In Praise Of Fast Food Summary

In her article, “In Praise of Fast Food”, Rachel Laudan was raised in old-school fashion but she tries to justify a more modern day fast-food culture. Being a historian, Rachel brings some good examples of food wars to the table. as far back as the ancient Greeks. Also, it is apparent that even though history runs through her veins she has opened her table up to new ideas in food culture. Binging up Culinary Luddism is quite arguably the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to being an open-minded food critique. Being a food critique you must keep a neutral position and open to the ideas of different food types and cultures. Looking up the definition of “Culinary Luddites” on Wikipedia, these were people that refused to open their eyes and grow with the times. This movement went as far as protesting and damaging equipment to try to stop the growth in the food industry to help preserve their ideals. Although, being raised old-school I would not compare myself to the likes of this group of defiant rebels.
She even commented on fresh fruit was incredibly sour and fresh vegetables being bitter. I feel this statement is undeniably false, unless of course, your fruit and vegetables are unripe or you are biting into a fresh lemon or a lime. That sweet oranges and apples were created, not grown the natural way of our ancestors. Cooking our food to death and adding spices just to make it edible. I tend to believe status played a big role in our early cultures on how food was prepared. Referring back to Rachel’s article, she said “only the uncivilized, the poor and the starving resorted to it” and the Greeks claimed it was a sign of bad times if a person resorted to eating greens or root style vegetables. If this is the case, how do you explain olives, grapes and Greek salads that were fed to the