chapter 3 of Omnivore's Dilemma

In chapter three what i found interesting was clueless we are when how our food is handled and how different our care for our food is from other countries. I was surprise to read that they dropped the corn onto the ground, "floating in the puddles of rainwater, pancaked on the steel rails"(p.58). I would've thought farmers would care more for the food, since they're giving it away to stores were millions of people are buying them. This also shows how different we are from other countries, in Mexico you do onto leave corn on the ground "it is considered almost sacrilegious", and back then the Aztec never left corn on the ground in fear that god himself would punished them. yet here we are putting food we put in our mouth, on the ground, and yet we're always told to never eat things that been on the floor, kind of ironic really. This kind of makes me almost unsure of my food, i know we clean the food, but still to know they've been on the floor all dirty, give me an unpleasant feeling. How can be sure our food is safe to eat? how can farmers just be so careless with food? when were thought since we're little not to be wasteful.




to vincent - I honest think farmers should go back to go fashion farming when everything was done by hands, and with no chemicals, all natural. People now a days would do anything for money, evening if it means affecting what we eat. and i agree with the line "This shows how even the lowest food group as in corn affects the society highly when in trouble", when trouble hits, it hit everybody and everything, its like the domino affect really.

to kate - I know, people are always saying to be green, and save the earth and animals, yet we're turning every piece of free land we can find into anything that may be benefitting for us yet not the earth. Though farmers depend on how much land they need, because prices are rising and money is more important now, and they need more and more land in order to plant more corps. in the end the problem always seems to be money really.
i like how you mentioned something you knew alot about like the amazon rain forest. its good to connect things.

list of food in the fridge

eggs
butter
tomato
mayo
salad
sweet beans
soy milk
onions
peppers
lemon
limes
yogurt
ginger ale
hot sauce
peanut butter
bologna
cheese
ketchup
whole wheat brian
rice raising pudding
rice
chicken
garlic
celery
water
orange juice
cranberry juice
strawberries
melon
salami
potato
baking soda
plantain
coffee
carrot
lettuce


Looking at the list above, its somewhat healthy with all the vegetables and fruits, and grains. Shows that we're somewhat like in the middles, we eat healthy sometimes, and others we not as much. I honestly though the food in my fridge was going to be more fill with unhealthy food, because i dont really see my parents going in to take out a healthy snack, usually the baby carrots are untouched, until i notice them there. Which goes to show some of us dont really pay attention to whats in our fridge.

comments of other ppl's blog

To Rachel - sounds yummy, doesnt look that easy to me though, then again im not much of a cook, i guess thats not something someone who doesnt know how to cook well doesnt find simple. you should teach me lol


to Vincent - I like how you said that us americans are followers, and how you mention that americans just sit around not working off that fat


to Gavin - I like that you mention that us americans are gullible and i like the "that humans are little more than two-legged sheep, flocking as a herd to wherever the figurative 'man' leads them" line, its so true

easy recipe

Amazing Simple Thai Tofu


INGREDIENTS
1 (14 ounce) package firm tofu, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
1/3 cup chopped green onion
1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger root
1/4 cup chunky peanut butter
3 tablespoons flaked coconut
sesame seeds


DIRECTIONS

1)Heat olive oil and sesame oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium, and cook green onions for one minute. Add tofu, and continue cooking 4 minutes more, sprinkling with soy sauce halfway through. Gently stir in the peanut butter and ginger, being careful not to break the tofu, until well incorporated.

2)Remove from heat, and toss in coconut. Transfer to a serving dish, and sprinkle with sesame seeds.


Nutritional Information:

Servings Per Recipe: 2
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 569
Total Fat: 41g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 357mg
Total Carbs: 21.2g
Dietary Fiber: 8.5g
Protein: 40.1g

Response to Pollan

I agree to Michael Pollan's argument about how we americans don't have a stable food culture like the french and the italian, how we are confused on what food we should be eating, which makes us depend on food fads, that experts tell us are healthy for us. Some americans are so focused on having a good stable food culture, that whenever something new and healthier comes up when change how we eat. We listen to those ads on things like "nutri-system", and recipes online that "good" for staying fit. Yet most doctors i know dont believe in diets, they just think that if you eat a lesser portion of what you usually eat, and eat fruits and vegetables as well, that you would be fine. But americans are so easily fooled because the people who created these diets/way of eating, are professionals, and we believe believe almost anything if a professional approves of it.

repost of grocery part

When we went to the grocery, as i enter, and looked up, the first thing i saw was a bunch of shelves with chocolate, and other types of junk food, and i notice that junk food, which is kind of weird, cause when i think of grocery stores i think of vegetables, meat, fruits, not junk food, and yet thats the first thing to greet me, shows how much people came to love junk food, it now has to be placed where people can see it first. Also i notice that most of the organic/healthy food, is mixed in with the lesser unhealthy food, which i think is wrongly placed, because at first i hardly noticed it, until i gave another look, so people might miss it, and end up getting the lesser healthy food, which is less benefiting for them.

break homework

over the break i mostly stayed home, read, played some games and sit outside. I noticed that whenever i was inside my apartment, i felt more tired, and kind of like not motivated, but whenever i went outside, i felt better, more free, and relaxed to feel fresh air all around me. Sometimes though i didnt really enjoy being outside, like when i had to go to my dentist and doctors appointment i didnt really enjoy it, because i didnt want to go. So i guess not all the time people are happy being outside, only when it something they enjoy.

To be healthy to me, is to have no type of health problems, like low blood pressure or diabetes, and to not need to take medication and also to have a stable mind, 

habitual food and grocery store

When ever we go to the grocery store, we usually go, when there are sales we usually buy, like plantains or yogurt. We mostly buy things to make sandwiches for breakfast or dinner, and bread., and a lot of yogurt. My mom usually buys fruit in those street fruit/veggie stands.

My way of eating different type of food probably came from, growing up with friends of different ethnicity, most of my friends growing up were asian, or half asian and half white, so i grew up eating different types of food, not just the one my mom made at home which was mostly rice and beans and chicken and salad, but also chinese, japanese, thai. My like for certain fruits and vegetables came from my mom, since she always made sure i ate healthy foods too. My diet habits are mostly fill with rice, chicken, berries, and salad and yogurt/milk. My favorite meal, is probably something foreign, something different than what i usually eat, maybe like sushi, or some pad thai with either seafood or tofu. From what i've heard or seen online, both dishes are apparently healthy.

When we went to the grocery, as i enter, and looked up, the first thing i saw was a bunch of shelves with chocolate, and other types of junk food, and i notice that junk food, which is kind of weird, cause when i think of grocery stores i think of vegetables, meat, fruits, not junk food, and yet thats the first thing to greet me, shows how much people came to love junk food, it now has to be placed where people can see it first. Also i notice that most of the organic/healthy food, is mixed in with the lesser unhealthy food, which i think is wrongly placed, because at first i hardly noticed it, until i gave another look, so people might miss it, and end up getting the lesser healthy food, which is less benefiting for them.

may day

I find it interesting that may day was originally a day of fertility, and spring planting, and then it changed because the british parliament banned it. I find it kind of unfair, because it was something people believed in, and acted upon, and then just because certain people didnt agree with it, it was banned. If people want a day to celebrate fertility, then they should be able to, after its how we were all made, and also it'll help with having more food, because if people take a day to plant food, or plants, it'll help our environment, and our society, so i dont really see anything that bad about it, only the part of having sex in public, but its a normal time in life, nothing to be offended or embarrassed that much about.