What kind of sandwich should i make?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by paradigm

lol think i'mma go to panera bread all that talk about organic food made me want something i definitely dont have right now lol.

OH PANERA! why did you say that!? now i want some...it's just down the street from me, and i'm too lazy. lol...

[paradigm]

Dont think so. :(

[ceres]

Originally Posted by BailOut

Put some organic, sliced turkey into some organic, whole wheat pita bread with some organic mayonnaise and some organic, free trade alfalfa sprouts. Top it off with some fresh-ground, organic, free trade multi-colored pepper and some organic muenster cheese.

Mmmmm, good, and good for you!

I would hardly say it's good for you just because you tossed the word organic on to everything. Organic food just means they can charge you extra for each item. Especially when it comes to things like the organic/natural Cheetos White Chedder Puffs. Just because the word natural or organic is typed on the packaging, doesn't make all the bad stuff magically dissapear. Mayonnaise has plenty of fat whether it's organic or not. And that whole wheat pita bread would be just as healthy without the organic label (and save you a nice amount of money).

[brickhardmeat]

I support bioengineered foods

[Typer73]

Slice open a chiabotta roll, toast under the broiler. On 1 side layer swiss cheese, brown sugar baked ham & hard salami. On the other side layer provolone, more ham & cappacola. Stick under the broiler again until the salami & cappacol are semi crispy & the cheeses are melted. Slop on some mustard or mayo, put the 2 halves together & ENJOY!!!

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by ceres

Organic food just means they can charge you extra for each item.

That's because a field of crops without fertilization, etc. produces less food. For the farmer to get the same profit for organics she has to charge more per item.

If an animal is fed only organic feed (which requires the feed to be made from all organic ingredients) it costs more over the course of raising it. As with all other things in a capitalistic economy, that cost is passed on to the consumer.

It's much cheaper to pump everything full of artificial stuff to make it grow bigger, faster, and more of it, regardless of health and environmental impacts.

Originally Posted by ceres

Just because the word natural or organic is typed on the packaging, doesn't make all the bad stuff magically dissapear.

You're right. It means the bad stuff never makes it into the food to begin with. No fertilizers, no pesticides, no genetic modifications. This has the side benefit of making farmers farm smarter, i.e. rotating crops to keep pests away.

Originally Posted by ceres

Mayonnaise has plenty of fat whether it's organic or not.

Your body requires some fat in its diet. You have to get it from somewhere, and using the right oils(s) means you can get all unsaturated fats. Good stuff.

Originally Posted by ceres

And that whole wheat pita bread would be just as healthy without the organic label (and save you a nice amount of money).

Wrong. There is nothing healthy - or even safe - about fertilizers, pesticides, chemical processing, etc.

[brickhardmeat]

BailOut you are seriously scary.

How long has it been since you quit smoking? I am guessing you were sucking down American Spirits or rolling your own 'eh?

Well I gotta go burn some trash. I'll be back later.

[churp]

Originally Posted by BailOut

........Wrong. There is nothing healthy - or even safe - about fertilizers, pesticides, chemical processing, etc.

Some tests done by news organizations over the last couple years have shown a health risk when eating organic vegetables that doesn't exist with non-organic (or the risk factor is less anyway)........remember all the spinich being recalled recently.....organic farmers use a lot more 'shit' to get their vegetables to grow.

[nqd]

do you guys have a place called quobas?

[churp]

Whole wheat w/peanut butter and black olives, or peanut butter and cucumber, or peanut butter and dill pickle......doesn't need to be organic to be good and you don't have ta kill somethin!!!

[BailOut]

*yawn*

One or two cases of recalls due to stuff wrong with organic food, and a century of cases of all kinds of poisoning involving nothing but unnatural, processed food.

Any kind of food has the potential to become compromised if handled improperly. Just ask some conference attendees, sea cruisers, tourists, etc.

[hasher22]

whale!!!! mmmmmmmmmm

[Yaris Revenge]

I think the majority of the anti-organic movement is being generated by the non-organic market. People are finally taking note of all the crazy stuff companies are pumping into their food just to increase its shelf life (a la transfat) and increase their profit. The organic thing is really catching on. And it's really not much more expensive. A buck here and there is no biggie. Give up a few 16oz colas during the week, and you've covered your loss. My wife and I have been buying 80% organic for a few years now, and they bank account barely notices the difference.

~YR

[ceres]

You can eat non-organic foods and easily avoid items with a lot of trans fat. If you're eating foods they pump trans fat into, you're already not eating healthy and switching to organic foods isn't going to stop those foods from being unhealthy.

[brickhardmeat]

yeah, what the fuck are you doing drinking cokes and eating organic, what the fuck is that? I haven't had a coke in years but I do succomb to the occasional red bull followed by some caffeine pills and loads of starbucks coffee, yes starbucks, best beans I've ever had aside from kona I had in maui

I'm have sushi rolls tonight and I'll probably grab some candied salmon

[Astroman]

Watch the future of food. All I have to say. Did you know that the same companies that made chemical agents for WWII use the same stuff for pesticides? Nerve gas anyone? They have also patented seeds (which is patenting life, a no no) and when these seeds get blown over to a neighboring farmer they sue him for infringement.

[paradigm]

I'm still hungry....

[brickhardmeat]

I'm so hungry I could eat cancer.