Did I really Eat That? While reading the excerpt‚ Why the Fries Taste Good from the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser‚ one finds themselves on a journey of the evolution of the french fry. At the beginning of the excerpt‚ Schlosser writes about a young boy named J.R. Simplot who built a potato empire from nothing and how his many advances in the potato industry made the frozen french fry available to fast food chains everywhere. Schlosser then investigates the many “natural” and “artificial”
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live in this earth together sharing what ever piece of land we live on. No matter what race we are -- we are always influenced to believe in our roots. I am Hispanic‚ my roots are very strong because in my household I was thought that morals and values and the unity of family will always be part of your life when a family is born. It is important to me that the roots I was thought keep on for generations to come‚ maybe by influencing my future husband and children. The importance of unity in a household
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Throughout my travels in Canada‚ I’ve met many people with differing opinions on the issue of the “Tar sands” or “Oil sands” (I shall use both unambiguously) development. Environmentalists (like myself) and concerned citizens in Canada‚ as well as the international community‚ decry that the largest industrial energy project on the face of the planet is destroying future generation’s right to clean soil‚ water‚ air‚ biodiversity and most importantly a stable climate. As well as strong local economy
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I believe in cold showers. I believe that under the fear of being in a cold shower‚ comes a better person that can be more fearless to life’s daily occurrences. I believe in shuddering so much that our body starts to freeze. I believe that even after a long day of running around and completing a daily routine‚ most can be re-energized knowing behind those shower curtains leads a way to perk a person up better than coffee ever will. A relentless storm above me with a drain below my feet‚ they both
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. TASTE AND OTHER TALES TASTE The author and his wife‚ Mike‚ his wife and daughter and a man called Richard Pratt‚ were having dinner at Mike’s as twice before. Richard was an epicure‚ he loved food and wine. Mike always played a betting game on Richard about what wine it was and Richard had always won. The game was a pleasure for both. Mike was ready to lose the bet to prove his wine was recognized and Pratt loved showing his knowledge. That night‚ he served a Mosel wine. A very unusual
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Take a look around you next time you’re at the food court in the mall. What do you see? More than likely you will see overweight men and women ordering double cheeseburgers and large fries from McDonald’s or something of that nature. To most people‚ seeing this is nothing new. We live in a fast food nation where parents pick up fast food on the way home from work for their kids and themselves. Of course it’s easier and more convenient‚ but what they don’t understand is when they end up with a disease
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Brazil was first visited by the Portuguese they quickly found that there were rich lands and money to be made off those lands. The coastal areas of Brazil were taken by wealthy settlers‚ this was over 500 years ago. Jorge Amado’s “Captains of the Sands” was written in 1937 and although the main theme was set around a group of orphan children who ran the streets‚ there were political undertones that also told a story of the divide between the rich and the poor. When the Portuguese first arrived there
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Once when i was a kid my favorite colors were blue and orange and my favorite team was the okc thunder. I believed in the thunder because i believed in the star players that played on the team. They are really good and have a good future ahead in the NBA. basketball is my favorite sport that’s why i believe in in the thunder so heavy. Everytime i watch the thunder i get excited and have a good day. I also know that me watching certain players on the thunder will give me a boost in my basketball
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first perspective is of a carnivore’s. The taste of meat is one of many things in life that you can’t just recreate and expect it to have the same taste as the original. It has a unique taste and texture that only the mastication of flesh in between your teeth can satisfy. The tenderness‚ juiciness‚ and taste is what leaves people wanting more. Speaking from my past love for meat those were all the reasons I was head over heels in love with it. Although after I learned what these poor creatures have
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Should humans receive incentives for charitable acts? This question has been controversial over the last few years. Many people have seen an issue with this‚ believing that receiving incentives could send a morally wrong message but is that the case for everyone? I believe that wrongdoings sends a morally wrong message and not helping out the less fortunate is as much as a wrongdoing as not helping your fellow brethren. Helping others is good for one’s own soul and others as well; it gives us a sense
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