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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

158. Ruminate


From, “Mindful Eating as Food for Thought,” by Jeff Gordinier, 2/7/12, The New York Times:

For many people, eating fast means eating more. Mindful eating is meant to nudge us beyond what we’re craving so that we wake up to why we’re craving it and what factors might be stoking the habit of belly-stuffing.
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The average American doesn’t have the luxury of ruminating on the intense tang of sriracha sauce at a monastery.

Sriracha: a Thai-style hot sauce, typically made from sun-ripened chili peppers, vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt
Ruminate: think deeply about something
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