"Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."
The first bite of your favorite food is always better than the fifth. When eating, even your favorite dish, there comes a point where the flavor is dulled. The enjoyment wears off with each bite. And once food reaches its dullness it is your body's way of communicating to you its fullness. Too many of us continue to eat even after food has lost its flavor. The chips no longer taste as good, but we feel compelled to keep eating them. Hunger and/or taste are no longer leading our hand back into the bag. We've all been there. We've discovered ourselves eating something we don't even like any more, but we like the sensation of continuing to eat.
It is here that Franklin's wisdom meets us. We should pay closer attention to our taste buds. They help us to understand when enough is enough. If we want to enjoy our food, we need to stop eating once we've stopped enjoying it. In fact, we actually only enjoy so much of it. At a certain point, we don't even enjoy what we continue to eat and we even begin to dislike ourselves for continuing to eat in the process. So not only do we ruin the food, but we ruin ourselves for the sake of indulging ourselves.
"Hunger is the best pickle." -- Benjamin Franklin
Pickles were a garnish added to a dish to make it more tasty. It would be the same as saying that hunger is the best sauce. In other words, hunger makes everything taste better. Let yourself be hungry and you will discover your food tastes better. There is no better seasoning than hunger. It accentuates the flavors better than salt. The best way to enjoy your food is to stop eating your previous meal before the flavors dull. This will ensure you enjoy that meal to its fullest and prepares your stomach to appreciate your next meal even more.
The first bite of your favorite food is always better than the fifth. When eating, even your favorite dish, there comes a point where the flavor is dulled. The enjoyment wears off with each bite. And once food reaches its dullness it is your body's way of communicating to you its fullness. Too many of us continue to eat even after food has lost its flavor. The chips no longer taste as good, but we feel compelled to keep eating them. Hunger and/or taste are no longer leading our hand back into the bag. We've all been there. We've discovered ourselves eating something we don't even like any more, but we like the sensation of continuing to eat.
It is here that Franklin's wisdom meets us. We should pay closer attention to our taste buds. They help us to understand when enough is enough. If we want to enjoy our food, we need to stop eating once we've stopped enjoying it. In fact, we actually only enjoy so much of it. At a certain point, we don't even enjoy what we continue to eat and we even begin to dislike ourselves for continuing to eat in the process. So not only do we ruin the food, but we ruin ourselves for the sake of indulging ourselves.
"Hunger is the best pickle." -- Benjamin Franklin
Pickles were a garnish added to a dish to make it more tasty. It would be the same as saying that hunger is the best sauce. In other words, hunger makes everything taste better. Let yourself be hungry and you will discover your food tastes better. There is no better seasoning than hunger. It accentuates the flavors better than salt. The best way to enjoy your food is to stop eating your previous meal before the flavors dull. This will ensure you enjoy that meal to its fullest and prepares your stomach to appreciate your next meal even more.
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