Okay, so Steve wasn't kidding when he said this was all abotu corn. Kudos to all who took him seriously. With that out of the way, I'm going to go off on a bunch of tangents that should actually be coherent and connect in some way.
First of all, let us thank the "miracle" that is corn syrup. Trust me. That stuff IS practically everywhere! You know how often I've read that ingredient in all our foods? I never really think about it that much, but I was always aware of the abundance of corn syrup that exists in today's food. I guess, it's because I've come to accept is as simple fact.
Corn Syrup is in everything- deal with it.
Yeah, that just adds to the proof that our diet, and I guess our bodies, are utterly saturated in the almighty corn. Which is a starch, right?
Whatever... it sweetens our foods, among other things. It HAS to do other things to our foods if we eat it so much.
But, then, another interesting point to bring up is the whole "Beef Nation" thing. Yeah, I notice America is commonly associated with Beef, especially our pride of the "Angus" breed and our BBQ obsession. And then there's the lesser known "Vegetable People" and "Chicken People". I could never be a vegetable person at heart. I like beef, but I'm Dark Meat in Poultry. I really don't understand the White Meat people's tastes, because I personally think "I" am better. Why am "I" so much cheaper? I know "I'm" supposedly not as healthy as the White Meat People, but still...
In general, I don't think being a "Chicken" person is a bad name at all. Go ahead. I've encouraged people to call me a Chicken since foerever, and it's because I find pride in it! Heck, I feel even better that in some ways, I'm almost litteraly a chicken! Go on Vegetable People, and spread your wings of pride along with the other Non-Beef guys!
But ultimatley, we're all one with the corn clan, right? I suppose so. But then, is this corn stripping us of our cultural identities then? I'm just curious. We have so many diverse "culture foods" around, and I guess some of them are slowly finding fast-food counterparts doomed to be "Americanized" for our convenience and stuff.
As a boy raised partially on Fillipino food, I got to enjoy the greats such as Kari Kari (Beef Oxtails and vegetables splurged in peanut butter soup), Shopao (a white dough dish with meat inside) and Lumpia (Think if your usual "egg roll"), and I'm really hoping such foods aren't ultimatley doomed to face the "lowest common denominator" foods like a whole lot of other bits of cuisine!
I guess I should just check, anyway. Maybe that peanut butter has plenty of corn syrup like everything else. Maybe somewhere in that dough my Mom always makes, there's a hint of corn in that, too.
Yup, I'm back at the beginning thinking about corn. But I guess Frank Sinatra was right when he said "That's Life"..