If you're wondering how it's sensical for people to be packing heat in Starbucks—which gets really interesting after several espressos—or for McDonald's to believe its minimum wage works for its workers, I understand.
Some things in the food-and-drink hemisphere don't make a lot of sense, like folks treating Guy Fieri like a fancy chef.
Fortunately other things do, like 1) dressing cats up like sushi and 2) using food to provide some distinction between sex in real life and sex with porn stars.
These sensical things can act as an antidote. And inspiration for the first—and maybe only—edition of "Fun With Food Logic: What Makes Sense and What Doesn't."
So far my list is at five things. Feel free to zap yours to edible@mcweekly.com and I'll publish the best ones.
• What Makes Sense: Realistic Sex Ed With Food as the Medium
Sometimes the education just catches wildfire. Last I checked this video had 2,000 posts. Now it has 2 million (and climaxing). The power of logic at work.
• What Doesn't Make Sense: Dining and Ditching at Cachagua General Store
It's already a dumb move to try to out outlaw the outlaws who run one of the Most Adventurous Meals in Monterey County, every Monday night in deep Carmel Valley.
CGS Executive Chef Mike Jones outlines other reasons it's not too logical on Facebook:
"So.....when you decide to bolt from a restaurant without paying, some things to consider: 1) escape route 2) identity. There is only one road out of Cachagua......and those two bottles of wine and those beers will not impress the CHP's we called, or the Monterey cops waiting at the end of your driveway in case the Chippies miss you. And, your phone number....and your unsecured FB account. We have three mutual friends! Ashley Downing and Kelly Sorensen for instance. Surfing? After the DUI, will come the "Defrauding An Innkeeper" charge (one of the oldest common laws and my favorite). Cheers!"
• What Makes Sense: Dressing Up Cats Like Sushi
Some would say taking Fluffy and tying belts and pink purses to her to make her look like sashimi is the opposite of sensical.
Not so fast. That is art. Undeniably. It makes you think. It requires response. Neko Zushi for prime minister of Japan.
Of course that point, however powerful, is immaterial: Logic does not apply on the Internet.
For those who need more logical context, there is this from the Neko Zushi designers themselves:
"We know the rule of Sushi - fish on top of rice. On the other hand we know the rule cats eat fish. Cats sit on rice, where fish is supposed to be - why? Contradiction and mystery in this world is always center of the criptic questions among Japanese zen monks. And this is another Zen question - why cats sit on rice instead of fish, not eating them? - the graet Zen question, which proves the magical power of Sushi Cats."