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What a bad joke this is, only in the third world would this qualify as "eating well."

by jug5 12y ago

maxerickson 12y ago
"well" is used in a different sense than you are using it. They mean enough calories with a reasonable amount of nutrition. From a feed-your-body perspective, peanut butter on whole wheat bread is pretty decent food (it's even protein complete). To me the silliest part of the article was Food is one of the few true necessities in life, yet overlooked in mainstream thought. I would say that mainstream culture is obsessed with food.
- ErikAugust 12y ago
  Good call - that was a vague statement - I've refined it a bit: "Food is one of the few true necessities in life, yet alternatives to junk food and eating out are often overlooked in mainstream thought." At least closer to what I mean, anyway. Thanks for checking out.
  - maxerickson 12y ago
    I think there is a good chance you are taking an observation from your life, something about lots of people being uncertain about cooking, and (falsely) translating that into a lack of consideration for cooking. Even something crassly commercial like "The Food Network" spends an awful lot of its time on real actual cooking (and there are dozens of cooking shows on other channels). And it just goes on from there. What could be more mainstream than Rachel Ray and her talk show? And she is big on ingredients and cooking them. Or do a survey of "food section"s in print. The HuffPo, of all things, focuses on recipes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/food/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/food/ Lots of real papers have lots of recipes and content that is not restaurant reviews. Sorry for focusing on one small point and being cranky about it.
    - ErikAugust 12y ago
      Fair points. But I wonder why I see it this way? Maybe for my age/demographic? 30 year old urban professional?
drz 12y ago
I bet you eat less well than this guy. Eating well means eating nutritionally complete, balanced, and tolerably palatable foods. When you maximize for the taste experience, without concern for nutritional completeness or balance, you are not eating well.

What a bad joke this is, only in the third world would this qualify as "eating well."

by jug5 12y ago

What a bad joke this is, only in the third world would this qualify as "eating well."

"well" is used in a different sense than you are using it. They mean enough calories with a reasonable amount of nutrition. From a feed-your-body perspective, peanut butter on whole wheat bread is pretty decent food (it's even protein complete). To me the silliest part of the article was Food is one of the few true necessities in life, yet overlooked in mainstream thought. I would say that mainstream culture is obsessed with food.

ErikAugust 12y ago
Good call - that was a vague statement - I've refined it a bit: "Food is one of the few true necessities in life, yet alternatives to junk food and eating out are often overlooked in mainstream thought." At least closer to what I mean, anyway. Thanks for checking out.
- maxerickson 12y ago
  I think there is a good chance you are taking an observation from your life, something about lots of people being uncertain about cooking, and (falsely) translating that into a lack of consideration for cooking. Even something crassly commercial like "The Food Network" spends an awful lot of its time on real actual cooking (and there are dozens of cooking shows on other channels). And it just goes on from there. What could be more mainstream than Rachel Ray and her talk show? And she is big on ingredients and cooking them. Or do a survey of "food section"s in print. The HuffPo, of all things, focuses on recipes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/food/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/food/ Lots of real papers have lots of recipes and content that is not restaurant reviews. Sorry for focusing on one small point and being cranky about it.
  - ErikAugust 12y ago
    Fair points. But I wonder why I see it this way? Maybe for my age/demographic? 30 year old urban professional?

drz 12y ago

I bet you eat less well than this guy. Eating well means eating nutritionally complete, balanced, and tolerably palatable foods. When you maximize for the taste experience, without concern for nutritional completeness or balance, you are not eating well.