mmm sandwiches w10

     In my opinion, there are a variety of foods that can be considered a sandwich. When you first think about eating a sandwich, you immediately think that a sandwich is something you eat with your hands. In addition, most people think of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, lunch sandwiches such as Subway and hot sandwiches like Penn Station. Are those really the only food items that we can call sandwiches? I really don't think so. I believe that a sandwich contains ingredients that are held together by any type of breaded dough. This is what makes sandwiches creative, you can put just about anything together in a number of different combinations. I agree that a hot dog, hamburger, quesadilla, and even a crepe can be considered a sandwich.
     A hot dog is held together by a bun that you eat with your hands. A hot dog can come with a number of different toppings. The combination of the hot dog and toppings create a sandwich because the bun holds it all together creating a delicious combo that you can easily eat with your hands. Although people mostly think of sandwiches to be eatin solely with your hands, there are alternatives. Take crepes for example. They don't look like a sandwich and they aren't always eaten with their hands due to the mess they could make. I believe that they are still considered a sandwich though because it is holding together a combination of ingredients in between a breaded substance called a crepe.
     Quesadillas and Hamburgers can be considered sandwiches too. They hold together a mixture of complementing ingredients that come together to form one. This also goes for burritos and tacos. Just because they aren't called sandwiches doesn't mean they can't be considered one. The ingredients in a sandwich are not separated, they come together to form one item. Burritos and tacos bring together delicious Mexican ingredients that come together to form a sandwich. Burritos and tacos were created to hold the toppings and meat together, making them sandwiches.
     Others may disagree due to the fact that they stick to the original sandwich that is held together by two pieces of bread. Where is the fun in that though? I believe that a sandwich was meant to be creative and brings ingredients together to form one delicious combination of food. Whether it is a Chipolte burrito or a crepe you eat for breakfast, I see no reasons why they can't be considered sandwiches. I believe that the idea of a sandwich can be very versatile, and there isn't always a standard definition for it.

should we just stop eating beef all together?! w9

     I have been thinking a lot about the Taco Bell controversy over their beef. Taco Bell now has commercials stating that their beef is eighty eight percent USDA approved. I guess this claim is a step up from only about thirty percent beef. Although Taco Bell claims that they were wrongly accused of this fact, why would there be a lawsuit against them? It just makes me wonder who is lying here.
     The public has a right to know exactly what kind of beef from fast food chains they are eating. After everything we have learned about fast food industries, I really don't know if I can trust any of the meat anymore! The USDA says that beef has to be at least thirty five percent to be advertised as beef but is that even safe? I believe there should be a higher standard than that. What is the other seventy percent of beef? It can't all be seasoning and spices. This means that most fast food places are using fillers for their meat, in which we have no clue what those fillers are.
     After this class, I have been traumatized by secrets of the food industry and sometimes wish I lived in a different country. America runs to heavily on fast food. I use to eat so much of it, but now instead I am eating gross dining hall food along with unhealthy frozen foods from the market. In my position, I just can't win as of right now!
     I definitely agree with Gabby's presentation about how OU's food needs to change. I work at Boyd Dinning hall and I see how the food is prepared, and it wouldn't surprise anyone in class to how disgusting it is. I was washing pots and pans when a cook brought back two deep pans of burnt cauliflower that nobody in the grab-and-go line touched. The cook said "I don't know why we have that, nobody eats it."
     This made me think of how we are all choosing unhealthy choices here at the dining hall but that's because they put out nasty cheap vegetables out! Other than salad, the best they could come up with is cauliflower?! It just makes me wonder what are these fast food companies and cafeteria institutions in schools thinking!
    

w8 Myers and Foodies

     Myers spends time looking deeper into the world of foodies. To a certain extent his claims are legitimate but I feel like he gets a little harsh with some of his points. He is legitimate in the claims where he uses examples to show how foodies have a stuck-up attitude. He goes into detail to describe the foodies' lavish lifestyle, and what sets them apart from an average person. Myer's created a negative image of foodies for me. When looking deeper into the texts and examples, I reflected on why and how I should trust a foodie's judgment. Their judgment does seem to be very single-minded which Myer's makes clear throughout his text. I don't understand the reasoning for looking up to snobbish, rich, single-minded people for food advice when I am on a completely different level of a foodie.
     When I talk of being on a different level, I mean that I don't look for the same standards as a foodie does since their standards are so high and they have a lot of luxury compared to me. Myer's does a good job of painting a picture of famous foodies, with their quotes and images portraying them as nowhere near average people. Myers points out that its repetitive for a foodie to overuse dramatic descriptions of the food they taste. I agree with this because in this text and in class, I have noticed food writers tend to put food on a pedestal making it seem like its their religion.
     The only point I think that Myers goes overboard with is his claim; "is there any civilized value that foodies can't turn on its head?" he uses this to refer to how certain foodies like Bourdain, see it as rude when religious reasons come into play while eating a meal someone has prepared for them. I don't feel like the foodie is in any wrong here due to the fact that you should be able to respect someone else's cooking and especially if it is of great tradition in their family. I think that Myer exaggerated here and was trying to make a foodie to seem more evil then what they really are because I highly doubt the intentions were the same.
     Myers did a good job of giving me a negative image of a foodie, in which most I agreed because in some ways a foodie can seem a bit ridiculous. He does get a little harsh but still uses his logic to back up his claims. His logic can be either accepted or denied by the reader. If one thing is for sure is that Myers doesn't seem like he is going to jump on the foodie bandwagon any time soon.