TED TALK TOPIC 3 - PELLE ATTACKS

HOW SPAGHETTI SAUCE RUINED THE WORLD

In the world of Malcolm Gladwell, the world became inherently better when we were given variety.  We were given 40 spaghetti sauces because 2 didn't meet the needs of consumers.  We now have 40 mediocre spaghetti sauces and as a result, no one can cook, we're all obese, and guess what?  We now have 40 spaghetti sauces that suck instead of just 2.  Imagine the best spaghetti sauce that you've ever eaten.  Did it come in a can? Did you buy it in the supermarket?  If you answered yes to either of these questions, please come to dinner with me.  The best spaghetti sauce that I ever had was my Grandmother's sauce.  Luckily, she passed the recipe on to me.  I can't give you the recipe but, I'll give you a clue.  It didn't come from the sauce aisle in the supermarket. 

At what point did we sacrifice substance for variety?  When did we choose convenience over content and culture.  In Florida, there is a fast food Italian restaurant called Fazoli with a drive-thru because we can't wait 8 minutes for that spaghetti to cook!  How hungry do you have to be to eat drive-thru lasagna?  It used to be a matter of pride that you cooked your own food and it equated to a family connection.  I want to bring the old school back. 

We spend so much time trying to think outside of the box that we have failed to realize that the box may be broken.  We lost alot of ourselves in the pursuit of so-called progress.  I want to add to the quality of life. I don't want things that water down our society.  I want you to spend time in the supermarket and observe the choices.  Check out the ice cream aisle.  Baskin and Robbins would have stopped at three flavors if they knew it would lead to this mess!  The supermarket used to be 8 aisles now it's 25.  I want you to imagine the best meal that you've ever eaten.  I want you to leave class starving for it.  I bet for a large number of you that your meal was something your Mother, Father, Grandmother, or Grandfather made at one time or another. Variety killed that meal!  You spend your life eating food that pales in comparison to that meal.  I hate it and this is why you should hate this too! 

This has been the ramblings of a hungry person and now I'm going to eat something out of a box or bag that's horrible for me but, I've been conditioned to think that somehow this behavior is normal.  In an insane world, a sane man must appear insane.