such as? and don’t say “fat.”
Yes, Virginia, there are good & bad fats. And they are the same calorie count.
Should we sub hydrogenated oil for olive oil?
I thought the Dorito Effect was where one country starts eating Doritos, and then the next country starts eating Doritos, and then all the neighboring countries start eating Doritos and they all fall like a bag of chips.
Nah, man. That’s the Mojito effect.
Someone should write a book about the Mojito effect. I bet it would make a mint!
I wouldn’t spend a lime on it.
You need a palate cleanser. Maybe a nice grapefruit shandy or a sour cream and onion potato chip.
Trans fats.
But I was thinking of products, not components of food. How much Coca Cola goes into a healthy diet?
All of this is nonsense.
We are not eating what companies want us to eat, companies are producing what we want to eat.
There is no bill that says Monsanto can’t be sued if its products cause health problems.
There is no systematic difference in the taste of organic food and the only reason people would eat less of it is the high price.
There is no evidence that GMO foods are bad food, and lots of reasonsto believe that GMO foods will be cheaper, more nutritious and better for the environment.
Frankenfood is a meaningless term.
The Bride of Frankenfood is not that funny, Popeye Legs is funnier.
MSG only makes you want to eat more because it makes food taste better. There is no evidence that MSG is bad for you in any way.
The reason companies want secrecy around GMO foods is that there are so many hysterical scaremongers spreading misinformation about them.
Organic has nothing to do with the size of the farm, and organic food likely has a higher profit than regular food.
I agree except with the highlighted part.
Was there really a demand for a spray on cheese-like product in a can before it was introduced on the store shelves?
How about those gyro flavoured potato chips? I mean, did you think that was something that was clearly missing in the potato chip aisle? 'Cuz it never occured to me.
Don’t get me wrong, I love odd combinations of food… like pickle, mayo, lettuce on wheat sandwiches. But do I want some food manufacturer to turn that into a cracker flavour? Not really, no.
There really is a demand for something new, both from the consumers, who think “I’d like to try something I haven’t had before,” and from the producers, who’d like the publicity of being able to advertise “Try our new …”
Fair point.
I’m not sure anyone is clammoring for a new variety of apples, but sure as hell they are developing some new hybrid, and if I notice it in the produce section, I’ll probably get some to try.
But it’s an apple. The quintessential food that single handedly keeps doctors away. We don’t really need more types of apples but it’s not a bad thing to have a new variety.
Do we automatically have to extend the same consideration to all foods? I mean, is everything that’s new by definition, good, because consumers demand something new?
It is for one part of the food industry. The other part reaps steadily lowering profits because they’re selling the same old stuff.
Well, kale (and t-shirts with the word “Kale” on them) has experienced a large bump in sales and price. I realize it’s become fashionable to eat kale in the recent couple of years, but there’s nothing new about kale. Just a rise in awareness about good nutrition. No doubt having much to do with marketing.
Meanwhile, potato chips aren’t any better for you, they just keep producing new flavour profiles. Still, little doubt there’s a far greater profit margin in potato chips.
People are always wanting to try something new. Companies are always trying to provide the next big thing. I didn’t want someone to come up with a cheddar and sour cream chip but when they did I was very thankful. Companies come up with new flavors and foods all the time. The ones that stick around are the ones that people like to eat, not the ones the companies would like us to eat. Doritos have come in Sour Cream and Onion, Pizza Hut Pizza Cravers, Nacho Chipotle Ranch Ripple, Cheddar Queso, Extreme Bold BBQ, Black Pepper Jack, Zesty Salsa, Texas Tang, and a bunch of others. They failed because customers did not want them even though Doritos wanted us to eat them.
So there’s the aftereffect, for a long time kale was inexpensive because of low demand, because who eats kale when they can eat Cheez Doodles? Then the supply of kale falls because who grows kale when you can grow corn that can be turned into Cheez Doodles and ethanol and modified foodoleum? Then kale starts to cost more if people eat it because it’s healthier. Are we the greatest country in the world or what?
I had some of the Ruben-flavored Doritos today. They were kind of disappointing; if not for the Ruben on the bag I’d have just guessed that they were sort of BBQ flavored. Strangely, the bag itself managed to smell like sauerkraut but I don’t know if that’s really a draw.
It did make me think though that flavored foods aren’t really a substitute for the real thing. Chili flavored chips don’t really taste like a bowl full of chili, sour cream and onion chips don’t really taste like sour cream, cheeseburger Doritos don’t taste like cheeseburgers, etc. That doesn’t mean they taste BAD (though some do) just the I can’t imagine anyone eating Ruben-flavored chips as a substitute for eating a Ruben.
Strictly in the interest of science, I bought and tried some Gyro flavoured Lays.
Pretty fucking awful. Tasted nothing like a gyro.
It tasted of rancid sour cream, fake cucumber and sadness at having been suckered to buy a bag.
Never again, Lays. Never again.
Reuben-flavored Lays not Doritos. Potato not corn.
Correction noted. I doubt either would make for a better pseudo-Ruben.