healthy eating and guilt on Top TV shows

Anthony Bourdain, who is famous for his self-professed dislike of vegetarians, had a moment last week on his trip to the Greek Islands. Having to take part in a sacrificial ceremony of the senseless slaughter of an adorable sheep for food even had Anthony wishing for a veggie burger. See, he had befriended the little lamb unbeknownst that it would soon be slaughtered. I had a hard time watching most of it, but he had an even more difficult time chewing, swallowing and digesting. I know I'm not alone in the theory, if you can't kill it you shouldn't be eating it. Anthony, maybe it's time to change your evil ways...

One of my new favorite shows, "Breaking Bad" on AMC, stars the father from Malcolm in the Middle, as a high-school chemistry teacher who discovers he has terminal lung cancer and as a source of a second income to save his family, unbeknownst to them, starts up a mobile Meth-lab in an RV with a former pupil and high-school drop-out. I know, what a premise! One of the first scenes, the family eats and has a discussion about vegetarian bacon for breakfast because it has no cholesteral. Of course it is met with the typical negative fanfare from the carnivoric cast, but hey, we are making waves with this whole vegetarian diet thing. One day at a time, but progress is progress.

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Anthony Bourdain may be an enemy of vegetarians throughout the world, but when he came right out and bashed Rachel Ray for bad tipping, well, my heart went pitter-patter, flutter-flutter. Thanks Tony! For outing that hack of host that the lemmings love. I briefly watched an interview with RR on a network news channel; she was her usual quirky self, and I could only stomach her for a few minutes. Her raspy voice and her insincere modesty made me want to gag. No one cares, Rachel, whether you are a trained chef or even if you have an education at all. Please stop plugging up our airwaves and cookbook aisles with your useless fodder. Please stop feeding the lemmings. You are responsible for the rising obesity epidemic by promoting fattening foods, with recipes like, Nacho Salad, or Turkey-Stuffing Cobbler. I hope you sleep well at night, Miss RayRay, because knowing people like you exist, I cannot.

Anthony, on the other hand, while unabashedly bashing vegetarians, is forced to eat things like oxen colon or deep-fried ants. That is why he makes the big bucks while I just chomp happily on green things I can identify. He can have his money and his pseudo-fame; I am just glad I don't have to eat any colon of any animal for my paycheck.

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