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On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:37:12 -0600, Sqwertz >
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>On 29 Nov 2017 17:31:35 GMT, notbob wrote:
>
>> Cooked is a 4 part documentary written by Michael Pollan, author of
>> The Omnivore's Dilemma. He's done other films (TED, In Defense of
>> Food, etc), but this one really gets me. It talks about how bread is
>> made and how the US food industry is actively attempting to eliminate
>> home cooking.
>>
>> It's my opinion this film is a must see fer all true cooks.
>>
>> <http://michaelpollan.com/videos/netflix-documentary-series-cooked/>
>>
>> I saw it on Netflix. Watch it however you can (library, Youtube,
>> etc).

>
>All these documentaries aren't good for your already deeply rooted
>food psychosis.
>
>Cooking is not going away. Even though you can buy clothes at the
>store, plenty of people still sew, knit, crochet, as well as grow and
>raise their own food. Providing and creating for ones self is built
>into our genes and will take another million years for that trait to
>bred out of us.


It's more about the sheeple. They'll buy prefab food and slowly shove
it into their mouths without thinking, whilst watching McDonalds ads.
Give them a tomato seed and they'll ask you where the remote for it
is. And once every so many years they get to vote...