Connor 2: 7 Deadly Sins

Some rules are meant to be broken. Most are meant to be followed, thus why they are implemented in the first place, but some only exist to make life a lot harder for a specific group of people. Putting restrictions on others' lives is a recipe for disaster. For example, there is a religion out there that says to avoid feeling 7 specific things or you will die and burn in a fiery pit of agony for eternity. These 7 rules then dictate people's lives. Some of those rules are good to follow and make sense, while others basically tell you to suppress your natural human emotions. Basically, rules are just things made by imperfect humans, for imperfect humans. Rules are all subjective and not all are meant to be taken seriously. That being said, I have 7 deadly sins of my own when it comes to food. They may not mean a thing to others, but to me, they mean everything.

1. Applesauce Brownies: My mother found online one time that you can substitute oil in brownies with applesauce and it will taste the same. All lies. Making brownies with applesauce reserves you a special place in the fire pits. 

2. This Kale Kick: I have no problem with healthy eating, or kale itself. The problem is some people think they can put kale in everything. You can't make food healthy by adding more food to it. I was watching an episode of "Parks and Recreation," as I do every day, and the main character teared up because someone asked her if she would like kale in her milkshake. It was one of those scenes that really hit you hard in your emotional places like the iceberg in Titanic or every Disney's characters mother dying in the first 5 minutes. 

3. Seasoning Food: It is important to season food and season it right. Adding a little bit of salt is not seasoning. And make sure your spice cabinets are organized right. I once had cinnamon chicken because my mom can't tell the difference between paprika and cinnamon. 
4. Seasonal Flavors: We have the technology to get anything we want whenever we want. Don't pretend that peppermint is only a thing in December. If you want a pumpkin spice coffee in March, then it is your right to do so. Seasonal flavors are marketing scams. 

5. Artificial Everything: Don't get me wrong, artificial banana is my favorite fruit, but all these artificial flavors and colors just taste disgusting. Not to mention that they are slowly killing us all. It's not much work just to squeeze an actual orange into something than sit in a lab and try to mimic the flavor using chemicals.

6. The Meat Industry: Everyone who works in the meat industry has a special fire pit for them. I'm not a vegetarian and love the taste of meat, but the way we go about getting it is terrible. Not to mention most of our meat is held together with actual glue while they just want us to think it's fat. Disgusting.

The biggest "no me gusta" of all,

7. Touching My Food: If you did not ask, then you do not touch. I have a lot of issues and thus require a lot of food. If you want to share, then you have to alert me and ask first, or I will attack you like a wild animal. As the common phrase goes, "JOEY DOESN'T SHARE FOOD."