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Eating Bugs: Hard to Argue With?
I think its a really interesting topic. I wonder if there's an article on a "serious eat's asia" somewhere that's saying the same thing about McDonald's food. I remember when I was traveling through Thailand there were plenty of carts rolling around with deep fried (in peanut oil i think) crickets, scorpions, all kinds of bugs. To be honest when they're fried they taste like oily doritos. I think the biggest thing is what Chefhorn said, people can't get past eating the entirety of an animal. The same goes for beef, pork, chicken, etc. A prime example is the great distaste for offal. Unless you grew up eating it, chances are you aren't going to like it simply because you know what and where it comes from. The majority of the time your gonna get a lobster tail but no head, same goes for shrimp, most people don't even get them with the shell on these days.
Have Hardee's and Carl's Jr. Gone Too Far (Or Big)?
I think it's pretty irresponsible for the people in exec positions to allow such burgers on a fast food chain's menu. I mean it's no secret that a nice sloppy burger at a sit down restaurant will run you 1000 calories (give or take) but to promote such a clearly unhealthy burger to a fast food chain is bordering manslaughter in my books. If people can sue McD's for making them fat, then people should be all over Carl's Jr.'s. The way I see it, the customer is still the one in charge of what they eat and their own health, however, it's not to say that the accountability of the exec's at fast food chains should be diminished because of that. There needs to be a middle ground reached before the game gets too lop-sided; fast food is going to get out of hand or people are going to wise up and cities will have to put a moratorium on the construction of new "restaurants" serving fast food like they have in some areas.
Can't-miss restaurants in D.C.?
I second Rosa Mexicana, some real classy Mexican food there. I think Jaleo is getting a bit too overrated, the service is getting worse as the hype increases. If your willing to get out to Rockville, Joe's Noodle House is probably the best Chinese/Taiwanese food this side of the Pacific. If your down with the Jose Andres I would suggest his other restaurant down the street from Jaleo, the name escapes me (Oyamel i believe), a little pricey but the ceviche was very good last time I was there and they have some nice authentic chocolate mole's and other non-taco-quesadilla-burrito fare.
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well after reading pollan's omnivore's dilemma I would say that statistically speaking the people that are regularly consuming these types of foods are of a lower SES. Therefore, I believe that it is the responsibility of a higher power to at least put up some regulations because these people are eating this stuff as a regular meal replacement because they can't afford healthier foods that contain the same # of calories needed to survive. It sounds a lot like exploitation to me.