Interesting Links for 26-05-2015

[andrewducker]

• A fascinating attack on all of the arguments about rape on Game of Thrones
  • (tags: rape gameofthrones writing fiction )
• Germany and France agree closer eurozone ties without treaty change
  • (tags: Germany France Europe )
• Many modern food movements ignore history
  • (tags: food history viafanf )
• No link found between saturated fat and heart disease.
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Comments

[momentsmusicaux]

Canned food is great! So is food in jars, for that matter. A tin of canned tomatoes that were canned somewhere in Italy is far nicer than polytunnel ones grown here, and I like to think that canned food gets shipped in lower-carbon forms of transport, since it has a hugely longer shelf life.

Same goes for olives. And artichoke hearts. And beans. And tuna.

[andrewducker]

Yup - I also know the person behind it, and agree with them on a fair number of things (if not always). We've agreed, disagreed, argued, disagreed, and agreed again repeatedly since they were on LJ back in ye olden days :->

[andrewducker]

Oh yes.

Much though I'd rather be right all the time, sometimes I'm not, and having people put me right is handy :->

[octopoid_horror]

Food fads often seem to me as ways for well-off people to feel better about themselves for being privileged.

It's the food equivalent of someone well-off wearing expensive designer clothing that's been made to look like what used to be traditional working class clothes (I dunno, a designer flat cap or donkey jacket) or putting on a mockney accent.

[andrewducker]

I think a lot of it comes from boredom, dissatisfaction, and craving something new to deal with both of those things.

[octopoid_horror]

And if you feel like something is wrong, then it is easier (if you have money) to try fix it with a food that gives you more satisfaction/peace of mind about your lifestyle than fixing yourself.

[channelpenguin]

Ah, dammit. GOT one needs a spoiler alert!

[andrewducker]

Sorry - I figured that people wouldn't read a GoT post without being up to date!

[nancylebov]

Something I've wondered about-- it seems to me that it's not exactly that women in GoT are at too much risk of rape, it's that they are at too little risk of non-rape injuries. Is this reasonable?

I liked the food piece somewhat, but I would have liked to have seen a little more emphasis on how different modern paleo is from how people lived in the real patheolithic, and a mention of frozen veggies being pretty good, much cheaper, and less likely to be wasted, and more convenient than veggies from the farmer's market.

[andrewducker]

Yup, seems reasonable to me. Also, more men should be at risk of rape, to be honest.

And have a preview for tomorrow:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/healthy-eating-adds-2k-a-year-to-family-grocery-bill-1.2452451