I turned the TV on this morning and a cooking show called Mary's Kitchen Crush was on. She was cooking her own versions of what she called Stadium Staples for her friends who were coming over to watch some sport on TV.

Usually, most of the cooking shows seem to be pushing relatively healthy, balanced food but I was gobsmacked. She made what she called pretzel hot dogs, which was a hot dog wrapped in a dough with two tablespoons each of honey and butter and more salt than I would use, and she also made her version of corn dogs, but she cooked a very cheesy macaroni bake, then sliced it up when it was cold and dipped it into a batter which included corn meal, and salt and sugar, then deep fried them.

Thinking about the ingredients, it was pretty much everything I choose not to eat: deep fried, salty, sweet, white flour, butter (which I do eat as a treat now and then, usually on baked veges), processed meat, white pasta.

Each to their own, I suppose.