The American relationship with food. It’s insanely expensive, but portion sizes are insane, the regulation of what can go into it seems to be built around shoehorning as much sugar or corn into all of it as if the health drawbacks are part of the plan, and so much gets wasted while almost the entire population is either morbidly obese or malnourished. Food deserts exist in large swaths of the country. Things are being further deregulated because conspiracy theories drive more political change to food systems than science. Grocery stores are filled with dozens of options for a narrow range of types of food. There’s food dye in almost everything. There are too many preservatives in almost everything. There are non-food chemicals in almost everything.
Then there’s the packaging. Bananas come in shrink wrap. Peppers come cellophaned to styrofoam planks. Cookies come with multiple layers of plastic packaging. Meat is weighed after it’s packed onto waterlogged sponges on styrofoam planks, wrapped in more cellophane that’s covered in stickers. Everything is partnered with toy brands, movies, games, cartoons. You can’t buy a reasonable amount of anything, and the prices are still going up.
Of course it extends to TV, which other countries have, but in the US, even the food shows with the same hosts that the UK has are focused around being an asshole instead of the food itself, or it’s about the contestants’ personalities, drama on the set, or stoking rivalries. It’s a competition instead of pursuit of better food.
The one thing the US is not guilty of. They do this in Asia all the time but the most I’ve ever seen with bananas is the organic ones have a small bit of cellophane wrapped around the stem only.
Peppers come cellophaned to styrofoam planks
Definitely seen this one. Though mostly with squash and similar, the excuse being oh it prevents bruising and blah, blah, blah. Ridiculous.
You know, that bruise-resistant plastic wrap. I don’t know how most people shop, but I’m just as good at getting peppers not to bruise as I am at getting eggs not to break.
The weirdest one I see around me is when tomatoes on the vine are packaged in very environmentally-friendly-looking rough cardboard trays encased in plastic, as if that’s somehow better than the way they come.
The American relationship with food. It’s insanely expensive, but portion sizes are insane, the regulation of what can go into it seems to be built around shoehorning as much sugar or corn into all of it as if the health drawbacks are part of the plan, and so much gets wasted while almost the entire population is either morbidly obese or malnourished. Food deserts exist in large swaths of the country. Things are being further deregulated because conspiracy theories drive more political change to food systems than science. Grocery stores are filled with dozens of options for a narrow range of types of food. There’s food dye in almost everything. There are too many preservatives in almost everything. There are non-food chemicals in almost everything.
Then there’s the packaging. Bananas come in shrink wrap. Peppers come cellophaned to styrofoam planks. Cookies come with multiple layers of plastic packaging. Meat is weighed after it’s packed onto waterlogged sponges on styrofoam planks, wrapped in more cellophane that’s covered in stickers. Everything is partnered with toy brands, movies, games, cartoons. You can’t buy a reasonable amount of anything, and the prices are still going up.
Of course it extends to TV, which other countries have, but in the US, even the food shows with the same hosts that the UK has are focused around being an asshole instead of the food itself, or it’s about the contestants’ personalities, drama on the set, or stoking rivalries. It’s a competition instead of pursuit of better food.
The one thing the US is not guilty of. They do this in Asia all the time but the most I’ve ever seen with bananas is the organic ones have a small bit of cellophane wrapped around the stem only.
Definitely seen this one. Though mostly with squash and similar, the excuse being oh it prevents bruising and blah, blah, blah. Ridiculous.
You know, that bruise-resistant plastic wrap. I don’t know how most people shop, but I’m just as good at getting peppers not to bruise as I am at getting eggs not to break.
The fuck? Mine don’t! never seen that before lmao why
The weirdest one I see around me is when tomatoes on the vine are packaged in very environmentally-friendly-looking rough cardboard trays encased in plastic, as if that’s somehow better than the way they come.
you’re going to love Selena Gomez cross-promotional branded Oreo cookies.