I've abandoned my diet briefly. I was lured away by the heavenly scent at the display of tree-ripened peaches at the grocery store. As I stood there and inhaled, I realized that the vegetable section had been set up to create "eye candy" to entice shoppers to buy. The textures were wonderful. Smooth, shiny skins on the peppers contrasted with bumpy red raspberries, or the dimpled rinds of the oranges. The tightly curled Chinese cabbage complemented the looser rim of the red lettuce. The colors were gorgeous, the rosy peaches, the blueberries, and the yellow of the bananas. Every shade of green was represented, and the splash of purple in the cabbage and eggplant was the finishing touch to a painting. Marketers are really savvy these days.
I'm going to enjoy the fresh fruit for a couple of days, and then resume my diet. I figure it was a worthwhile interruption.
Comments (2)
...just in passing - no blame, no attack, no comment...the atkins diet is coming under some huge attacks over here in england at the moment...so, feel good about eating fruit :^)...
Posted by billy | August 20, 2003 7:10 PM
Posted on August 20, 2003 19:10
I love fruit and vegetables too much to ever give them up. I used to work in the produce section, and everything is set up to be attractive as possible. We were so sneaky we'd get people to buy rotten oranges.
Posted by Texas T-Bone | August 22, 2003 10:17 AM
Posted on August 22, 2003 10:17