this is a spur thread from a Pro Chef thread about what restaurants and chefs are doing to survive these economic times...not wanting to hijack my own thread, and wanting to open it up for wider discussion to everyone, here goes.....
as food prices soar beyond reason, what will ultimately happen to the american diet, family eating habits, and the general state of wellness of our society? healthy food choices will be harder to afford for alot of families. when ground beef is $1.80/lb and zucchini is $5/lb, tomatoes $3/lb and so on, what choices will families be forced to make? food choices will be pre made as a result of pricing... sloppy joes, hamburger helper, hot dogs, burger and fries, lots of velveeta( what can you say good about a cheese that needs no refrigeration, and lasts forever?), will be the norm, not fresh fruits, vegetables and good proteins. fresh fruits and vegetables will become a 'special treat'.... diabetes, heart disease, cancers, will be all the more widespread due to diets loaded with refined sugars, carbs, fats and sodium. all illnesses not affordable in many ways.. as always. it will only be people of income who will continuously have a choice, noblesse oblige being what it is....since we can't influence the price of food except to boycott, what can we cook so that we are not promoting a sick society? how do we insure that people on limited budgets can still have healthy choices?
joey
as food prices soar beyond reason, what will ultimately happen to the american diet, family eating habits, and the general state of wellness of our society? healthy food choices will be harder to afford for alot of families. when ground beef is $1.80/lb and zucchini is $5/lb, tomatoes $3/lb and so on, what choices will families be forced to make? food choices will be pre made as a result of pricing... sloppy joes, hamburger helper, hot dogs, burger and fries, lots of velveeta( what can you say good about a cheese that needs no refrigeration, and lasts forever?), will be the norm, not fresh fruits, vegetables and good proteins. fresh fruits and vegetables will become a 'special treat'.... diabetes, heart disease, cancers, will be all the more widespread due to diets loaded with refined sugars, carbs, fats and sodium. all illnesses not affordable in many ways.. as always. it will only be people of income who will continuously have a choice, noblesse oblige being what it is....since we can't influence the price of food except to boycott, what can we cook so that we are not promoting a sick society? how do we insure that people on limited budgets can still have healthy choices?
joey