The Fearless Foodie

                                             

By Scott Heiner

The Three F’s

Hopefully you have had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are looking forward to more good times with the Three F’s: Food, Family and Friends for the rest of the holidays.

The other day, I stopped by Arby’s for a roast beef sandwich a gyro.  I enjoyed the great quotes about food they had on the wall.  Here are some of them:

·       Food is our common ground, a universal experience – James Beard

·       One of the nicest things in life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” – Luciano Pavarotti

·       Laughter is the brightest where food is the best – Irish proverb

That got me looking up more quotes about the Three F’s and Thanksgiving:

·       Food is everything.  Food, Friends, Family: those are the most important things in life – Zac Posen

·       Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often -- Johnny Carson

·       I suppose I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie tastes like when you have room for it – Robert Brault

·       We may not have it all together, but together, we have it all -- Anonymous

·       After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations ― Oscar Wilde

·       Coesistence: What the farmer does with the turkey—until Thanksgiving -- Mike Connolly

·       Real ballplayers pass the stuffing by rolling it up in a ball and batting it across the table with a turkey leg -- Tom Swyers

·       I’m looking forward to seeing pie this Thanksgiving more than some members of my own family -- Damien Fahey

·       I can't cook a Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast -- Charlie Brown

·       Thanksgiving: Bringing out the best in family dysfunction since 1863 -- Anonymous

·       Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare. They are consumed in 12 minutes. Half-times take 12 minutes. This is not a coincidence -- Erma Bombeck

·       Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie -- Jim Davis

·       What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving -- Erma Bombeck

·       Pie makes everybody happy -- Laurie Halse Anderson

·       You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out -- Jay Leno

·       Thanksgiving—when the people who are the most thankful are the ones who didn’t have to cook -- Melanie White

·       I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage -- Erma Bombeck

·       There's always something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. Even if it's just not being a turkey -- Anonymous

·       On Thanksgiving Day, we acknowledge our dependence -– William Jennings Bryan

Here’s a great poem I found:

May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey be plump,

May your potatoes and gravy

Have nary a lump.

May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your thighs!

-- Anonymous

And finally:

·       I love Thanksgiving because it’s a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me – Marcus Samuelsson

·       Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings, one by one, as each relative goes home -- Melanie White

·       Happy Holidays and may You, your Family and Friends be blessed spending memorable and joyful times with good Food – Scott Heiner, the Fearless Foodie