HI!!! Every man for himself.
Gluttony is usually associated with overeating, but binge drinking also fits with this cardinal sin. You who filled the jar at the weekend barbecue, in addition to being a drinker, you are an unbridled glutton.
Gluttony is the insatiable desire for food and drink. It is directly related to human selfishness: always wanting more, not being satisfied with what one already has. It is a form of greed or greed, the subject of the last column.
(Read while listening to the playlist pure gluttony. It starts with the elegant and commanding voice of Lou Rawls and continues with the classics of disco and dance music of the 70s and pop rock of the 80s. There are 120 songs for those who are hungry for good music and thirsty for good taste .)
By definition, gluttony is the sin associated with the desire to eat and drink in excess, beyond one’s needs. This sin has to do with losing control over one’s body. The opposite of gluttony is moderation.
In fact, almost all sins are linked to a lack of moderation. In the case of gluttony, it is the excessive consumption of food and drink, to which physical and spiritual evils are attributed, since it can lead to other sins, such as laziness. Gluttony is a manifestation of the pursuit of happiness in material things.
In the corporate world, according to Cintia Dias “Replace food with anything else that satisfies the ego and you will realize the insatiable hunger that drives many people. While avarice sins by lack, gluttony sins by excess. From the Latin gulla, the word comes from throat, esophagus, esophagus. Those with a sweet tooth suffer from eternal dissatisfaction. He lacks temperance, the virtue of the moderate and measured.
The planet has 7 billion inhabitants and produces food for 14 billion people, but even so we have more than 1 billion who go hungry. This makes gluttony even more obscene, outrageous and disrespectful. Hunger is also called food insufficiency nowadays. Nothing but a neoliberal or politically correct name for a chronic problem.
If a few eat and drink to excess and the vast majority experience basic difficulties, it cannot be said that our societies are in the slightest bit fair, especially since capitalism has worked. Indeed yes, but for those who are at the top of the pyramid. Financial and, consequently, food.
Moderation and balance are the great challenge of human beings, not only at the table, but in everything in life. Settle for enough and never want more. This varies from person to person and few know the limits of when and where to stop. The vast majority look to the side, see the friend or neighbor with “more”, make the mental comparison and immediately begin to desire it, even without needing it.
This explains the current situation of the environment and the immoral inequality in which we live. It is the Economics of Desire that does a great disservice to everyone and everything.
A family of gourmands at the next table
Last year our holidays were in one of these “all inclusive” hotels with breakfast, lunch and dinner included, as the name suggests. At first, what would have been a comfort turned into a martyrdom after a few days. Entering that restaurant for a few minutes to satisfy basic needs was no longer pleasant or even healthy. With so much abundance and choice, we ended up eating far more than we needed.
At breakfast most diners filled their plates with up to ten croissants and eight slices of watermelon (I counted). To avoid having to leave the table several times to get more food, the “solution” was to pile as much as possible on the plates in one go. Not being able to eat it all, the result was wasted pounds a day and, over the weeks, tons of wholesome, untouched food that sure went straight into the trash.
In at least five of the families present, the parent was an ogre relative of Shrek who had just arrived from Biafra and looked as if he had never seen a plate of food. The chair barely fit and held up somehow. Most impressively, these guys have almost no waste. They filled the chatroom and massacred everything in front of them, even the remains of the children and the woman. They were Dantesque scenes.
After a few days we couldn’t bear to see him anymore. We started avoiding lunches and arriving for coffee in the last 15 minutes, when impatient employees marked the exact time to turn off the coffee pots and juice machines on the timer. They felt an ecstasy similar to a goal in a league final. Their faces filled with pleasure when they saw an inexperienced guest with cup and saucer in hand put some cane sugar, after all it’s healthier, then press the cappuccino button and nothing came out.
Some latecomers complained, waving their plump arms as they flashed their clocks as it struck 9:04 as the uniformed executioners shook their heads negatively in public jubilation. There wasn’t even enough water to drink, as it flowed from juice dispensers already locked down with encrypted passwords that were impossible to hack.
All that was left was to put my head down, return the clean and empty plates and go up to the counter. There they could order an espresso, a glass of joy and warm pleasure at a friendly price. The cynical smile of the redhead as she handed over the ticket only revealed the Machiavellian end of the plan which began downstairs with the switching off of the coffee pots in the restaurant, with the result that the coffee was charged and added weight to the bill to be paid at the end of the stay.
Despite the gorge, the beach was dazzling, the marine blue Mediterranean sea unparalleled, and the beer served in breweries few knew how to operate was honest and plentiful, despite the taps running dry at 1.31pm after lunch and 9.02pm at the end of the day for lunch. The temperature between 28 and 30°C and the setting sun closed the almost perfect scenario for a family summer holiday.
As for the hotel, no, we have no intention of ever going back. The region definitely deserves a second or even a third chance.
to see and read
Movie: Babette’s Feast (1989) by Gabriel Axel. The awakening of the senses through food.
Denmark, 19th century Parisian Babette (Stéphane Audran) arrives in the village after the death of Philippa and Martine’s strict Lutheran pastor. She volunteers to be the family’s cook and cleaner. Years later she, still working there, learns that she has won the lottery and she offers to cook a dinner to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the pastor’s birth.
At first fearful of what would happen, the parishioners end up accepting Babette’s party without knowing the epiphany it will cause and the transformations in the small community.
It won the Oscar for best foreign film and clearly shows the relationship between art and the sacred. Gluttony, in this case, is of the senses, pleasures and flavors awakened by Babette’s banquet.
Book: The Angels Club, Luis Fernando Veríssimo (1998). A fun celebration of gluttony with the story of ten men dedicated to satisfying hunger without fear of death.
The presentation reminded me of my late father. He was intrigued and outraged by this daily need to eat. A few hours after breakfast, he’d turn around and say, “We’ll be eating again for lunch shortly. What is all this for?” I thought the human body was very inefficient in this respect and I wanted someone to one day invent more potent and energy-boosting foods so that we could only eat once a day.
In his last days he asked to go to the traditional Restaurante do Bolão in Santa Teresa to eat pasta bolognese, his favorite dish. After the wish has come true, even though it’s not there, I know her moments of joy with every bite. It seemed that he had predicted his mission here and felt entitled to leave.
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Source: Terra
Ben Stock is a lifestyle journalist and author at Gossipify. He writes about topics such as health, wellness, travel, food and home decor. He provides practical advice and inspiration to improve well-being, keeps readers up to date with latest lifestyle news and trends, known for his engaging writing style, in-depth analysis and unique perspectives.
