Why Does Someone Else’s Cooking Always Taste So Good?

Isn’t it true? You can be a great cook and turn out fabulous meals but the food prepared by someone else always seems to taste so good. Why is that? Last week, I went to a bar-b-que on the 4th of July given by a good friend to celebrate this great country as well as her husband’s birthday. She is originally from Tennessee and this girl knows how to cook up some mean pork bar-b-que complete with Cole slaw, baked beans, potato salad and all the trimmings!

One of my secrets to prevent overeating at a feast such as this is to eat breakfast and a light lunch so that I’m not ravenous when I walk in the door and lose all sense of self control. After all, as one of the folks in a recent corporate class told me, “biggie size = biggie butt and biggie thighs.” That saying will make you think twice before scooping the ice cream for your second root beer float.

I was in the kitchen talking to some other guests about how inviting the table and food items were and how we eat with our eyes. You may not be hungry at all until you see the warm bread buns or smell the sauce on the bar-b-que and then all of a sudden, you’re starving.

Then once you taste the food prepared by someone else, it’s hard to stop at just one serving or small portion. The variety of tastes and the availability of items you may rarely fix call your name over and over, “come back to the buffet for more.”

In a country where food accompanies most everything we celebrate, we all need our own plan of action to take back control of the fork so that we enjoy all the wonderful food without the end result being a biggie butt.

Dr. Susan