Going By Shape
July 25, 2011 14 Comments
I get a chuckle out of the rise of ‘flatbreads’. “I want something light; I’ll have my sandwich on flatbread.” Essentially a whole generation has gotten the idea that if the bread they eat is smooshed flat instead of puffy because it rose, it doesn’t count as bread.
Because of the shape.
Now sure, I guess it could be true on average that if someone eats a ‘wrap’ instead of a sandwich on French bread, that average eater does indeed end up eating less starches. I don’t really know, I haven’t gotten out the calipers and the calorie/carb counts. But neither have most of the people who eat ‘flatbread’.
They’re literally just going by shape.
One of these days I need to make a list of Dumb Stuff I Think People Think. This is going on it.
One of these days I need to make a list of Dumb Stuff I Think People Think.
I’ve got a pounder of your favorite beer in a cold glass, at the first bar that’s in reasonable proximity to both you & me, if you can get that done in the next 48 hours. Heck, make it two. I figure I owe you for the wonderful material you’ve put up here, besides of which I’m positive you’d do a much better job at a DSITPT list than most folks. Me included.
But I’ll nominate this for your list: The planet is headed toward extinction due to unsustainable temperature increases, due to the increase of carbon in the atmosphere, but if we just unplug our cell phones when they’re done charging and our coffee pots when they’re done brewing…this will have a perceptibly significant effect on the outcome.
And if we could get the feminists to go with the hand crank vibrator instead of batteries just think of the saving of the planet and…….
Yes, much like people believe wraps are “light”.
A 10″ tortilla typically has more calories (250-300 calories and far more fat) than a decent sandwich roll (usually around 170-200 calories); and a 10″ is a small wrap for a restaurant (though a normal size for home).
A larger wrap from most restaurants will be in a 12″ or even 14″ tortilla. A 14″ flour tortilla will be over 400 calories.
I am hanging it out for the list of “dumb stuff people think” – I think I would agree with a lot of it. Thanks for the chuckle
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Here’s a big one for your list: “If someone thinks differently than I do, they probably just didn’t hear what I said. I’ll say it louder, and that will solve the problem.”
Which leads back to the bigger issue: “If someone thinks differently than I do, it’s a big problem that must be fixed immediately – and by changing their mind, not mine.”
“It didn’t work before, but it SHOULD have, so I’ll try it again!”
If I appease the bully, she will leave me alone. (I learned the folly of this first hand from the last ex.)
Raising taxes doesn’t hurt the economy.
Don’t get me started on “organic” and “artisanal”…
“If someone thinks differently than I do, it’s a big problem that must be fixed immediately – and by changing their mind, not mine.”
The older I get the more convinced I am that this can best be accomplished by batteries and jumper cables.
I disagree..
Most places that serve “pizza” should, in my opinion, refer to it as “pizza” and not as pizza. If I’d ask for bread and get flatbread, I’d be seriously pissed off. I’d feel cheated.
Anon.
People think mathematicians sit around all day doing *really complicated numerical calculations*. FML
Re: Wraps: wraps have the holy seal of SWPL approval. /discussion
The one I love is “Oh you’re a mathematician? So you should be able to work out all these blackjack/craps probabilities in your head, and stuff.”
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