tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post2254682814333675327..comments2024-02-12T05:30:13.488-05:00Comments on Fanatic Cook: What Do You Think They Are Feeding The Cows?Bixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-81510941856481618762012-02-07T12:15:19.817-05:002012-02-07T12:15:19.817-05:00How about that, it is down.
http://www.dailylives...How about that, it is down.<br /><br />http://www.dailylivestockreport.com/documents/dlr%202-2-2011.pdf<br /><br />I wonder why. Thanks, shaun. Maybe I'll put up this graph.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-85006046369500424012012-02-07T12:04:09.592-05:002012-02-07T12:04:09.592-05:0025% by 2017. Hm, well, if we were, and if the low...25% by 2017. Hm, well, if we were, and if the low-carb hypothesis is right, obesity will be through the roof.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-17353167899247181722012-02-07T11:14:31.469-05:002012-02-07T11:14:31.469-05:00Bittman was on "Market Place" yesterday ...Bittman was on "Market Place" yesterday (NPR). He mentioned that meat consumption, in the U.S., was down 12% since 2007. I was surprised by that. That's a massive change. <br /><br />What if we could be down 25% by 2017? <br /><br />shauncaulfieldkidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220688207706880140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-69541266996881688932012-02-07T10:14:35.753-05:002012-02-07T10:14:35.753-05:00Anonymous, great stuff. I just looked at the Pana...Anonymous, great stuff. I just looked at the Panadagon site. There is so much there, not just the food category. I've bookmarked it for future reads.<br /><br />Interesting point... that for women eating well means being skinny, for men eating well means being beefy?<br /><br />I wonder what the feminine (or masculine) ideal was in paleo times.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-62598886208793006212012-02-07T10:00:49.948-05:002012-02-07T10:00:49.948-05:00RB, omg, don't get me started with the "p...RB, omg, don't get me started with the "protein"...<br /><br />That bit about China and Russia requiring labeling of GM foods, if it's true ... ugh. So, Europe, Australia, China, Russia, a huge slice of the developed world! And 90% of Americans want labels too! Seriously, what is holding this up? Can one company really be that powerful?Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-54272075116387403952012-02-06T21:12:51.055-05:002012-02-06T21:12:51.055-05:00Most men I know love their meat. Nothing better th...Most men I know love their meat. Nothing better than going to a steak house and ordering a 20 oz. New York strip steak. But of course we must have meat, we are the top of the food chain; we not at the top to eat veggies. And we all know meat is the "only source of protein". How could a man get enough protein to be big and strong if he didn't eat meat. We only need to eat a few veggies to keep the wife happy.<br /><br />I haven't heard veggie called sissy food but I've heard plenty of people disparage veggies as "rabbit food." <br /><br />People also worry about pesticides and chemical on veggies. They don't seem to realize the animals grown for meat production eat the same pesticide laden veggies and those pesticides accumulate in the animal fat. So we get an extra good dose of pesticides in our meat.<br /><br />Speaking of fat, meat is a good source of saturated fat. All those protein lovers don't seem to realize they getting too much saturated fat with their meat protein.<br /><br />But most people I know think no meal is complete without meat and meat is the healthiest thing on their plate. Score one for the meat industry.<br /><br />Regarding lack of labeling, I think its simply because American has become a country "Of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations." The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision made sure of that.RBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-59478577753107474942012-02-06T18:50:55.511-05:002012-02-06T18:50:55.511-05:00I think for a lot of men, food is viewed through a...I think for a lot of men, food is viewed through a continuum of virility and has been for a long time. I was reading Ghandhi's Autobiography, for instance, and he wrote about how Indian men were increasingly tempted to stray from vegetarianism by Western claims that eating meat made men more virile. These Indians championed meat eating as a way to throw off British imperialism. The phenomenon is pretty well documented in the 19th century. In our contemporary moment, feminist bloggers such as Amanda Marcotte locate the resistance of right-wingers to the healthy eating initiatives of Michelle Obama to the right-wings misogyny. Here are a few of her articles, they might be interesting to you. http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/category/food<br /><br />On a level of personal observation, this makes a lot of sense. Just look at commercials that with men and food -- women are given a series of messages linking eat well to being skinny. Ads aimed at men: beer, pizza, chicken wings, and BARBQ. <br /><br />Besides for the cultural sense that it is emasculating to eat sissy salad, there is also the fact that because of prescribed gender roles, we might think about this in light of the fact that fewer men cook. Vegetables generally involve more cooking -- and despite what people want to claim about women's work -- it involves skill. Cooking vegetables and eating them is for girls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com