Comments on: How much is enough? The information load. http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/how-much-is-enough-the-information-load/ Food, Fashion and Philosophy from an Italian Farm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:38:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Mary http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/how-much-is-enough-the-information-load/#comment-2234 Mary Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:22:31 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/how-much-is-enough-the-information-load/#comment-2234 I use bloglines too and it comes in very handy. As for the recipes, I've also seen numerous ones that are very hokey. Like you said, anything with cannellini beans in it gets labeled as "Tuscan". But then, anything with spinach gets labeled "florentine" and anything with feta cheese is "Greek". It doesn't matter if anyone from that area ever even heard of such a recipe (like Tuscan potpie - HA!). Crazy, isn't it? I use bloglines too and it comes in very handy. As for the recipes, I’ve also seen numerous ones that are very hokey. Like you said, anything with cannellini beans in it gets labeled as “Tuscan”. But then, anything with spinach gets labeled “florentine” and anything with feta cheese is “Greek”. It doesn’t matter if anyone from that area ever even heard of such a recipe (like Tuscan potpie - HA!). Crazy, isn’t it?

]]> By: admin http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/how-much-is-enough-the-information-load/#comment-2235 admin Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:52:49 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/how-much-is-enough-the-information-load/#comment-2235 How about those canned biscuits? Think they'd be a big seller at the Coop or the Famila? OTH, a lot of Italians think all Americans eat are hamburgers and maybe wurstel. How about those canned biscuits? Think they’d be a big seller at the Coop or the Famila?

OTH, a lot of Italians think all Americans eat are hamburgers and maybe wurstel.

]]> By: Mary http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/how-much-is-enough-the-information-load/#comment-2238 Mary Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:03:21 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/how-much-is-enough-the-information-load/#comment-2238 I do think American cuisine is taking a nosedive though. There are entirely too many convenience foods and people are eating too much junk. O was amazed when we went to the states last year and went into a grocery store. Due to the lack of butcher shops, he's convinced no one eats meat unless it's already prepared and frozen, despite the meat counter at the supermarket. I have a hard time convincing him that just because he saw all that junk doesn't mean that it's all anyone eats. I do think American cuisine is taking a nosedive though. There are entirely too many convenience foods and people are eating too much junk. O was amazed when we went to the states last year and went into a grocery store. Due to the lack of butcher shops, he’s convinced no one eats meat unless it’s already prepared and frozen, despite the meat counter at the supermarket. I have a hard time convincing him that just because he saw all that junk doesn’t mean that it’s all anyone eats.

]]> By: admin http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/how-much-is-enough-the-information-load/#comment-2239 admin Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:27:12 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/how-much-is-enough-the-information-load/#comment-2239 You know, we have 6 or more butcher shops here, and still the supermarket meat counters are busy. We no longer have a polleria, but one butcher does sell local turkey, cutting off what you ask for while you wait and at a stunning price. We have two pescerie, but again, the supermarkets are busy. The only stand alone shops everyone seems to use are the pasticcerie and the fresh pasta shops. The covered market is busy and so are the booths at the street markets, but there's still a lot of produce flying off the supermarket bins. Maybe it's different down there? You know, we have 6 or more butcher shops here, and still the supermarket meat counters are busy. We no longer have a polleria, but one butcher does sell local turkey, cutting off what you ask for while you wait and at a stunning price. We have two pescerie, but again, the supermarkets are busy.
The only stand alone shops everyone seems to use are the pasticcerie and the fresh pasta shops.
The covered market is busy and so are the booths at the street markets, but there’s still a lot of produce flying off the supermarket bins.
Maybe it’s different down there?

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