All good points. I’m a 2nd generation immigrant to the US so I grew up eating Syrian food actually cooked by mom, with whatever fresh American replacement ingredients were available. It’s pretty strange to me the diets here in the US and it’s obvious they are extremely unhealthy and unsustainable.
The solution to this kind of thing seems like worker canteens and group kitchens where there’s cheap/free mass prepared decent food. Not crappy addictive sugary processed bullshit. The concept of atomized individual kitchen units only made sense when you had a fulltime housewife in the 1950s. Now both parents work usually so cooking is less feasible time wise. Historically people have eaten and cooked very communally, or there was dedicated cooks in each family unit.
yeah, our food system is pretty catastrophic. the atomization of the household into "nuclear" families and assimilation of immigrants basically wiped out most our connections to whatever traditional food cultures we brought over and replaced it with a highly profitable land management regime to supply the national eating disorder. both in the sale of the "food" and in the pharmaceutical treatment of its effects.
worker canteens and group kitchens would be a godsend, but would be very unpopular with the fast food companies and the large agribusiness firms that supply them. capitalism has actively dismantled and suppressed any good ideas from taking hold.
i've been lucky enough to travel overseas for work and immerse myself in other food cultures. basically everywhere is so much better off than the US. like even if i go wild, eat my fill constantly, and not even try to make healthy choices.... i end up leaning out and feeling awesome if i'm there more than a month.
All good points. I’m a 2nd generation immigrant to the US so I grew up eating Syrian food actually cooked by mom, with whatever fresh American replacement ingredients were available. It’s pretty strange to me the diets here in the US and it’s obvious they are extremely unhealthy and unsustainable.
The solution to this kind of thing seems like worker canteens and group kitchens where there’s cheap/free mass prepared decent food. Not crappy addictive sugary processed bullshit. The concept of atomized individual kitchen units only made sense when you had a fulltime housewife in the 1950s. Now both parents work usually so cooking is less feasible time wise. Historically people have eaten and cooked very communally, or there was dedicated cooks in each family unit.
yeah, our food system is pretty catastrophic. the atomization of the household into "nuclear" families and assimilation of immigrants basically wiped out most our connections to whatever traditional food cultures we brought over and replaced it with a highly profitable land management regime to supply the national eating disorder. both in the sale of the "food" and in the pharmaceutical treatment of its effects.
worker canteens and group kitchens would be a godsend, but would be very unpopular with the fast food companies and the large agribusiness firms that supply them. capitalism has actively dismantled and suppressed any good ideas from taking hold.
i've been lucky enough to travel overseas for work and immerse myself in other food cultures. basically everywhere is so much better off than the US. like even if i go wild, eat my fill constantly, and not even try to make healthy choices.... i end up leaning out and feeling awesome if i'm there more than a month.