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Jan 08, 2008 10:59


Another annoying recommendation from Michael Pollan in second lengthy extract from his book in today's Guardian G2:
Don't eat anything that your great-grandmother wouldn't recognise as foodWhy your great-grandmother? Because at this point your mother, and possibly even your grandmother, are as confused as the rest of us; to be safe we need to go ( Read more... )

nostalgia, food, unexamined-assumptions, diet, history, nutrition

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shezan January 8 2008, 12:03:26 UTC
If he means an ENGLISH grandmother, does this mean all meat will be boiled until grey?

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oursin January 8 2008, 12:16:00 UTC
And we will make very sure that all those vegetables are DEAD before reaching the table.

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oursin January 8 2008, 13:24:22 UTC
But lots of salt, and the greens boiled with a ha'penny in the pot (or soda bicarb) so that they come out nice and green!

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chickenfeet2003 January 8 2008, 13:51:13 UTC
Only wild boar (avec la sauce de menthe)

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sam_t January 8 2008, 16:42:02 UTC
*Toasts you in cervoise tiède*

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chickenfeet2003 January 8 2008, 17:07:13 UTC
joyeuse bonne idee

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