I like noodles not because they are tasty but those are the only things I know how to cook đ .
Funny thing is that each time I prepare the same thing, it tastes a little different. Sometimes a little soupy (or runny you might say), sometimes so dry that by the time it cools down the whole cooked mass takes the shape of a solid cake again.I am a bit clumsy. So each time I cook I read the instructions minutely before doing it (though there are only 6 or 7 lines).
One day while reading the pack, I noticed a line âNO ADDED MSGâ in the ingredients. I thought âWhat the hell? Was this an ingredient of the Masala pack that comes with it?â. I prepared the noodles, the taste wasnât any different. On Google-ing I found that MSG (called Mono Sodium Glutamate) is a common additive of noodles, also very obviously bad for health. Since then I started noticing such lines on all other products. Nowadays, all brands of potato chips packets have âNo Trans-fatsâ line. Oil packets have âno unsaturated fatty acidsâ line, fruit juices have âno added preservativesâ etc. The height happened when I saw an ad of a specific brand of paan-masala in which a lady was saying âDoes not contain any tobacco!â. I was dumb-founded!
What the hell is going on? These announcements that their brand of products doesnât have this and that, are no more than advertising gimmicks. Some are carefully crafted, and some are paper-thin. Ex. âNo added preservativesâ on fruit juice packs, that’s a see-through lie. If the âNo trans-fatâ was true then potato chips would have been ticked off the junk food list long ago. So, I think is useless to believe them, âcoz we canât tell by taste or by smell if those âno addedâ additives are still been added. Still on the slight chance that we do believe, it would mean that we have been consuming this poisonous stuff before for a pretty long time!
If we have been poisoned already, then what’s the use of having ambrosia other than to prolong our pain in death?
P.S. : the point of view of the lay-est layman
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