Comments on: The latest junk food marketing gimmick: food miles http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/02/the-latest-junk-food-marketing-gimmick-food-miles/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:07:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fentry http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/02/the-latest-junk-food-marketing-gimmick-food-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-10564 Fentry Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:33:24 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/02/20/the-latest-junk-food-marketing-gimmick-food-miles/#comment-10564 I am partial to local chips. I was astounded and upset when I went away to college and realized that Crab chips were only a Chesapeake thing (they have Old Bay on them--no crab). A couple times a year I do buy them and like that we have local businesses and local delicacies-- But they are exactly that: delicacies--not a staple. I am partial to local chips. I was astounded and upset when I went away to college and realized that Crab chips were only a Chesapeake thing (they have Old Bay on them–no crab). A couple times a year I do buy them and like that we have local businesses and local delicacies–

But they are exactly that: delicacies–not a staple.

]]> By: Robyn M. http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/02/the-latest-junk-food-marketing-gimmick-food-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-10563 Robyn M. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:48:49 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/02/20/the-latest-junk-food-marketing-gimmick-food-miles/#comment-10563 I'm positive it will have the same (or at least, similar) effect. I know people who are striving to get up to 90% of their food purchases from local sources, and have been all but crawling out of their skin wanting potato chips. When one of them found some local to her, she nearly threw a party. Myself? This seems weird to me. I mean, the locavore movement is not particularly concerned with nutrition as such (although it's often a tangental goal), so it's not really at odds to be looking for locally made prepared or processed foods. But all the same, I don't see what's so hard about taking a peeler to a potato, shaving off bunches of chips, heating up some oil and going to town with your local/homegrown potatoes. And, thanks to doing it yourself (which is at least a minor pain in the butt--moreso than just cracking open a bag) you'll appreciate them more and not eat them as often. Meh. I’m positive it will have the same (or at least, similar) effect. I know people who are striving to get up to 90% of their food purchases from local sources, and have been all but crawling out of their skin wanting potato chips. When one of them found some local to her, she nearly threw a party.

Myself? This seems weird to me. I mean, the locavore movement is not particularly concerned with nutrition as such (although it’s often a tangental goal), so it’s not really at odds to be looking for locally made prepared or processed foods. But all the same, I don’t see what’s so hard about taking a peeler to a potato, shaving off bunches of chips, heating up some oil and going to town with your local/homegrown potatoes. And, thanks to doing it yourself (which is at least a minor pain in the butt–moreso than just cracking open a bag) you’ll appreciate them more and not eat them as often. Meh.

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