Eat like a Brasilian!!!!

[redshift]

Looked at the Food Inc. trailer Finn, and it reminded me of a few others.

The Meatrix- http://themeatrix.com, and The World According To Monsanto-



If things continue the way they're going, I figure in 10-15 years we'll be eating melamine patties (with beef additive) on 100% recycled styrofoam buns, with potato-flavored sheetrock slices (from China of course).

I may come off as some kind of health food nut... not at all the case. And for many years I pretty much lived on fast food. What I am concerned with is the fact that almost nothing is safe anymore. Even so-called organic is no guarantee (lutach can tell, but how many others would, being so used to eating fake garbage?) and it is hard to come by, and not affordable for most people.

A friend of mine has a teenage daughter. I interrupted dinner one night like I always seem to. There's his daughter, staring befuddled at a stick of butter... He tells her "it's just like margarine- you just put it on the bread".

That's right, 14 or 15 years old.. and never used butter. They had run out of margarine.
Now according to some, margarine is only "one molecule" from being plastic... it sure tastes like plastic to me, always hated the stuff. But it got me thinking- there's at least one generation already that has little or no idea where their food comes from. They probably think it comes from a factory, and not the ground. Well you can't fault them for that can you? It really is 'grown' in a factory.

This is where overpopulation is truly an issue. Because we are at the point at which human existence relies on factory farming. It's not a case of there being too many mouths to feed, it is strictly a matter of there not being enough independent sources of food anymore. Which naturally leaves the big boys in a huge monopoly. They are then free to dictate what is or is not safe. With such trustworthy agencies as the FDA and USDA more or less in bed with those companies. I just don't see a good outcome....

[pinkpanda3310]

Originally Posted by redshift

Even so-called organic is no guarantee (lutach can tell, but how many others would, being so used to eating fake garbage?) and it is hard to come by, and not affordable for most people.
Now according to some, margarine is only "one molecule" from being plastic... it sure tastes like plastic to me, always hated the stuff.

I've heard that about margarine too.

Ever hear about hunters that are mad about a particular animal because they love the 'gamey taste'? That's the difference between organic and farmed.

I've worked on a cattle station in the kimberly region of australia, the place is so isolated it's like stepping back in time. The taste difference of meat is not just a little different it's.............sorry my eyes are glazed and mouth is watering. Grain fed beef doesn't excite me either cause that too is bland in comparison.

[lutach]

The taste of freshness can't be beaten. I've missed the great taste of the food I used to eat down in Brasil. Specially coming from a small city and having many good farmers selling fresh products every day at the local market. If anyone wants to see how small my city is look it up: Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais. The flavors are just unmatched by anything you find in a super market here in the US. Strange thing I'm finding now is, many of the Brasilian products are not in stock anymore and they don't know when they'll have them.