The title of this post says it all when it comes to my philosophy about food. Bigger is always better. When I have a bowl of ice cream, it’s three or four scoops instead of one or two. When I have a burger, it’s a double cheeseburger instead of a puny single cheeseburger. And when I have watermelon, I’ll take a big ol’ wedge over a modest wedge any day of the week.
I should point out that I’m not advocating overconsumption in all aspects of your diet. Supersizing every meal can lead to a little extra weight in all the wrong places, which is why I practice a little restraint whenever I can.
Journalist and humorist Arthur Baer was a fellow believer that a little more is a good thing, at least when it comes to garlic. I agree with his original quote. Garlic is delicious, and when I’m cooking up a batch of lasagna or homemade spaghetti sauce, I usually double or triple the garlic dosage with delicious results!
But Baer’s quote works equally well when applied to watermelon, don’t you think? No one ever said, “I’ll just have a little watermelon, thank you.” And if they did, what they really mean is, “I’ll tell you I just want a little watermelon, but I’m going to have two or three more wedges before it’s all said and done.”
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