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razzleccentricHere's a buncha food-related news links I want to share.
Hardee's founder died at 89. See? Burgers are good for you.
BUT SAY WHAT?!? The average mother of a child under 15 spends more on fast food every year than on books, music, movies and video games combined. SRSLY, WHAT!???
On the other end of the shopping spectrum, Elizabeth at Half Changed World is on week 3 of the USDA's Thrifty Food Plan (pdf file). That's spending roughly $30 per week per adult on food. Not quite as harsh as the Food Stamp Challenge ($21 per week) but tough enough.
Always handy: How to shop at a farmer's market.
Some REALLY cool ideas on preparing food at home cheaply with minimal space and resources from The Simple Dollar.
YouTube trailer for King Corn. I dig Michael Pollan. Speaking of him: Michael Pollan lectures at Google.
MySpace TV video George Carlin: on food circa 1980. I dig his dig at tomatoes.
Now in the US: Japanese "Maid Cafes". Every het male otaku's hentai dreams come true. Granted, we already have sexpresso stands popping up. Mmmmm, ST< a >R8UCK5 Exotic Coffee for Men.
In related news, do nerds like cheese more than ordinary people? DUH!
Southern foodways sadness: Smucker's closes the White Lily flour plant in Knoxville. What a shame.
Speaking of which, if you had to cook a meal of "American cuisine" for people in another country, what would you make? Here's what one expat made - and they liked it!
"If you want to fight global warming with your diet, it is better to change what you eat than where it comes from." Food miles versus food choices. Interesting calculations: based on fossil fuel usage of a 25 mile per gallon car...
- An "all local" diet is equivalent to driving 1,000 fewer miles per year
- Shifting one day per week's calories from red meat to chicken/fish/eggs is equivalent to driving 760 fewer miles per year
- Shifting one day per week's calories from red meat to a vegetable-based diet is equivalent to driving 1,160 fewer miles per year
- Giving up red meat and dairy in favor of chicken/fish/eggs is equivalent to driving 5,340 fewer miles per year
Or as Mark Bittman puts it, you don't have to eat *no* meat, just eat *less* meat. (Because meat-eating is only human.) Watch Bittman's video What's Wrong With What We Eat on TedTV.
There's going to be a Top Chef Junior. I don't watch Top Chef, but if this kind of show could make cooking cool and hip amongst the whippersnappers (get off my lawn!), that would go a long way towards improving our nation's sucky awareness of real food and food preparation.
On that topic... Jamie Oliver meets Lysistrata.
Hahahahahaaaa! SUCK IT, PEPSI! COKE RULES!!!11ELEVENTYYYY1!! Or you could drink some Cabbernet Seven Yawn instead! PARTY!
And did you know...? For every new food we eat, we gain seven days of life. ~ Japanese proverb.
OK, whew, that's more than enough for now. Gotta go eat something new now.
Hardee's founder died at 89. See? Burgers are good for you.
BUT SAY WHAT?!? The average mother of a child under 15 spends more on fast food every year than on books, music, movies and video games combined. SRSLY, WHAT!???
On the other end of the shopping spectrum, Elizabeth at Half Changed World is on week 3 of the USDA's Thrifty Food Plan (pdf file). That's spending roughly $30 per week per adult on food. Not quite as harsh as the Food Stamp Challenge ($21 per week) but tough enough.
Always handy: How to shop at a farmer's market.
Some REALLY cool ideas on preparing food at home cheaply with minimal space and resources from The Simple Dollar.
YouTube trailer for King Corn. I dig Michael Pollan. Speaking of him: Michael Pollan lectures at Google.
MySpace TV video George Carlin: on food circa 1980. I dig his dig at tomatoes.
Now in the US: Japanese "Maid Cafes". Every het male otaku's hentai dreams come true. Granted, we already have sexpresso stands popping up. Mmmmm, ST< a >R8UCK5 Exotic Coffee for Men.
In related news, do nerds like cheese more than ordinary people? DUH!
Southern foodways sadness: Smucker's closes the White Lily flour plant in Knoxville. What a shame.
Speaking of which, if you had to cook a meal of "American cuisine" for people in another country, what would you make? Here's what one expat made - and they liked it!
"If you want to fight global warming with your diet, it is better to change what you eat than where it comes from." Food miles versus food choices. Interesting calculations: based on fossil fuel usage of a 25 mile per gallon car...
- An "all local" diet is equivalent to driving 1,000 fewer miles per year
- Shifting one day per week's calories from red meat to chicken/fish/eggs is equivalent to driving 760 fewer miles per year
- Shifting one day per week's calories from red meat to a vegetable-based diet is equivalent to driving 1,160 fewer miles per year
- Giving up red meat and dairy in favor of chicken/fish/eggs is equivalent to driving 5,340 fewer miles per year
Or as Mark Bittman puts it, you don't have to eat *no* meat, just eat *less* meat. (Because meat-eating is only human.) Watch Bittman's video What's Wrong With What We Eat on TedTV.
There's going to be a Top Chef Junior. I don't watch Top Chef, but if this kind of show could make cooking cool and hip amongst the whippersnappers (get off my lawn!), that would go a long way towards improving our nation's sucky awareness of real food and food preparation.
On that topic... Jamie Oliver meets Lysistrata.
Hahahahahaaaa! SUCK IT, PEPSI! COKE RULES!!!11ELEVENTYYYY1!! Or you could drink some Cabbernet Seven Yawn instead! PARTY!
And did you know...? For every new food we eat, we gain seven days of life. ~ Japanese proverb.
OK, whew, that's more than enough for now. Gotta go eat something new now.
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Date: 2008-06-25 05:59 pm (UTC)I'm taking a class in grad school right now about critical issues in science, and right now we're discussing meat/seafood/food supply and the environmental issues that surround these things. Your posting these links is tremendously helpful!
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Date: 2008-06-25 06:01 pm (UTC)*off to clicky-clicky*
Ok...
Date: 2008-06-25 06:05 pm (UTC)I'm not even sure where to begin? Maybe with the Farmer's Market guide. :)
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And some of us are pedantic
Date: 2008-06-25 07:32 pm (UTC)Also, we like cheese more than ordinary people do.
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Date: 2008-06-26 01:20 am (UTC)I'm slowly reading through the gazillion of your links I just clicked.
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Date: 2008-06-26 01:52 am (UTC)I've decided I'd do sweet tea, grilled cheese sandwiches, and tomato soup. Dunno about desert.
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Date: 2008-06-26 03:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-27 01:09 am (UTC):-)
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Date: 2008-06-27 10:24 pm (UTC)Oh I believe...though that doesn't explain why they can't afford my OT AFTER I WORKED IT!!!!!! Bastards.
The root of all evil lies within the chicken I tell you...