Did you ever watch Star Trek? All their food was synthesized in a computerized machine. It was neat and tidy; no grocery shopping to do. Captain Kirk didn’t have to wash dishes or consider who was a vegan. No grocery shopping for Mr. Sulu and Uhura didn’t fuss with what wine to serve with fish. And talk about efficiency, what a time saver. The whole meal process took about ten minutes.
I am not sure what star date it is today but we must be getting close to Roddenberry’s vision. Dietary supplements are a million dollar business. Sadly, I hate swallowing pills. I don’t mind an aspirin now and then but the thought of swallowing football size supplements makes me gag. Every few years after hearing about whatever is the next best thing for the immune system, energy, joints, skin, memory, muscles, blood pressure, etc., I convince myself that, this time, I will swallow all those pills till they’re gone. I spend a small fortune at the health food store and start on my path to better health and vigor. About three weeks later I then convince myself that the way I felt before is preferable to the way I feel now – indigestion and burping for hours at a time.
The other day while in a drug store and it struck me: Everything that was naturally good for us is now is reconstituted or imitated and in a bottle. Unfortunately, what we have lost is a hard pill for me to swallow. I miss the days where friends cooked a fabulous meal together and conversed for hours over a glass of wine. And I never have difficulty swallowing grilled fish or veggies and cinnamon cranberry scones.
