Purina People Chow = Chex
Wait a minute. What’s really going on here?
Eating is not a “recreational hobby,” let alone a “necessary evil.” Human beings are genetically programmed to enjoy food because it is essential to our survival, going back to a time when we could only eat after the hard and sometimes dangerous work of hunting and gathering food. We are generally overweight today because we enjoy eating and we are surrounded by food that can be acquired with little expenditure of energy.
Food also creates an opportunity for human beings to bond. Every culture and religion has feast days and festivals. Today, people who want to connect with one another share a meal: coworkers go to lunch and commiserate about the boss, busiinessmen work out a deal in the back booth of a steakhouse, a couple on a first date meets for dinner and conversation, high school kids go out for pizza after a game, families travel long distances for Thanksgiving dinner, even if they don’t speak much during the rest of the year. Eating is simply a fundamental part of what human beings do.
If you are really serious about not enjoying ANY food, or the social rituals attendant to eating, and if you really wish that you didn’t have to eat at all, monkey chow is not the answer. You may have an eating disorder. If you also reject other activities that most people find pleasurable, you may be suffering from depression. It might be worth talking to somebody about this before you invest in a ton of “corn soya blend.”
Good luck.
“Bachelor Chow-Now with Flavor!”
My dad worked for NASA in the 70s, and he said they were trying to make “people chow” for the Skylab missions. The astronauts universally rejected it in favour of proper food and variety, and ended up with cool stuff like steak with asparagus tips and canned bread (we still own a load of this). Anyway, my dad tried one of these things and said it was disgusting: “like a greasy chocolate cornflake bar”.
I was thinking about Bachelor Chow and have arrived at Cliff Bars. They have all the nutrition you would need, are easy to carry, are easy to find, they even come in different flavors.
Sometimes eating is fun, going out to dinner with friends, but other times you are in the middle of a project and want to scarf something to qwell the hunger so you can get back to work.
In the 50’s it was thought that by now we’d all be eating meal pills, but that hasn’t happened, just like we don’t all have flying cars.
(And before you flame me, yes, I KNOW, there are one or two flying cars out there)
Raw, fatty mammal flesh will probably do the job. Make sure it’s fatty. Includes all the vitamins you need.
What you want is might be a Dilberito. I haven’t had one myself (can’t find one) but they sound interesting. They come in different flavors, and are supposed to be quite nutritious. It also looks like they’re vegan, or at least vegetarian.