Jamie Oliver

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I don't know if any of you have seen any of this series. I'm just watching the first episode, and it's shocking on two counts. One .. on the actual food schools serve up to kids (I'm assuming the school in W. Virginia is fairly typical) and two .. that the adults are so resistant to thinking about changing things, let alone trying to change them

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I can only say from my experience eating school lunches that not everything was processed like that. I remember in middle and high school that we had at least fresh fruit and salads for choices, but of course kids aren't going to pick those. We never had chemical drinks in the actual line of food except juice, water, or milk. In high school there was a sub sandwich line that had fresh ingredients, but it was more expensive than the regular line. However, we had soda and snack machines in the cafeteria eating area. I do agree though probably most of the stuff was not made from scratch in the kitchen. In college dining hall it was obviously better nutritious food with more choices. But I don't think anything was really made from scratch, but things that were frozen were not just heated up and served. They did stuff with it. I mostly worked in the baking/dessert area, and all the biscuits and cookies were pre-made/frozen then baked.

Re: politicians--because they are against everything Democrats try to change or do, regardless if it's a good cause. I bet if we find the cure for cancer they'd find something against it.

I didn't know she was coming. What for?

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Just watching Episode 3 and it's so good. There is more choice at middle and high school level yes, but .. the kids rarely take the healthy choice. If the stuff wasn't made from scratch then no-one has much idea of the ingredients. There was an eye-rolling part in Ep. 2 where the kids preferred to eat 'chicken ' nuggets that Jamie made in front of them from a chicken carcass and a pile of chicken skin pulverised in a processor, sieved, mixed with a bit of breadcrumbs and seasoning and then fried in breadcrumbs (rather than real chicken). He was astonished as he says when he does that experiment in UK it always has effect .. but not in W. Virginia. Remember, it's the most extreme example you can get, which is why it was the place chosen for the prog. Those nuggets were made of bone, blood vessels, cartilage, the bits of meat that a knife couldn't get off when jointing the chicken parts .. and just .. ugh. It really had an effect on me and I will never eat cheap chicken stuff, that I can't see what it is, ever again.
All I can say is that watching this would inspire me to join the revolution and get a job in nutrition. I wish you could find a download of it and see it. I didn't realise they have such southern accents in W. Virginia. I'm sure they don't understand half of Jamie's slang.

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I don't really eat cheap chicken stuff that I can't tell what it is anymore. I never go to McDonalds or get processed frozen chicken dinners. Every time we have chicken we buy them whole and butcher it ourselves. My parents got like 6 chickens from San Francisco (my grandma bought them while still living and slaughtered them) with heads still in tact. Nothing is ever "boneless" here. It's sad that most Americans don't recognize where their food comes from. I know some people who won't eat chicken on the bone because "it's too much work."