tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post4104514597425028685..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Vive La Différence, Vive La VariétéThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-19695281396855604062010-04-14T10:42:12.403+01:002010-04-14T10:42:12.403+01:00And this is why seed swaps and seed saving are so ...And this is why seed swaps and seed saving are so important. It's legal to save and swap seeds that aren't on the list (unless banned for some other reason, Cannabis?) and I find it obscene that some seeds are sold deliberately engineered with a terminator gene, so that seed saving is pointless because the next generation will either not breed true or will be sterile.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602549347045444341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-61966260473136502732010-04-14T08:56:15.644+01:002010-04-14T08:56:15.644+01:00what's really sad is that we actually think th...what's really sad is that we actually think that things like 'Starbucks' are part of our 'culture', they are just businesses, what is awful is the insidious creep of western attitudes of consumption via things like film and television. <br />Variety is the spice of life as they say.<br />thanks for the post<br />martinemartinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260048849955077472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-47800589727735615522010-04-14T02:40:15.088+01:002010-04-14T02:40:15.088+01:00I have to admit a fondness for the Burger King Spi...I have to admit a fondness for the Burger King Spicy Beanburger meal with Coca Cola. And pizzas. I like Indian and Chinese food too. If I were more of a foodie, I'd wax lyrical about how appalling most of my other eating out experiences are. The average pub meal seems to be something from the freezer served hot on a cold plate. People seems to feel a need to present food in obscenely huge portions too. Yuk. 9 times out of 10 I leave feeling I could have cooked a better meal myself. I suppose my point is that people serving up what could be good food should try harder to make it interesting.<br /><br />Since I'm in danger now of sounding like a Daily Mail journalist I should point out I often crave the days in the 80s when there were a lot of vegetarian co-operative ventures serving all sorts of rich, interesting food. Quiches made with wholemeal flour, alfalfa, beansprouts, rice pudding made with brown rice and soya milk, etc., etc. These days people are obsessed with vicarious cooking: "good food" seems to be what looks good on TV when a TV chef cooks it.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-63746765116027722892010-04-13T20:12:46.109+01:002010-04-13T20:12:46.109+01:00On the food front, that new Jamie Oliver show (her...On the food front, that new Jamie Oliver show (here it's called Food Revolution) shows how some kids don't even know what a tomato is. I'm not how that's possible! But I guess if all your food comes from bags and boxes . . .<br />I'm proud to say I peel and chop my own veggies (even grow some).Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696349282379608085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-52340102833617007622010-04-13T14:54:29.313+01:002010-04-13T14:54:29.313+01:00Thanks for this. Do you know Common Ground (http:...Thanks for this. Do you know Common Ground (http://www.commonground.org.uk/)? <br /><br />I'm usually against homogenisation, but my life is richer due to hybridity. This, to me, is as important as distinctiveness.<br /><br />AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com