Tress Miles

Is there an Unschooling blog on fast food?
Tress


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Sandra Dodd

-=-Is there an Unschooling blog on fast food?-=-

Do you mean is there an unschooler with a blog all about fast food?

On an international discussion list the "fast food" (street food, drive-through, walk-up, food-truck) won't be consistent anyway.

Sandra

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Tress Miles

Sorry I wasn't specific. I wanted to see if you, Sandra, have a blog that
deals with fast food in any way. Thanks so much!

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:

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> -=-Is there an Unschooling blog on fast food?-=-
>
> Do you mean is there an unschooler with a blog all about fast food?
>
> On an international discussion list the "fast food" (street food,
> drive-through, walk-up, food-truck) won't be consistent anyway.
>
> Sandra
>
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Sandra Dodd

-=-Sorry I wasn't specific. I wanted to see if you, Sandra, have a blog that
deals with fast food in any way. Thanks so much!-=-

I don't. I have my food and eating collection here:
http://sandradodd.com/food

If I did have a blog about fast food, what would you have been looking for there? You still haven't been specific.
There's a drive-through hamburger place in Albuquerque that is not fast food. People order and pull over and wait, if they got anything beyond a soda. Each milk shake is made from the beginning; no hamburgers are cooked before they're ordered. When they first put in a drive-through, years ago, my husband said it was crazy, because the food isn't made very quickly. (That's Blake's Lotaburger, a local favorite.)

Some delicatessens and restaurants have some of their food pre-made hours before people come in. That's "fast."

In India I had some fast food that was made one bite at a time, though the little poofs were already made, and the sauces were made, they were assembled one at a time. It reminded me of bars in the U.S. where people can drink one shot after another, but won't get a glass of the liquor. People would eat three or six of these things, but they were made and eaten one at a time. I don't remember what they were called. Looked it up: Pani puri.
http://images.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1210&bih=614&q=panipuri&gbv=2&oq=panipuri&aq=f&aqi=g1g-s1g1g-s2g-sS5&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=842l4776l0l6294l14l14l1l0l0l0l237l1188l0.7.1l8l0&gs_l=img.3..0j0i10j0j0i10l2j0i10i24l5.842l4776l0l6295l14l14l1l0l0l0l237l1188l0j7j1l8l0.frgbld.

So what are you wondering about fast food?

Monkey platters are pretty fast, once the mom gets than hang of it.

Sandra

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Tress Miles

My question was rather cryptic, wasn't It?

I was hoping that this group could help me think through my daughter's
daily requests (no exaggeration) to eat at McDonald's, Burger King, Taco
Bell, Wendy's and ChickFilA , the only fast food places in our area.

I was concerned about the high levels of artificial chemicals in their
foods (I've read the ingredient lists), but then I started thinking about
the groceries I buy. I realized that commercially made bread and buns and
frozen potato products and ketchup, just to name a few, have similar
chemicals.

The recent thread on children learning to self-regulate their food choices
had me wondering if I should say yes to every request, finances permitting,
to eat at one of the places mentioned above.

Thanks so much for your help,
Tress, mom to Lillie, 9



On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> -=-Sorry I wasn't specific. I wanted to see if you, Sandra, have a blog
> that
> deals with fast food in any way. Thanks so much!-=-
>
> I don't. I have my food and eating collection here:
> http://sandradodd.com/food
>
> If I did have a blog about fast food, what would you have been looking for
> there? You still haven't been specific.
> There's a drive-through hamburger place in Albuquerque that is not fast
> food. People order and pull over and wait, if they got anything beyond a
> soda. Each milk shake is made from the beginning; no hamburgers are cooked
> before they're ordered. When they first put in a drive-through, years ago,
> my husband said it was crazy, because the food isn't made very quickly.
> (That's Blake's Lotaburger, a local favorite.)
>
> Some delicatessens and restaurants have some of their food pre-made hours
> before people come in. That's "fast."
>
> In India I had some fast food that was made one bite at a time, though the
> little poofs were already made, and the sauces were made, they were
> assembled one at a time. It reminded me of bars in the U.S. where people
> can drink one shot after another, but won't get a glass of the liquor.
> People would eat three or six of these things, but they were made and eaten
> one at a time. I don't remember what they were called. Looked it up: Pani
> puri.
>
> http://images.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1210&bih=614&q=panipuri&gbv=2&oq=panipuri&aq=f&aqi=g1g-s1g1g-s2g-sS5&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=842l4776l0l6294l14l14l1l0l0l0l237l1188l0.7.1l8l0&gs_l=img.3..0j0i10j0j0i10l2j0i10i24l5.842l4776l0l6295l14l14l1l0l0l0l237l1188l0j7j1l8l0.frgbld.
>
> So what are you wondering about fast food?
>
> Monkey platters are pretty fast, once the mom gets than hang of it.
>
>
> Sandra
>
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>
>
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Brady or Misti H

I have found that when my daughter is asking to eat at a fast food
restaurant, it's not necessarily the eating at the fast food joint that
she's after -- she just likes to eat out of the house. We do now eat at a
fast food restaurant occasionally (planned or on a whim), and we don't have
daily requests anymore. It is fun to eat out and it feels exciting to the
kids. Another thing we'll do to satisfy eating out is to have a picnic or
to stop at a grocery store's salad/fruit/olivebar/soup buffet. The one we
go to has a nice, window-y spot to sit and eat. It's always interesting to
see what each kid (6 and 3) will choose off of a buffet, and since it's a
pay by pound deal, it's about the cost of eating at a fast food joint...
and it's still "fast food." :)

Misti

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Tress Miles <milesdt@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> My question was rather cryptic, wasn't It?
>
> I was hoping that this group could help me think through my daughter's
> daily requests (no exaggeration) to eat at McDonald's, Burger King, Taco
> Bell, Wendy's and ChickFilA , the only fast food places in our area.
>
> I was concerned about the high levels of artificial chemicals in their
> foods (I've read the ingredient lists), but then I started thinking about
> the groceries I buy. I realized that commercially made bread and buns and
> frozen potato products and ketchup, just to name a few, have similar
> chemicals.
>
> The recent thread on children learning to self-regulate their food choices
> had me wondering if I should say yes to every request, finances permitting,
> to eat at one of the places mentioned above.
>
> Thanks so much for your help,
> Tress, mom to Lillie, 9
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...>
> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > -=-Sorry I wasn't specific. I wanted to see if you, Sandra, have a blog
> > that
> > deals with fast food in any way. Thanks so much!-=-
> >
> > I don't. I have my food and eating collection here:
> > http://sandradodd.com/food
> >
> > If I did have a blog about fast food, what would you have been looking
> for
> > there? You still haven't been specific.
> > There's a drive-through hamburger place in Albuquerque that is not fast
> > food. People order and pull over and wait, if they got anything beyond a
> > soda. Each milk shake is made from the beginning; no hamburgers are
> cooked
> > before they're ordered. When they first put in a drive-through, years
> ago,
> > my husband said it was crazy, because the food isn't made very quickly.
> > (That's Blake's Lotaburger, a local favorite.)
> >
> > Some delicatessens and restaurants have some of their food pre-made hours
> > before people come in. That's "fast."
> >
> > In India I had some fast food that was made one bite at a time, though
> the
> > little poofs were already made, and the sauces were made, they were
> > assembled one at a time. It reminded me of bars in the U.S. where people
> > can drink one shot after another, but won't get a glass of the liquor.
> > People would eat three or six of these things, but they were made and
> eaten
> > one at a time. I don't remember what they were called. Looked it up: Pani
> > puri.
> >
> >
> http://images.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1210&bih=614&q=panipuri&gbv=2&oq=panipuri&aq=f&aqi=g1g-s1g1g-s2g-sS5&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=842l4776l0l6294l14l14l1l0l0l0l237l1188l0.7.1l8l0&gs_l=img.3..0j0i10j0j0i10l2j0i10i24l5.842l4776l0l6295l14l14l1l0l0l0l237l1188l0j7j1l8l0.frgbld.
> >
> > So what are you wondering about fast food?
> >
> > Monkey platters are pretty fast, once the mom gets than hang of it.
> >
> >
> > Sandra
> >
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Sandra Dodd

-=I have found that when my daughter is asking to eat at a fast food
restaurant, it's not necessarily the eating at the fast food joint that
she's after -- she just likes to eat out of the house.-=-

My kids liked the toys and the play areas.

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