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  1. Re:Done right, a nutritional plus. by shikaisi · · Score: 1 · on 3-D Printable Food Gets Funding From NASA

    It's incredibly difficult and time-consuming to eat well.

    No it's not. See Jamie's 15-minute Meals http://www.jamieoliver.com/books-and-media/#revolution_of_food_bg

  2. Re:Bad publicity? by gbjbaanb · · Score: 1 · on Primary School Girl Told To Stop Photographing and Blogging School Meals

    Our food is a lot better now due to a bit of an outcry a couple of years ago when a TV chef noticed what school kids were being fed (some now-infamous "turkey twizzlers" which were mechanically-recovered, fat added. deep fried junk) and did a TV series about it where he tried to change a school's habits off frozen crap that would be reheated, to something that at least resembled food. Obviously the programme stated with the best intentions that went a bit sour when the cost of the chef's fancy food was priced up, then the kids refused it because it looked like food and not deep-friend junk that they like, and then from the school who just didn't like change and would have had to spend money on preparing the proper food.. the eventually winning out. (classic TV formula).

    But the big deal is that he did get school dinners on the political landscape, and has had a lot of media attention ever since.

    He went to the states to do a similar programme, which I found amusing due to the much more 'protectionist' attitude from the school authorities.

    the scary thing is the cost of the dinners - 37p per child in the UK, 77c in the USA. That's how much your kids are worth.

  3. Re:Links to blog and stories by YackoYak · · Score: 1 · on Primary School Girl Told To Stop Photographing and Blogging School Meals

    Also related:

    The backlash from the public and support from Jamie Oliver and other chefs:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9333576/Neverseconds-Jamie-Oliver-backs-Martha-Payne-over-school-dinner-blog-ban.html

    For those interested in the topic, Jamie Oliver has a TV series here in the US (Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution) about the poor state of school food. If you'd like to help, he's published some tools:
    http://www.jamieoliver.com/us/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/school-food

    For his take on why this is important for society, a good place to start is his TED talk:
    http://www.tedprize.org/jamie-oliver/

  4. Re:U turn by DrXym · · Score: 2 · on Primary School Girl Told To Stop Photographing and Blogging School Meals
    I expect the school or the local council contracts the catering service and it's up to them to cook and serve food to the budget and nutritional standards required by their contract. It probably does mean they serve up crap and the crap is prepared by low skilled, low paid workers who are less interested in the quality of the food, as much as they are about their jobs. I'm pretty certain they could buy fresh ingredients and serve a far higher standard of food with the same budget but it's a question of the effort required to do it and the skills of the staff to actually bother and do it properly.

    Jamie Oliver has had a campaign running for some time in the UK to boost the standard of school meals a while back and it has raised awareness of the issue. Maybe the blog and the fallout is one consequence of that awareness. From a long term perspective it doesn't do any nation good to serve crap food to children. They'll be mentally and physically underdeveloped as a result, underachieve academically and probably have a higher risk of developing conditions like obesity, diabetes etc later in life.

  5. Re:My brain... by xaxa · · Score: 1 · on Real Life Farmville

    You're correct about the animals, though the reason for it is hygiene. How does Hong Kong manage to transport and 'store' live animals?

    However, maybe the USA is different, but fresh fish in the UK is often displayed whole (and dead). (fish counter at Tesco) However, the fishmonger will be happy to cut off the head and tail and remove the bones. It's usually particular species of fish that are shown whole (e.g. salmon), while others are usually prepared (e.g. cod).

    Top hit for "fish recipe" on Google UK

  6. Re:digital gram scale as an extra? by xaxa · · Score: 1 · on Ex-Microsoft CTO Writes $625 Cookbook

    Why Slashdot posters continue to be staunchly oblivious to this, and to similar simple facts, eludes me.

    Us Europeans are oblivious to it since we've probably never been in a kitchen without a scale (whether analogue or digital). If there isn't a scale there certainly won't be measuring cups (i.e. lack of a scale suggests the owner doesn't really cook). Owning a scale is far from being geeky, not owning one (or only owning measuring cups) would be seen as weird.

    They're on every list of essential equipment (that guide's for people who claimed to only eat take-away food on the TV program).

  7. What was that sound? by Minwee · · Score: 1 · on 3rd-Grader Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession

    Oh, right. It's the sound of Jamie Oliver's forehead hitting the nearest wall, over and over again.