Here’s a reason to go vegetarian
Growing meat in petri dishes for mass consumption.
EW.
In other disgusting food news, Joshua, who by the way, needs to BLOG, and I watched Supersize Me last night. This movie makes me want to either (a) never eat fast food again while simultaneously (b) eat a Big Mac. Oh, the dilemma. We were talking and realized that we haven’t eaten a single fast food meal since we’ve moved to San Francisco, unless you count that one In-and-Out Burger stop on the way to the airport, but they actually MAKE their meat patties and cut their fries from whole potatoes in the restaurant, so does that really count?
Getting the DVD was worth it - to watch it again, but even just for the “Smoking Fry” extra footage. He puts a Big Mac, a Chicken McGrill, a Filet o Fish, a Quarter pounder, a Supersize Fry, and a burger and order of fries from a real place, all in glass jars with lids. The sandwiches all start developing their own personal ecosystems, but he McDonald’s fries don’t mold at change AT ALL for ten weeks, when they get thrown out by the intern accidentally. Apparently, his office stank really bad.
Priceless.
June 21st, 2006 at 7:12 pm
We watched Supersize me too and ever since, i’ve been grossed out of eating fast food. so i would say it had a significant impact on my decision to stay away from the stuff. although, i’ve had an occasional taco bell or some chicken from mcd’s. but man. it is horrible. especially the jar evidence. my mom recently told me that she heard mcd’s and some other joints are putting their cattle in the rainforest to grace on the wonders. i forget the source she heard this from.
June 21st, 2006 at 7:27 pm
never been a big fast food fan, but damn did that doc. turn me into a psycho fast food hater. blech.
we’re happy little pesciatarians (sp! or is that even the right word?!) here, except for the baby’s daddy. thus, leaving the door open for me to grab a happy meal twice a year for the baby during desperate times.
oh hell. i’ve eaten the mc d’s fish sandwhich way too many times.
June 21st, 2006 at 8:42 pm
I can’t believe you’ve eaten the glorious wonder that is their fish sandwich. Of all the items on their menu, I do think that is one I have never touched. But I guess as a pescatarian, it’s not like you have a lot of other options.
I know people say you can always get a salad at fast food places, but fast food salads are absolutely inedible and taste a lot like cardboard with dressing on them.
The companies totally do reel you in as a youngster. Most, if not all of the times I feel the urge to chow down on a Big Mac or a couple of Chicken Taco Supremes has nothing to do with feeling like I’m making a good choice - it’s ALL about nostalgia. And a cheap bite.
That thing not only turns me off of fast food, but makes me want to quit drinking soda and boycott school lunches. Though since it came out, a lot of progress has been made. One of the quotes by someone in the movie said that people used to make all their food at home and weren’t obese, but that they started becoming that way with the prevalence of eating out. Yeah, but they also didn’t cook all the crap they try to pass off as food in grocery store aisles back then either. they actually cooked FOOD.
So many things I could say. Watching that documentary is completely confirming on so many levels.