Uh oh, filk attack

[ravan]

My roommate suggested a filk...

Filk Concept:
To the Tune of Jolene
So Lean
In Rebuttal to a "Lean" Diet...

So Lean - tune of Jolene
(Ravan Asteris)

(chorus)
So lean, so lean, so lean, so lean
Why you have to make my food taste bad?
So lean, so lean, so lean, so lean
Please don't take the single joy I have

(v 1)
Your plating looks fantastic now
On the box it came in, oh wow
With greenest greens and chunks of chopped up meat
A genuine feast promised to me
In a little tray at the store
All I have to do is just heat and eat

(v2)
But when I take a single bite
I throw the dish with all my might
The taste just makes me vomit in my seat
The meat is bad the greens are dry
The salt level is to the sky
This junk just tastes like cardboard it's so lean

(chorus)
So lean, so lean, so lean, so lean
Why you have to make my food taste bad?
So lean, so lean, so lean, so lean
Please don't take the single joy I have

(v3)
I could have had a pizza pie
But fat shaming is really high
So I tried to buy the stuff that's lean
To fit my bulk to social norms
But dieting in any form
Tastes like shit when food is cooked so lean

(chorus)
So lean, so lean, so lean, so lean
Why you have to make my food taste bad?
So lean, so lean, so lean, so lean
Please don't take the tasty food I have
So lean, so lean

Comments

[eldriwolf]

I love it!
Thank you for writing this!
May the Gods look with favor on this offering

[melchar]

Well stated! I love the song - hate the reason for it. 'Fat is flavor' is woefully under-appreciated. It is possible to make a 'lean' meal that still has flavor. Use spices other than salt - and add a couple grams of fat** to boost the flavor FFS.


**so sayeth a gal who has had 1 gall bladder attack ..about 12 years ago.. - & kept the gall bladder, but is working on a daily fat gram consumption of 50 grams a day. Managing it most of the time - & not had another gall bladder attack.