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I'm really excited about the new season of Food Revolution starting tomorrow, April 12th. Last season was some amazing, and shocking, television. I'm really interested in how food is viewed in this country, and how that relates to our health and well-being.

For those who didn't watch last season, Jamie Oliver is a famous chef from the UK known for this show "The Naked Chef", among others. Food Revolution is an American spin-off, of sorts, fom "Jamie's School Dinners" where Jamie took over the cafeteria at a school in the UK, in order to offer healthier options. For Food Revolution, Jamie headed to Huntington, WV to try and improve the school lunch offered there, as well as to teach the community cooking skills.

This season is taking on Los Angeles, and looks to be even more controversial than last year. Is anyone else planning to watch?

If its up on Hulu like the first season was I will be watching it intently. Though I hope to see him teach a quick and healthy meal besides the stir fry that he was doing all last season.

If you havent seen the first season, at least check out the scene with the kids and the chicken nuggets. That bit surprised the hell out of me because I know as a kid I would stop eating something if I found out it came from something gross or even just looked gross. Anyway thanks for the heads up figmentPez.

I'll have to check this out, sounds good.

Great show last year. Planning on watching it again. It REALLY opens your eyes. I can see parents going completely brown-bag for their kids after seeing some of that show.

It's really an eye opening series. Just the wall of paperwork he faced just trying to serve food in schools. And I was shocked by the waste shown in the show.

So far I think the season is off to a mediocre start. Having the parents bring school lunches to him was good, and shows the microwaved crap that kids are being fed, and the sugar demonstration was a nice visual, but the rest of was kind of blah. The whole "pink slime" meat issue doesn't have a lot of solid information, and I'd like to hear less FUD attached to that subject.

The fast food restaurant segment was just silly. Let adults choose to eat what they want. If Jamie wants a fast food restaurant offering affordable, healthy, fast food, then he should open his own place. Asking an independent businessman to risk his livelihood on Jamie's idea of healthy is just stupid. Also, a yogurt smoothie is not a milkshake. If you're going to call something a milkshake, it had better be a milkshake. Kinda hypocritical to be talking about truth in labeling laws regarding beef, when you're willing to try and pass off substitutions in your own food. Put real fruit in the shakes instead of flavored corn syrup, sure. Offer a creamy iced yogurt shake, sure. Just don't call your alternative a milkshake when it isn't (and I'm betting isn't according to the law if it doesn't have at least a certain amount of milk in it).

Wait, yoghurt doesn't have milk in it now?

@Li3n said:

Wait, yoghurt doesn't have milk in it now?

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Cultured milk. I wouldn't expect to find cheese, sour cream, buttermilk, kefir or curds in my milkshake either. If it's not fresh milk or cream, then I'd consider it something other than a milkshake. (Though, I'd be curious to know what the law says. I know there are laws about the fat content of ice cream, and carbonated milk has to be sold as a dairy beverage and can't be labeled milk anymore, but I don't know about what legally constitutes a "milkshake")

Or alcohol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshake#1880s.E2.80.931930s

Let adults choose to eat what they want.

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Well i want to eat uranium with my fries...




Yes, it's a slow week...

@Li3n said:

Or alcohol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshake#1880s.E2.80.931930s

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"eggnog type of drink", eggnog has milk in it, I'm assuming those alcohol milkshakes did as well. Nice try, though.


No, we can't let people eat uranium. Heavy elements make you fat. They should get their radiation by eating a nice potassium rich banana.

figmentPez said:

No, we can't let people eat uranium. Heavy elements make you fat.

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Heavy elements make you fat?!

figmentPez said:

"eggnog type of drink", eggnog has milk in it, I'm assuming those alcohol milkshakes did as well. Nice try, though.

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Damn you milk, you're everywhere... even if it's malted milk (it's somewhere upper in that wiki article).


But i really should have admitted that your elaboration of what you meant was satisfactory in my last post... but i was bored (would the weekend get here already).

No, we can't let people eat uranium. Heavy elements make you fat. They should get their radiation by eating a nice potassium rich banana.

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Lazy americans... you don't get fat if you build a cement dome over your toilet after.