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These blog posts with the 'header' titles, "My Point Of View On," Parts 1 - 26, are originally from my "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blog, which is my blog with the fewest posts. So, I decided to not group posts in this series with similar topics from that blog (unlike the blog post series with similar topics from my other blogs, which I republished on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog), because I wanted this series of posts in their chronological order, representing the way they were originally published.
My Point Of View On...
Meal Preparation
And Food Buying
My Point Of View No. 1: If possible, prepare your own meals, because that is less expensive than pre-prepared meals! Plus, your food tastes really good, since you are the one who makes sure it tastes good to you. Besides that, you have more control over the food that goes into your body, as you are the one who prepared your own food. And your own effort goes into the food that you prepare and consume.
My Point Of View No. 2: Learn how to follow recipes and how to prepare foods from scratch, so that you can "be your own personal chef," so to speak!
My Point Of View No. 3: Learn to make culinary mistakes and correct them! That way, you are not intimidated by preparing imperfect meals and, subsequently, having to eat imperfect meals, nor you are not intimidated by having to correct any of your future culinary mistakes.
My Point Of View No. 4: Think of food preparation as a form of artwork! Comparatively speaking, your rice, your dough, your breads, your pastas, your tortillas, your tofu, etc., are all bland foods that are like an artist's canvas. And what you put on onto, or into, those "canvases," so to speak, are what makes your "artwork" taste great.
My Point Of View No. 5: If possible, buy organic foods! Organic foods are better tasting; they have better nutritional value; they are also better for supply chains; they are better for the environment; and they are a better value overall. Plus, organic foods are now becoming less expensive as they are becoming more popular.
My Point Of View No. 6: If possible, try to not throw away food! I buy "preserved foods" as much as possible (that is, canned, cooked, dried, frozen, pickled and refrigerated, etc.), so that I virtually never throw away food, because I only eat foods that are preserved, when I am in the mood to eat them... Now, this also means that I don't eat fresh foods, but I would eat my own home-grown foods, if I had my own garden! Thus, I choose to not buy fresh produce* since I worry about being able to eat produce while it is good and fresh! That is just my personal preference, however, in order to prevent throwing away food that has gone bad—which means wasting food—and that is not okay in My Philosophical Book Of Life!
My Point Of View No. 7: I realized, in the year 2018, that I should be buying and eating fresh produce, especially local produce, as part of choosing to be a "Conscious Consumer." And what prompted me to realize that I should be buying and eating fresh produce, especially local produce, is the fact that in the year 2017 here in Portland, Oregon, I joined three cooperative grocery stores—as a member who buys a 'co-op' share in order to support that 'co-op'—but I was not buying any fresh produce! Thus, I realized my error with regard to not buying fresh produce in terms of being a 'Conscious Consumer,' who endeavors to support local businesses, including small farms. Therefore, I have started to buy and eat fresh produce, from the various grocery stores at which I shop, but in small quantities, so that I have time to eat the produce while it is good and fresh!
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"
My Writing About The Perfect Reasons To Go Vegan: Why give food that you can eat to animals and then eat animal meat, or other animal products? In other words, "Cut out the middle man." Besides that, why contribute to the impact of eating animal meat, or other animal products, which accounts for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions? In other words, "Cut out the global warming." –Paul Whiting (written March 30th, 2015, revised October 18th, 2021 and revised July 18th, 2022)
My Writing About How Raising Animals For Food Is Slavery: Raising animals for food is basically slavery—and we should not engage in, support, or condone slavery in any way, shape or form—because slavery is just plain wrong. –Paul Whiting (written April 11th, 2015 and revised July 18th, 2022)
My Writing About Becoming Vegan: If possible, become vegan! I became vegan again (for the second time), around the end of March 2015, and I am feeling much better about my food choices, plus I am feeling much better overall. Veganism is naturally healthier and you can lose weight! The first time that I became vegan, I lost forty pounds over several months, due to choosing to only consume foods that were not animal-based. –Paul Whiting (written April 11th, 2015 and revised July 18th, 2022)
My Writing About How Consuming Animal Meat And Other Animal Products Is Not Good: Consuming animal meat, as well as other animal products, is not good for the animals—it is not good for you—and it is not good for global warming, because livestock, and their byproducts, account for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. –Paul Whiting (written December 27th, 2015, revised October 18th, 2021, revised October 24th, 2021 and revised July 18th, 2022)
*My Writing About Buying And Eating Fresh Produce—And Especially Local Produce: I realized, in the year 2018, that I should be buying and eating fresh produce, especially local produce, as part of choosing to be a "Conscious Consumer." And what prompted me to realize that I should be buying and eating fresh produce, especially local produce, is the fact that in the year 2017 here in Portland, Oregon, I joined three cooperative grocery stores—as a member who buys a 'co-op' share in order to support that 'co-op'—but I was not buying any fresh produce! Thus, I realized my error with regard to not buying fresh produce in terms of being a 'Conscious Consumer,' who endeavors to support local businesses, including small farms. Therefore, I have started to buy and eat fresh produce, from the various grocery stores at which I shop, but in small quantities, so that I have time to eat the produce while it is good and fresh! –Paul Whiting (written October 18th, 2018, revised October 19th, 2018, revised December 26th, 2019, revised October 24th, 2021 and revised July 14th, 2022)
My Writing Notes:
The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: Learn how to follow recipes and how to prepare foods from scratch, so that you can be your own "personal chef," so to speak...and think of food preparation as a form of artwork!
And this prose was also published on my "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — Math Magician."
This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://paulwhitingmath.blogspot.com
This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 289 was edited on April 24th, 2023.
"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
