How sad is this?
Posted by yabbitgirl on Aug 28, 2008 · Member since Apr 2006 · 14266 posts
OK, so I got used to seeing gazpacho in cartons a few years ago (how hard is it to zip stuff in the blender?)
But I went to the supermarket and couldn't believe my eyes. Individual portions of cooked white rice?? In tinfoil pots?
Weird.
Processed foods: adulterated, poorly prepared foods that need huge advertising campaigns to convince the lazy consumer that they "need" them. And the lazy consumer responds with cash.
Fufuberry, this one's for you. This is incredible.
So I hear on the news that Spanish kids today only like processed foods etc because regular home cooking is "too much work to chew." They want stuff like soups, potato puree out of a box, cream of whatever, pasta, yogurt and fruit juice--stuff that they can basically just mush up or drink. I could. not. believe this so I asked friends who have kids of different ages, and guess what--it's true. Not of all kids, of course, but a great many.
I know every generation says the next generation is lazy, but when you're too lazy to even chew your food...God help us.
The mind boggles. It seriously does.
Whaaaat?! That's so bad. If you don't chew, your food will only be partially digested. I'd think that'd be quite unhealthy in the long run. And - oh yeah, that's damned lazy too. ::) ???
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Fufuberry, this one's for you. This is incredible.
So I hear on the news that Spanish kids today only like processed foods etc because regular home cooking is "too much work to chew." They want stuff like soups, potato puree out of a box, cream of whatever, pasta, yogurt and fruit juice--stuff that they can basically just mush up or drink. I could. not. believe this so I asked friends who have kids of different ages, and guess what--it's true. Not of all kids, of course, but a great many.
I know every generation says the next generation is lazy, but when you're too lazy to even chew your food...God help us.
The mind boggles. It seriously does.
That is quite possibly the worst thing I have ever heard.
On the upside, maybe someone could start advertising veg*n foods...
"HUMMUS: No chewing required!"
soft tofu- goes down smooth ;)b
Ok, I can't compete with some of the stuff in this thread, but in the UK we have microwavable mashed potato. In addition to the "here are twelve grapes/an apple/pomegranate seeds prepared in a nice little bag" thing. I don't get it either... I actually find repetitive slicing stuff up to be quite relaxing in a Zen kind of way.
I actually find repetitive slicing stuff up to be quite relaxing in a Zen kind of way.
I've taken to coming home from the grocery store and washing/cutting everything up. That way there's no excuse not to use it.
At Christmas here in Spain they sell 12 peeled grapes in individual, pop-top tins. Tradition is to eat one grape for each of the 12 strokes of midnight on NY Eve, for good luck.
How is choking on grapes at midnight going to bring you good luck? 8-)
They eat one grape a second?!? That's sounds like a drinking game.
They eat one grape a second?!? That's sounds like a drinking game.
LOL!
I refuse to believe the chewing thing. Just too weird. Oooh, like in Wall-E...
Peeled grapes...isn't the contrast between the peel and the flesh part of the allure of grapes?
The grape-per-second thing sounds like a good challenge to be undertaken after said drinking games.
at my grocery once they had carbonated grapes, so hubby and I got some...they were...weird. And nasty if you let them go flat.
you're not supposed to microwave plastic...especially if its touching your food
That potato salad sounds soooooo gross.
About the plastic wrapped potatoes for the microwave, they're great! My father-in-law works at a potato plant and they have them. They are not altered in anyway and dont have anything added to them. It's just that the plastic theyre in makes it like a baked potato, but in the microwave and only takes like 7 minutes instead of an hour. So i'm not totally against those.
About the prunes, I've never seen them, and I think it's ridiculous! If you want to sell them in a tube so that people buy a bunch at a time, instead of one or 2, fine. But do you really need to individually wrap them too? Have people never heard of pollution? Cuz it's not like all that plastic film is just going to turn magically into compost! Sorry, I got a little carried away, lol.
Well now you're just being ridiculous. NO ONE EATS POTATO SKIN!! Jeez. Of course the plastic isn't touching the "food" part!!
I microwave potatoes all the time (well, sweet ones, I don't like baked white potatoes). You poke them with a fork a few times and sit them on a microwave safe plate and microwave them for like 5 minutes (or more depending on size). Works just fine, no plastic required!!
Recently I saw a commercial for bagged, frozen, peeled, cut potatoes to make mashed potatoes with... because making mashed potatoes from "real" potatoes is such a chore. They show this woman laboriously peeling a huge pile of potatoes (apparently she's never heard of tater mits - but that's a rant for a different thread) for mashed potatoes. Now I'm not a big fan (read: i hate them) of mashed potatoes, but when I make them (for the boy), I just buy a thin skinned potato (yukon gold, red potatoes, white chefs potatoes) and don't peel them. They still come out smooth and creamy, and with the extra fiber and vitamins and minerals that are in the skin! And it's easy. People are idiots.
I for one have never heard of a potato mitt. Do you use them to catch hot potatoes?
And I for one think the potato skin is the best part. So there. :P
I for one have never heard of a potato mitt. Do you use them to catch hot potatoes?
And I for one think the potato skin is the best part. So there. :P
That first bit was sarcasm. I find potatoes rather useless without the skin (it's my favorite part!! especially all roasted in the oven and crisp. omnomnom).
Tater mits were an informercial type thing. They're big mits and all you have to do is rub the potato around with the mits on and voila! peeled potato!! At least that's what the commercial said. As it turned out, you had to parboil whatever you wanted to peel or the mits wouldn't work. Additionally, internet reports state that the mits don't really work anyway, even if you've already parboiled your taters. Tater Mit Fail!!
Just eat the damn skin, people!
I dunno....I don't want chemically altered plastic fumes or whatever touching the skin of my potato either, even if I didn't eat that part (especially for 7 minutes). I guess I just really don't like cooking things in the microwave period (I believe it alters the food nutritionally). I might re-heat things up for about 20 seconds or less, but never longer than that really.
That'll be the next commercial
Set in a workplace kitchen. There are two women dressed in professional clothes preparing their lunch. Woman 1 is having a plastic-wrapped baked potato and Woman 2 is having a small, pale iceberg lettuce salad with a sprinkle of julienned carrots.
Woman 1 is placing a plastic-wrapped potato into the microwave while Woman 2 longingly looks on.
Woman 2: That looks good.
Woman 1: It's a healthy, delicious lunch. I'll top it with cheese, bacon, and sour cream and it'll be a filling, flavorful lunch that will keep me going all day.
Woman 2: But what about the plastic?
Woman 1: Why don't you like plastic?
Woman 2: I heard that it's bad to microwave food with plastic.
Woman 1: Why, specifically? It's wrong for people on-the-go to make a convenient, nutritious, baked potato?
The microwave turns off.
Cut to the potato loaded with cheese, bacon, and sour cream.
Woman 1: Here, try a bite.
Woman 2 takes a spoonfull of potato and toppings and has an orgasm.
Woman 2: That IS good! I think I'll bring a plastic-wrapped potato for work tomorrow.
The women share a "knowing" look and laugh.
That'll be the next commercial
Set in a workplace kitchen. There are two women dressed in professional clothes preparing their lunch. Woman 1 is having a plastic-wrapped baked potato and Woman 2 is having a small, pale iceberg lettuce salad with a sprinkle of julienned carrots.
Woman 1 is placing a plastic-wrapped potato into the microwave while Woman 2 longingly looks on.
Woman 2: That looks good.
Woman 1: It's a healthy, delicious lunch. I'll top it with cheese, bacon, and sour cream and it'll be a filling, flavorful lunch that will keep me going all day.
Woman 2: But what about the plastic?
Woman 1: Why don't you like plastic?
Woman 2: I heard that it's bad to microwave food with plastic.
Woman 1: Why, specifically? It's wrong for people on-the-go to make a convenient, nutritious, baked potato?
The microwave turns off.
Cut to the potato loaded with cheese, bacon, and sour cream.
Woman 1: Here, try a bite.
Woman 2 takes a spoonfull of potato and toppings and has an orgasm.
Woman 2: That IS good! I think I'll bring a plastic-wrapped potato for work tomorrow.
The women share a "knowing" look and laugh.
wow, have you thought about a career in advertising....? i bet some of those companies would actually consider that commercial.
That'll be the next commercial
Set in a workplace kitchen. There are two women dressed in professional clothes preparing their lunch. Woman 1 is having a plastic-wrapped baked potato and Woman 2 is having a small, pale iceberg lettuce salad with a sprinkle of julienned carrots.
Woman 1 is placing a plastic-wrapped potato into the microwave while Woman 2 longingly looks on.
Woman 2: That looks good.
Woman 1: It's a healthy, delicious lunch. I'll top it with cheese, bacon, and sour cream and it'll be a filling, flavorful lunch that will keep me going all day.
Woman 2: But what about the plastic?
Woman 1: Why don't you like plastic?
Woman 2: I heard that it's bad to microwave food with plastic.
Woman 1: Why, specifically? It's wrong for people on-the-go to make a convenient, nutritious, baked potato?
The microwave turns off.
Cut to the potato loaded with cheese, bacon, and sour cream.
Woman 1: Here, try a bite.
Woman 2 takes a spoonfull of potato and toppings and has an orgasm.
Woman 2: That IS good! I think I'll bring a plastic-wrapped potato for work tomorrow.
The women share a "knowing" look and laugh.
wow, have you thought about a career in advertising....? i bet some of those companies would actually consider that commercial.
Not unless she added cleavage and sex appeal to the woman with the potato and made the salad lady drab and "undesirable".
( I have bitter tendencies towards marketing in most instances ) >:D
That's a given. ;D
This is kind of who I pictured in my head. I haven't seen the commercials that people have been talking about, but I figure they'd look about the same. Woman 1's makeup is a little more artful, clothes more professional, figure more fit, skin a little more tight, a bit younger, accessories more modern, etc. I would have Woman 1 in a sporty business jacket, with a low cut, lightweight silky blouse underneath. Woman 2 would be in bulkier clothes up to the top of her neck.
Woman 1 - Potato Advocate
http://www.eecentre.com/Temp/woman%20working.JPG
Woman 2 - Soon to be Converted
http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/covershot/slideshow/gallery/leslie_before.jpg
There was a Wells Fargo commercial that was on TV probably about five years ago now. They had one scene of people waiting in lines at "the other" bank. There was a monochromatic color scheme in "the other" bank and the people were all wearing bulking fabrics and they were overweight. Then there's a cut to Well's Fargo. It's bright, with varied rich tones, and everyone is fit and sporty, happily in a short line waiting five seconds for their turn. I hate that commercial. I'm not going to have a Well's Fargo account because of it.
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