Thursday, February 10, 2011

yum, foodborne illness.

tonight we had our first sanitation lecture. similar to a sudden boycott of all things aquatic due to watching titanic before going on a cruise, tonight's lecture made me never want to eat food again. thankfully enough, i a) enjoy food too much to do that and b) am learning about how to safely handle food to avoid the whole foodborne illness issue to begin with.

instead of launching into a delightful discussion of which illnesses we talked about, and how they get to contaminating your food, let's talk food consciousness in general!

do you know where your food comes from? and i mean, beyond which store you drove to in order to buy it? do you really know where it's processed and handled, packed and shipped from? how about where it started its journey?

i'll admit that tonight's lecture was an eye-opener, and that i don't have nearly as many answers as i'd like. but i'm getting a grasp on the questions, which is a start.

it's about time that we realize that the ground chuck nicely perched among all of the other plastic wrapped meat products actually was at one time a living, breathing animal, and depending on how that animal was treated, the sanitarily packaged product on the shelves may or may not be worth that first bite.

on another note, without hopping on the soap box too much now, i think it's far healthier to work with what's available and in season instead of hunting down that specialty item just because the name sounds exotic. i know what i'm saying isn't revolutionary, and it is easier to get sucked into the excitement of what you're eating instead of thinking about how it got there.

and with that small outburst, it's bedtime. here's to informed and healthy eating mes amis.

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