This is such an interesting read. We are so programmed that it takes a reminder like this to slow down and ask questions of ourselves.
Interestingly, the salt thing — reaching for it before even tasting the food — has always annoyed me. As a chef, I find it disrespectful. Not just to what I’ve cooked, but to anyone who has cooked. If someone takes a bite first and then decides they need to adjust something, I’m fine with that. But grabbing the salt shaker on instinct, before even giving the food a chance? That’s a different thing entirely.
I’d never thought about it from the perspective you suggest. That’s a new lens for me.
If we just taste what’s in front of us first, we would realize that seldom do we need more. That it’s delicious as is. When we do anything absent-mindedly, we can’t “taste” the thing we’re eating or doing. We lose taste, and we reach for noise without realizing. Which is why I’m such an advocate of eating meals without multi-tasking. It’s about experiencing what’s possible as is. (I’d love to taste your food)
This is such an interesting read. We are so programmed that it takes a reminder like this to slow down and ask questions of ourselves.
Interestingly, the salt thing — reaching for it before even tasting the food — has always annoyed me. As a chef, I find it disrespectful. Not just to what I’ve cooked, but to anyone who has cooked. If someone takes a bite first and then decides they need to adjust something, I’m fine with that. But grabbing the salt shaker on instinct, before even giving the food a chance? That’s a different thing entirely.
I’d never thought about it from the perspective you suggest. That’s a new lens for me.
If we just taste what’s in front of us first, we would realize that seldom do we need more. That it’s delicious as is. When we do anything absent-mindedly, we can’t “taste” the thing we’re eating or doing. We lose taste, and we reach for noise without realizing. Which is why I’m such an advocate of eating meals without multi-tasking. It’s about experiencing what’s possible as is. (I’d love to taste your food)