It's hard to believe that a sitcom could nail the major food issues in our life, but the past two episodes of 30 Rock tackled one of the major debates between foodies and offered an inexorable fact about life.
On the second episode of season four, "Into the Crevasse," an argument between two characters suddenly becomes about leftovers:
Devon: You know revenge is a dish best served cold, Jack, like sashimi or pizza.
Jack: You prefer cold pizza?
Devon: The morning after, it's the best.
Jack: Better than hot pizza? That's insane.
Devon: You don't tell me what kind of pizza to like.
As ridiculous as it sounds, whether you're looking for a significant other or a friend, whether a person prefers cold pizza to hot pizza can be as revealing as a person's views on any moral quandary. Cold pizza just evokes images of sweatpants and a failure to shave. Hot pizza at least means you made the effort to put it in the oven or microwave.
In this past week's episode, "Stone Mountain," the show's protagonist suggest a simple axiom for what we all are searching for on this planet:
Liz: All of human kind has one thing in common. The sandwich. I believe
that all anyone really wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a
sandwich.
It's true: With every great sandwich, there is a moment when you're only thinking about the bite you're eating and the next bite you're going to take. You're not worried if your cell phone is going to ring or if you are chewing with your mouth open. You are only considering how well the filling works with the bread. That's when you know you're having a condi-mo-ment.
[Image via Flickr: permanently scatterbrained]
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