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swamprat
User ID: 29264706 United States 11/21/2020 03:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Removing nutrition increases shelf life. We aren't cut out to be socialists.We are the people who couldn't be constrained by Europe. We are the malcontents, idealists, speculators, dreamers, inventors, debtors and criminals who would not be chained. We don't play well with others, we are brash, outlandish and cunning. let us do what we do best; let us be Americans. |
swamprat
User ID: 29264706 United States 11/21/2020 04:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Our bread is tasteless and our cheese is a joke. We aren't cut out to be socialists.We are the people who couldn't be constrained by Europe. We are the malcontents, idealists, speculators, dreamers, inventors, debtors and criminals who would not be chained. We don't play well with others, we are brash, outlandish and cunning. let us do what we do best; let us be Americans. |
Paradox927
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Paradox927
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Paradox927
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swamprat
User ID: 29264706 United States 11/21/2020 04:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will probably like our steak(don't get one from a chain restaurant) and our barbecue. Also, avoid using a knife and fork when eating pizza. Don't be "that guy". Last Edited by Swamprat on 11/21/2020 04:17 PM We aren't cut out to be socialists.We are the people who couldn't be constrained by Europe. We are the malcontents, idealists, speculators, dreamers, inventors, debtors and criminals who would not be chained. We don't play well with others, we are brash, outlandish and cunning. let us do what we do best; let us be Americans. |
Paradox927
(OP) User ID: 76908831 United States 11/21/2020 04:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And to the hater who just gave me Red Karma claiming that I was "Dropped as a baby?" I'm sorry to disappoint you---but, nobody dropped me as a baby. However, I was trampled by horses when I was a young child, so maybe you're on to something. Feel better now? |
Paradox927
(OP) User ID: 76908831 United States 11/21/2020 04:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will probably like our steak(don't get one from a chain restaurant) and our barbecue. Quoting: swamprat 100% agree. The thing is... chains were good back in the day to help get the word out, but nowadays, most are run by children who couldn't care less about quality. And, sadly, I can't blame them because management cares even less. |
swamprat
User ID: 29264706 United States 11/21/2020 04:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And to the hater who just gave me Red Karma claiming that I was "Dropped as a baby?" Quoting: Paradox927 I'm sorry to disappoint you---but, nobody dropped me as a baby. However, I was trampled by horses when I was a young child, so maybe you're on to something. Feel better now? They haven't gone anywhere and think McDonald's fries is the height of cuisine. But I have seen nasty stuff passed off as "food" overseas. We aren't cut out to be socialists.We are the people who couldn't be constrained by Europe. We are the malcontents, idealists, speculators, dreamers, inventors, debtors and criminals who would not be chained. We don't play well with others, we are brash, outlandish and cunning. let us do what we do best; let us be Americans. |
President Elect Tubbs
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drinking buddy
User ID: 76539470 United States 11/21/2020 04:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... tasteless or filled with chemicals? Quoting: Paradox927 Seriously! Having traveled outside of the US, I can honestly say that the food here is lacking not only in nutrition but taste---especially when you compare it to other places around the world. Don't get me wrong: I'm a good cook and can make even the worst meal edible, but damn, son, I can't help but think the FDA is just trying to kill us with all their "approved" poison. Agree that most of it is crap, but if you are lucky enough to live where there is a local 'foodshed' you can eat real food. Localharvest.org has a feature where you can put in your zipcode and find local food close to you. I think there are versions in other countries as well. A lot of people here use CSA's (community supported agriculture) where you buy a subscription and get a weekly allotment..for veggies, fruits, milk and cheese, breads, meats, pickles, etc. I can't stand to eat in restaurants anymore because it really is all the same thing from the same supplier - and way overpriced. It's also opening day for hunting a lot of places if you like venison. "Violence simply is not radical enough, since it generally changes only the rulers but not the rules. What use is a revolution that fails to address the fundamental problem: the existence of domination in all its forms, and the myth of redemptive violence that perpetuates it?" - Walter Wink |
Paradox927
(OP) User ID: 76908831 United States 11/21/2020 04:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And to the hater who just gave me Red Karma claiming that I was "Dropped as a baby?" Quoting: Paradox927 I'm sorry to disappoint you---but, nobody dropped me as a baby. However, I was trampled by horses when I was a young child, so maybe you're on to something. Feel better now? They haven't gone anywhere and think McDonald's fries is the height of cuisine. But I have seen nasty stuff passed off as "food" overseas. Right! What some restaurants and grocery stores around here (the US) try to pass off as "food" is absolutely horrifying. My family and I do our best to source our food locally, but it's getting increasingly difficult to do so. |
twolf
User ID: 32368736 United States 11/21/2020 04:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I remember when burgers from all the fast food places tasted like burgers. Especially Wendys was dripping with grease and a great meat smell. Now the meat tastes like soy bark. It has to be additives, preservatives and whatever chemicals in the feed they use for animals. You are what you eat. |
Paradox927
(OP) User ID: 76908831 United States 11/21/2020 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... tasteless or filled with chemicals? Quoting: Paradox927 Seriously! Having traveled outside of the US, I can honestly say that the food here is lacking not only in nutrition but taste---especially when you compare it to other places around the world. Don't get me wrong: I'm a good cook and can make even the worst meal edible, but damn, son, I can't help but think the FDA is just trying to kill us with all their "approved" poison. Agree that most of it is crap, but if you are lucky enough to live where there is a local 'foodshed' you can eat real food. Localharvest.org has a feature where you can put in your zipcode and find local food close to you. I think there are versions in other countries as well. A lot of people here use CSA's (community supported agriculture) where you buy a subscription and get a weekly allotment..for veggies, fruits, milk and cheese, breads, meats, pickles, etc. I can't stand to eat in restaurants anymore because it really is all the same thing from the same supplier - and way overpriced. It's also opening day for hunting a lot of places if you like venison. Yeah, it's hunting season here too, which is helpful. And, thankfully, we rarely go out to eat anymore (even before this CV stuff hit the headlines). But we do live in a rural area, so grocery shopping is pretty much limited to our "local" Walmart, which is absolutely awful. |
swamprat
User ID: 29264706 United States 11/21/2020 04:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I remember when burgers from all the fast food places tasted like burgers. Especially Wendys was dripping with grease and a great meat smell. Now the meat tastes like soy bark. It has to be additives, preservatives and whatever chemicals in the feed they use for animals. You are what you eat. Quoting: twolf For many years McDonald's burgers made me feel awful, like folks describe a hangover. We aren't cut out to be socialists.We are the people who couldn't be constrained by Europe. We are the malcontents, idealists, speculators, dreamers, inventors, debtors and criminals who would not be chained. We don't play well with others, we are brash, outlandish and cunning. let us do what we do best; let us be Americans. |
Paradox927
(OP) User ID: 76908831 United States 11/21/2020 04:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I remember when burgers from all the fast food places tasted like burgers. Especially Wendys was dripping with grease and a great meat smell. Now the meat tastes like soy bark. It has to be additives, preservatives and whatever chemicals in the feed they use for animals. You are what you eat. Quoting: twolf ^^^ This... all of this! |
Maximus Tardicus
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Paradox927
(OP) User ID: 76908831 United States 11/21/2020 04:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I remember when burgers from all the fast food places tasted like burgers. Especially Wendys was dripping with grease and a great meat smell. Now the meat tastes like soy bark. It has to be additives, preservatives and whatever chemicals in the feed they use for animals. You are what you eat. Quoting: twolf For many years McDonald's burgers made me feel awful, like folks describe a hangover. Also true. Of course, I haven't really had much fast-food since starting a family, but I do remember that after eating a lot of it, I felt like death warmed over. |
swamprat
User ID: 29264706 United States 11/21/2020 04:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, if you are not familiar with our steaks, I recommend a Tbone. The cut is pretty distinctive and you will not get an inferior cut dressed up as something else. Use a place that is frequented by the locals. And it is a watchword here that you should go where cops eat, because they can't eat at home and they know all the places. If you already know this, it still stands for any others trying to find their way in a strange land. Last Edited by Swamprat on 11/21/2020 04:43 PM We aren't cut out to be socialists.We are the people who couldn't be constrained by Europe. We are the malcontents, idealists, speculators, dreamers, inventors, debtors and criminals who would not be chained. We don't play well with others, we are brash, outlandish and cunning. let us do what we do best; let us be Americans. |
Paradox927
(OP) User ID: 76908831 United States 11/21/2020 04:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, if you are not familiar with our steaks, I recommend a Tbone. Quoting: swamprat The cut is pretty distinctive and you will not get an inferior cut dressed up as something else. Use a place that is frequented by the locals. And it is a watchword here that you should go where cops eat, because they can't eat at home and they know all the places. If you already know this, it still stands for any others trying to find their way in a strange land. T-Bones are great! But yeah, you're right... a place that is frequented by the locals is usually a good place to try. My family and I have a local food place here, so I'm kind of picky about the food we eat (and serve). |
Garufal
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drinking buddy
User ID: 76539470 United States 11/21/2020 05:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I remember when burgers from all the fast food places tasted like burgers. Especially Wendys was dripping with grease and a great meat smell. Now the meat tastes like soy bark. It has to be additives, preservatives and whatever chemicals in the feed they use for animals. You are what you eat. Quoting: twolf ^^^ This... all of this! We have a local processor..not inspected, but you can go buy from them and I think the local backwoods biker bar gets hamburger from them. Those are the only burgers I will eat out, sometimes you have to deal with the owner stomping around the place flaunting his open carry (as if an old grey haired lady with a bunch of teenagers is gonna bust it up lol) But the burgers are good! I am lucky that my work allows me to get paid in barter. My family jokes we are never going to be without jelly or venison. "Violence simply is not radical enough, since it generally changes only the rulers but not the rules. What use is a revolution that fails to address the fundamental problem: the existence of domination in all its forms, and the myth of redemptive violence that perpetuates it?" - Walter Wink |
Nord2020
User ID: 79128729 United States 11/21/2020 05:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... tasteless or filled with chemicals? Quoting: Paradox927 Seriously! Having traveled outside of the US, I can honestly say that the food here is lacking not only in nutrition but taste---especially when you compare it to other places around the world. Don't get me wrong: I'm a good cook and can make even the worst meal edible, but damn, son, I can't help but think the FDA is just trying to kill us with all their "approved" poison. First off, we need to get back to locally grown fresh produce, and produce that is allowed to mature, and not picked young, waxed and gassed to survive transport. Second, go back to natural heirloom produce. Third, utilize the ocean/seas to get nutrients to put back into our over produced soils in the heartland. Last Edited by Nord2020 on 11/21/2020 05:31 PM Nord2020 |
drinking buddy
User ID: 76539470 United States 11/21/2020 05:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... tasteless or filled with chemicals? Quoting: Paradox927 Seriously! Having traveled outside of the US, I can honestly say that the food here is lacking not only in nutrition but taste---especially when you compare it to other places around the world. Don't get me wrong: I'm a good cook and can make even the worst meal edible, but damn, son, I can't help but think the FDA is just trying to kill us with all their "approved" poison. First off, we need to get back to locally grown fresh produce, and produce that is allowed to mature, and not picked young, waxed and gassed to survive transport. Second, go back to natural heirloom produce. Third, utilize the ocean/seas to get nutrients to put back into our over produced soils in the heartland. all this..when we had cows, we used to offer them kelp even while they were on pasture seriously, no matter where you live in the US localharvest.org is a great place to get started with a CSA heh, we even have beer, wine, hard cider and distilleries to choose from here. "Violence simply is not radical enough, since it generally changes only the rulers but not the rules. What use is a revolution that fails to address the fundamental problem: the existence of domination in all its forms, and the myth of redemptive violence that perpetuates it?" - Walter Wink |
panther0621
User ID: 27944307 United States 03/25/2021 05:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the products last less time now. you just have to find the good spots. go to them and keep them open. i consider chain restaurants no better than cooking a microwave meal. fast food has no flavor like stated above. tons of HFCS in everything. this is when americans started really getting fat in the 90's was when it was allowed in everything. Everything is soy or corn. that is part of the problem. |
BRIEF
User ID: 79662918 United States 03/25/2021 05:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It also makes our cattle healthy...They feed the nutrition to the animals for quality meat, and feed the chemicals to poor people who are either too stupid or too poor to buy real food... I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked. |
Super Straight Splinterhead
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BRIEF
User ID: 79662918 United States 03/25/2021 05:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Threads like this make me realize how fortunate I am to own a farm.yes the fda is in bed with big pharma ,from cradle to grave.hell people still use microwaves, irradiating the nutrients in their food. Quoting: Super Straight Splinterhead Microwaves use electromagnetic waves, it's not the same as nuclear radiation...The lights in your home give off radiation and it's harmless... I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked. |
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BRIEF
User ID: 79662918 United States 03/25/2021 06:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | People just need to cook for themselves and avoid all that high-carb processed crap. Half the country is content with a diet made up mostly of cheap bread (sandwiches with processed meats/cheese), french fries, pizza, spaghetti, tacos, and soda. Quoting: GA Girl Nothing wrong with eating like that if you are a lumberjack, but the average person shouldn't... I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked. |