B.U.F.F.E.T- Know what that stands for?

BIG UGLY FAT FOLKS EATING TOGETHER—- well, almost.

When I lived in N.Y.C. the Chinese food was much different than it is in the south. Even at the places that weren’t in Chinatown the food was much more authentic Chinese. You know, I am not sure about this…. it is just me sitting at my kitchen table on a Sunday afternoon…. but I just don’t remember seeing or knowing that many fat Chinese people. I mean, I guess there are some, but you just don’t see them like you do Americans. Maybe it is all the rice that they eat? You know, now that I think about that, it seems like I have heard some information on that rice…. like, the rice they eat is different from the rice we eat. I have heard that they leave the “husk” on and this makes it better. I don’t know, I will have to do some research on this and check it out and let you know.

Anyway- I want to address something. Chinese buffets. I just can’t do it anymore. I can get carried away. I mean, if the ones that you have been to are ANYTHING like the ones here in Mississippi….. well, you can get the cart off the road in a hurry. I mean, they have pizza on the buffet at the Chinese resterants here!!!!! WTF? Once again, it is just something that is off limits for me.

Cornell University (shout out to you Larry!!) has a Food and Brand Lab. So, they went and checked out people eating at Chinese buffets. (In upstate N.Y. they must be like the ones in Mississippi)— so these smart guys from Cornell go and OBSERVE fat folks eating together and they made some pretty cool findings-

1. The skinny people were more likely to BROWSE the buffet before serving themselves.

2. The skinny people were more likely to sit with their backs to the buffet.

3. The skinny people were more likely to sit at a booth

4. The skinny people were more likely to use chopsticks

They made some more keen observations, but these were the most striking. Interesting stuff. I think that this has to do with food addiction. I just mean that I know how I am and I am much more like those fat folks.

So- the next time you go to a buffet…. if you can handle that…. act like skinny folks!!

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One Response to “B.U.F.F.E.T- Know what that stands for?”

Allan Says:
July 28th, 2010 at 7:02 am

There is usually a salad bar also ? Better yet, just stay away ? Thanks for the inspiration

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