Regarding Hamburgers
Well, I finally watched "Fast Food Nation", and it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. But, yeeesh, the horror the horror. :D Really, it's good. Go see. :)
Actually, the film rather left me wanting a *real* burger. The problem with fast food junk like McDonald's isn't so much that it's bad for you (although of course it is), but that there's nothing good about it at all. A Big Mac isn't really a hamburger; it just looks like one. Break it down, and it's merely a collection of fat, filler, sugar, white flour, and a collection of chemicals from the various turnpikes of New Jersey.
Caught between nouveau-yuppie Michelin-starred montrosities (hydroponic yam pistons, anyone?) and the ISO 9000 "product" the chain restaurants churn out, real people are looking for real food out there somewhere. The kind we remember from growing up. Chicken wings with real homemade hot sauces, deserts that don't contain corn syrup, sauces that aren't 80% palm oil. You get the idea.
2007 = no chain restaurants. At all. None. Om nom nom.
Actually, the film rather left me wanting a *real* burger. The problem with fast food junk like McDonald's isn't so much that it's bad for you (although of course it is), but that there's nothing good about it at all. A Big Mac isn't really a hamburger; it just looks like one. Break it down, and it's merely a collection of fat, filler, sugar, white flour, and a collection of chemicals from the various turnpikes of New Jersey.
Caught between nouveau-yuppie Michelin-starred montrosities (hydroponic yam pistons, anyone?) and the ISO 9000 "product" the chain restaurants churn out, real people are looking for real food out there somewhere. The kind we remember from growing up. Chicken wings with real homemade hot sauces, deserts that don't contain corn syrup, sauces that aren't 80% palm oil. You get the idea.
2007 = no chain restaurants. At all. None. Om nom nom.