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OCFD
February 16, 2005

I've mentioned before that I suffer from a bad case of OCFD - Obsessive Compulsive Food Disorder. And while some people (ok maybe just me) find it to be a charming trait, I am starting to become alarmed at my inability to hold a meaningful conversation about current world affairs without forcing the subect of food to take center stage.

I just spent the better part of 30 minutes discussing the logistics of a good scallopini with The Friend in California. We should have been discussing world events, our families, the state of the stock market, but instead we were focusing on the goodness of cooking with wine and butter.

Which, hey, I could talk about the goodness of wine and butter all day. But have I become so single-minded that I am not enjoyable to be around? Is my inability to see things without food connotations attached an unnatractive trait?

I did pick up a newspaper this morning to read with my coffee. And I did start reading about the housing market and how the cost of single family homes was rising exponentially compared to the national median income.

And I started to feel good about broadening my horizons and taking part in world financial matters, but then I totally got distracted by an add that beef tenderloin steaks are on sale.


And I haven't picked up the paper, since.

Posted by Foodwhore at February 16, 2005 01:23 PM

I suffer from OCFD also....and unfortunately I have an extra 15 lbs that I put on this winter....nice.....I need to get my big fat butt out and exercise. I do the same thing you do...start talking and the convo always ends up on food....gawd....is there hope for us??

Posted by: LaJhen at February 16, 2005 03:03 PM

I don't think so my conversations all end up the same way most of the time too-LOL.

Posted by: Karla at February 16, 2005 03:29 PM

Ah, but you are talking about world affairs. Half the world is starving...I know because my mother told me at every dinnertime while I was growning up. So...you're doing good works for the world by cooking and feeding people. ~;^) Okay, so I'm rationalizing, but I wouldn't want you to stop being food oriented. Where would we be without the Food Whore we all know and love? That'd be awful.

Posted by: thefoxymama at February 16, 2005 08:20 PM

You say this as though OCFD might (mind you, I said MIGHT!) just be a bad thing! How???

But then, I'm the one who got completely blissed out on a piece of cheese last night and couldn't talk about anything else the rest of the evening... and haven't been able stop obsessing about next week's chocolate potluck for a good week or two... so I might not be an objective critic.

Posted by: baklavaqueen at February 17, 2005 03:31 AM

Did you say Chocolate Potluck?????

Posted by: The Food Whore at February 17, 2005 10:43 AM

You got it... Chocolate Potluck. Exactly what you think it is. It's the 4th Annual Chocolate Potluck, to be precise. A friend gave me the idea, and it's been a big hit with my friends (especially since I tend to go over the top). :)

Posted by: baklavaqueen at February 17, 2005 12:14 PM

You, FW, are a Good Person. World events will come and go, but beef tenderloin is always with us. (When we can afford it.)

Don't change - you aren't missing a thing.

Posted by: Dr Alice at February 18, 2005 08:50 PM
 
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