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re: A lot of stuff we love to eat is a scam
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:28 am to Tigertown in ATL
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:28 am to Tigertown in ATL
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And buying from local farmers is a great idea. I wish there was a cost effective and convenient way of doing it.
Buying from local farmers is getting more easy to do. I buy pretty much all beef, chicken and pork from local growers that invite you to visit the farm and actually enjoy showing you around.
Local organic produce is also more easily available. A Google search for your area can put you on local farms near you.
I'll take going out to a farm and meeting the farmers and seeing them on a weekly basis, over going to Wal Mart or any chain grocery store and have the cashier pitch you food down the conveyor belt and drop it into a bag, like it's a softball or basketball.
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Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:56 am to Tigertown in ATL
It's probably tough in tucker, but in the big city we can easily get local proteins.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:10 am to Salmon
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Buy olive oil from California
How does this help?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:13 am to Mo Jeaux
stricter standards
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:24 am to Salmon
Imposed by growers themselves though, right?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:26 am to Mo Jeaux
correct, its mostly marketing, so you are allowed to be skeptical, but they are more strict than the European standards
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:04 am to fishpinger
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Wagyu is somewhat legit, in that it was created here in the U.S. when Kobe beef cows from Japan were mated with Angus cows here in the U.S.
This statement is also not true. Wagyu is a Japanese breed of cattle that kobe beef is derived from. Kobe is the capital city of the Hyogo prefecture where the cow is raised. American style kobe is the crossbreed of Wagyu & Angus.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:12 am to Tigertown in ATL
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I don't think I've ever heard of it. How does one know what it is on a menu?
That's the whole point of this thread. Escolar is substituted as a cheap replacement for higher quality white fish. You don't know your eating it. Until you poop uncontrollably.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:24 am to Mo Jeaux
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Imposed by growers themselves though, right?
With olive oil, it's not really about standards. It's about a much clearer & shorter chain of production. The olives are picked, pressed, and bottled in Cali; the California Olive Ranch brand is widely available & good quality.
In the Mediterranean, fraud is rampant. Tankers of oil from N Africa & Spain head to Italy for bottling, so the label can state "Italian". Recent years have seen quite a number of exposes about the lack of purity in major olive oil brands; testing reveals a variety of nut & veg oils present in addition to olive. Of course, you can buy a high end, boutique Mediterranean oil & get good stuff. But so many of the imported major brands are of poor quality and/or mixed oil.
Besides, buy Californian and support a US farmer.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:29 am to hawgfaninc
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Unless your go-to sushi joint is Masa or Nobu, you’re not getting the sushi you ordered, ever, anywhere, and that includes your regular sushi restaurant where you can’t imagine them doing such a thing, Olmsted says. Your salmon is probably fake and so is your red snapper. Your white tuna is something else altogether, probably escolar — known to experts as “the Ex-Lax fish” for the gastrointestinal havoc it wreaks.
One problem with this. I hear it claimed all the time. Yet I go to restaurants and order the tuna which I'm not allergic to and I don't have an allergic reaction despite being allergic to escolar.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:32 am to hungryone
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With olive oil, it's not really about standards.
Well, don't mix it with other types of oils (which was one of the significant criticism in the article) is a standard.
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In the Mediterranean, fraud is rampant.
As pointed out in the article, fraud is rampant in the U.S. too. Fraudulent activity in the U.S. olive oil industry may not be as prevalent as in other jurisdictions, but I would not bet on it being nonexistent.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:32 am to hawgfaninc
Escolar is delicious. Just don't eat a ton of it.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:42 am to Caplewood
Hungry One. Good info about Forsyth. Have not been to that one. Went to Wilmington Island one and it was meh.
Oh Caplewood. Haha! Tucker has a FM but never thought about going for protein
Problem with Atlanta is the traffic. People don't understand inconvenience until they are here.
Problem with FMs is that they are usually once per week. I hear what folks are saying though. Change habits. Cheers.
Oh Caplewood. Haha! Tucker has a FM but never thought about going for protein
Problem with Atlanta is the traffic. People don't understand inconvenience until they are here.
Problem with FMs is that they are usually once per week. I hear what folks are saying though. Change habits. Cheers.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 4:56 pm to hawgfaninc
I've never eaten at Red Lobster, but langostino is really good. It tastes like a cross between a lobster and a crawfish. It's essentially a saltwater crawfish. Sounds like a decent soup. Too bad RL feels they have to mislabel it.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:07 pm to Jimbeaux
LangosGino is not bad. That fish that gives you arse water is 
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:14 pm to hawgfaninc
I don't eat sushi and this thread verifies that decision!
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:24 pm to hungryone
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:45 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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What is fake salmon?
Salmon that sadly doesn't have the confidence to be its true self.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 11:42 pm to LSUZombie
Word
Posted on 7/13/16 at 8:10 am to hungryone
"Google CSA or farmshares and your locality. Many areas have a weekly, "farm subscription" service; you pay a set price and get a box of produce...some even deliver, for a fee. Even suburban areas have farmers' markets these days. Savannah has the Forsyth FM, with at least 4 different vendors selling meat/poultry/eggs. Buy food from actual people, not corporations.
People will spend hours & drive miles looking for the perfect swimsuit, tie, or pair of shoes, but they expect quality, humanely raised/local food to magically appear at the local giant chain supermarket near home. Would you look for handmade clothes or crafts at Walmart? Change your shopping habits; spend a little more time seeking out the good stuff.
I guarantee it is far more pleasant to visit a country meat market/butcher to stock your freezer than going to WallyWorld and buying industrial, tray-packaged meat."
Not sure why anybody would down-vote this.. Except for the fact that sometimes CSA boxes can have things in them that we're not accustomed to eating and cooking. And they'll fill a CSA box with this stuff and you're stuck with it. I mean, how much kohlrabi, dandelion greens and bok choy can you take before you literally go insane..
People will spend hours & drive miles looking for the perfect swimsuit, tie, or pair of shoes, but they expect quality, humanely raised/local food to magically appear at the local giant chain supermarket near home. Would you look for handmade clothes or crafts at Walmart? Change your shopping habits; spend a little more time seeking out the good stuff.
I guarantee it is far more pleasant to visit a country meat market/butcher to stock your freezer than going to WallyWorld and buying industrial, tray-packaged meat."
Not sure why anybody would down-vote this.. Except for the fact that sometimes CSA boxes can have things in them that we're not accustomed to eating and cooking. And they'll fill a CSA box with this stuff and you're stuck with it. I mean, how much kohlrabi, dandelion greens and bok choy can you take before you literally go insane..
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