightful critique on the Twinkie when he interviewed Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Now, Stewart has expanded his technique on the new Jimmy Dean pancake and sausage on a stick, chocolate chip flavor (the pancake, not the sausage). In both instances, Stewart refers to the idea of what we can call "food." Perhaps his young children are influncing his outbursts, hoping their nutritional needs can be met without a sausage wrapped in a chocolate chip pancake. I find the critiques hilarious as well as the idea of a portable, high-calorie, high-fat snack. Pancakes have enough to make them calorie-laden without the chocolate chips. And if you pour a little maple syrup (or if it is injected into the treat), all the more sugar. Yes, we eat a lot of crap. Some of it may or may not be food. The crap makes good choices seem more worthwhile, so consider that next time you're tempted. It could be a lot worse: you could eat a chocolate chip pancake and a sausage on a stick, and then take the clean stick, place a Twinkie on it, and eat it.