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Mmmm, Plastic!

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Posted 11 Apr 2010 — by FV
Category As I see it.

Have I mentioned my least favorite restaurant?

Yep, McCrap, and all the other fast food eateries wrapped in different packages.

The Duchess and I are coming up on our third week of gardening and I must say that I am so impatient waiting fot the first shoot yo break through the Earth’s surface. With the anticipation of an edible yard I am reminded of a eating rule which I love.

If it doesn’t rot, don’t eat it.

This is a very simple eating rule to live by and just this idea alone can help you avoid so many of the additives and preservatives so prevalent in our foods these days. If your cupboards are full of stuff that can stand up to unusually long periods of time without changing or going bad, than it is likely you shouldn’t be eating it. There are, of course, some exceptions like spices, vinegars, and some canned goods.

So many people complain about the space they have available in their freezer, refrigerator and cupboards. We have become obsessed with storing up and buying in bulk. Also, as food storage space becomes bigger, counters become smaller. No need for a lot of counter space if everything goes directly from storage to the oven. Our diets have become full of foods that just don’t go bad. This is good for the grocery stores, they can stock more and more products for longer periods of time and use less manpower to keep the shelves stocked. Look how insanley big grocery stores have gotten!

We are not a business, we are living, breathing animals. Profitability, convenience and stability are great ideas to make money, but lousy ideas to put in our mouths. I came across some interesting ariticles about McCrap’s food that they are shoving down the world’s throats.

Here is the first article, this is too funny (and scary). It is a true indication that we should never eat fast food.

Here is the second article.

The “food” that the fast-eddies provide are ruining a good portion of our population. The fats and sugars in the over preserved, plastic food make the meal less nutrition than the paper in which it’s wrapped.

We spend a good portion of early parenting chasing our young children all around and saving the day time and time again as we thwart little Todd and Sally from stuffing everything under the son in their mouth’s. Then we load them in the car and WILLINGLY and knowingly let them chew on this un-nutritional, highly fattening, plastic food. Yet we stop them from putting the plastic toy from the meal in their mouths. How can you tell the difference between the plastic toy and a plastic burger anyway?

Maybe if hands of bananas or fresh greenbeans came with a toy, we would not be a nation overweight.

Slow down,

FV

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A bone to pick.

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Posted 04 Mar 2010 — by FV
Category As I see it.

A distinguished dignitary dubbed dubiously the “Duchess“, desires a deduction during dashes to the local dead digestible meat department (just down the aisle from the delectable dairy department). The Duchess demands to know if she should dole out extra dough for organic chicken. A downright daring discussion, I do declare.

That was fun.

Is it cost effective to buy natural or organic chicken? Well, quite simply, if you have half a brain and the use of at least one of your arms, yes. First, let’s talk about the difference between the mass produced “un-natural” chickens and the natural, or organic, ones.

Here is a look at what is mostly available in stores…

These birds don’t have any room to move, they get covered with and often eat their own feces and they are pumped up with antibiotics to help their bodies deal with the horrible conditions and all sorts of growth accelerators to make them huge and go to market faster. Yum! I’m no PETA member, I love me some meat, but this is just disgusting and more proof that money means more than quality.

Often the birds grow faster and bigger than their legs can support…

Yep, pretty shocking. The industry can’t be completely blamed. We as consumers are part of the problem, too. We are gluttonous and demanding. “Give us more! Charge us less!” We should change our mantra to “Give us quality! We’ll eat less because we’re tired of being fat slobs and if we eat less, we’ll spend about the same because even though the price of the better quality chicken is higher, we’ll be buying less because we’ll be eating less because we won’t be fat slobs anymore!” But, that wouldn’t fit on our T-shirts because we’ll all be thin, right?

Back on track now. Organically or naturally raised chickens are alotted more space, better living conditions, proper food, and no antibiotics or growth hormones. Just chicken.

Don’t they look happy and tasty?!

So, should the Duchess purchase the organic or natural chicken? Of course.

The next business at hand is a way to actually save money buying organic. Stay with me here. This week at Giant Eagle, fresh, boneless chicken breasts from the doomsday chicken farms are $3.79 per pound in the value pack, $3.99 in smaller portions. (You can also get the frozen variety for $2.49 per pound. These are “enhanced with 15% chicken broth.” You’re paying for the broth per pound, but it evaporates during cooking, so you lose. Do I need to go on?) So, $3.79 per pound. The natural, antibiotic, free range boneless skinless chicken breasts are $5.29 per pound, Whoa! Calm down.

Here’s some free advice. The naturally produced, bone-in, split chicken breasts are only $3.29 per pound.

“But FV, they have bones!”
“Yes, my friends, chickens have bones.”
“But, FV, aren’t I paying for those bones, per pound?”
“Yes, you are, but you can use those bones.”
“But, FV, how do I use them, they’re attached to the meat.”

Alright, enough. First, you could just bake, bread, fry or boil your chicken with the bones intact. Easy way out. You can dry the bones and toss ‘em in your compost pile. Next choice would be to debone your chicken. Don’t worry, it’s not hard. I’ll show you. Once the bones are removed you can boil them along with the skin and make some great stock for soup or other recipes. The bones can make their way to the compost pile just the same. This saves even more money because you won’t be buying the stock or bullion cubes at the store.

Check this out…

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There, you can do it! So, yes Duchess, it is more economical, healthier, and better for the environment to purchase the naturally produced fowl.

Report back to me when you have tried this.

Don’t cut yourself,

FV

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