Fat Acceptance

[MozzarellaSticks]

yeah it was a joke!!! i'm talking about the pre made ones that have a ridiculous mark up (ps u put salt in ur salad????)

Wait, you don't salt your salad?

 

[Jarrad]

Wait, you don't salt your salad?

I think this is an american trend

no one salts salad in the uk (unless you're from the uk)
mostly because whenever you add salt to vegetables they tend to excrete all of their water ontent

 

[MozzarellaSticks]

I think this is an american trend

no one salts salad in the uk (unless you're from the uk)
mostly because whenever you add salt to vegetables they tend to excrete all of their water ontent

It's a culinary thing, not regional. Salt and pepper the salad before handing it out. Restaurants do it. It enhances the flavor. Same when you eat raw veggies.

 

[mogyay]

It's a culinary thing, not regional. Salt and pepper the salad before handing it out. Restaurants do it. It enhances the flavor. Same when you eat raw veggies.

i have literally never been to a restaurant that does this (i'm from the uk, although to be fair i'm from scotland which can be a whole different culinary world from the rest of the uk) i'm not saying it's a bad thing, i'm just surprised

i have seen it on char-grilled vegetables like asparagus actually, but not like a house/green salad

 

[MozzarellaSticks]

i have literally never been to a restaurant that does this (i'm from the uk, although to be fair i'm from scotland which can be a whole different culinary world from the rest of the uk) i'm not saying it's a bad thing, i'm just surprised

i have seen it on char-grilled vegetables like asparagus actually, but not like a house/green salad

They do it in the kitchen when making it. Some fancier places do it at the table. Most salad recipes call for a pinch of salt. It's where salad got it's name.

 

[mogyay]

They do it in the kitchen when making it. Some fancier places do it at the table. Most salad recipes call for a pinch of salt. It's where salad got it's name.

can't say i've ever noticed but that might just be me! it might be because i usually dress it first i guess

 

[MozzarellaSticks]

can't say i've ever noticed but that might just be me! it might be because i usually dress it first i guess

Somethi about crispy greens yadda yadda. I just thought everyone did it.

 

[hemming1996]

I think this is an american trend

no one salts salad in the uk (unless you're from the uk)
mostly because whenever you add salt to vegetables they tend to excrete all of their water ontent

No I'm from the UK all my friends and family do it too lol I'm confused, no one puts salt in their salad?

 

[mogyay]

No I'm from the UK all my friends and family do it too lol I'm confused, no one puts salt in their salad?

well i don't but i only speak for me..

 

[Grumble]

It definitely depends on where you are located to determine if "healthy" food is actually cheaper than "junk" food. Imoved to California about 5 years ago with my parents because our house was under foreclosure in Colorado and we had family out here. Not going into personal details but my parents were both unemployed, we were technically homeless, and we quite literally lived off the change in our pockets. I remember my first meal in the office we stayed at was some korean cereal from H Mart and a little carton of milk, my parents didn't eat with me. We didn't have any kitchen in this office. We had a mini fridge of about 8 cubic feet and a microwave so cooking things was definitely not easy. My dad would volunteer for the VA (veterans of america) hospital for at least 4 hours a day to get a $5.50 food voucher to feed himself for the day. He's a veteran and was getting help from the VA hospital to help him find a job. I had free lunch from high school so that was my meal and I would eat at my cousin's house when it was time for dinner. He got approved for food stamps for $360 a month. We spent about $10 on food a day from Fresh & Easy (a health food store that had microwavable dinners). He had a job offer for Kuwait and since we were struggling he wanted to leave for that job, but after a few months of interviews with this other job he finally got it and we had a little less of a struggle to fill our bellies for the day. I don't really ever tell people this story because it's personal. You CANNOT just assume people are unhealthy or fat because they are lazy. You absolutely do not know what the hell is going on in their life. Some might be lazy but there are some who have very limited living situations that they do not want to sit down and share with you. It's hard for people to plan out their meals when they don't have the money to buy the ingredients in the first place and most of their worry goes to whether or not they're sleeping safe tonight. If you only have a microwave to cook your food or no fridge then you're reduced down to buying junk food and surviving off that. Please consider that not everyone has a great financial situation. Always be considerate of the possibilities of their unhealthy habits and try to be supportive for the healthy change they can make. Also be generous with your food, you never know when the next time that person will have a meal.

I feel the need to reply to this.

I am really sorry for what you've gone through, but I want to make it clear... I've tried to make it clear... that I do not think everyone who eats poor quality food is lazy or uncaring. It sounds like you're lucky to have such caring parents who did a lot to make sure you were fed! I'm not saying every single person has the option to cook a meal versus buying it premade/frozen.

HOWEVER, doesn't it offend you that there are MANY people saying they aren't in a position to feed their children properly? So many of these people DO have other options but are either too lazy or just not knowledgeable about how to meal plan on a strict budget. From a completely objective and non-anecdotal standpoint, the number of people saying they have no other options but to eat unhealthily DOES outweigh the number of people who really do have no other options. There are people with no other options, as your story proves! I never said there weren't.

If I were you, having gone through such hardship, I would be offended at people who claim to have gone through the same thing. It's impossible to tell who's lying, and that's not anyone's job to go calling out the liars. But the fact remains that there are PLENTY of people with $50+ to spend on food every week and at least 15 minutes a day to cook it who JUST DON'T! Yet they claim to be so time-poor and broke that they can't properly feed their families.

 

[MayorSammy!]

Being healthy is very important and a lot of people take health for granted these days.

That being said, there are loads of more thicker people that are still just as healthy as a thin person, and there is beauty of both side of the spectrum.

That being said extreme obesity and extreme thinness should both never be promoted...