Comments on: Starblocks http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Brooklyn Kitchen http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-273489 Brooklyn Kitchen Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:36:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-273489 Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus. Momento mori. Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus. Momento mori.

]]> By: Eric http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-272846 Eric Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:17:45 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-272846 Can't argue with you about the cinnamon loaf. Just had a slice on New Year's Day. Pretty damn good for a "reduced fat" item. Can’t argue with you about the cinnamon loaf. Just had a slice on New Year’s Day. Pretty damn good for a “reduced fat” item.

]]> By: Hasan Jafri http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-272740 Hasan Jafri Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:38:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-272740 Cher Robert, Vous est right, but the French do in fact consume a fair amount of trans fats (if not as much as Americans) and they're still skinny, darn it! That's what mystifies me. The French food watchdog Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA) views trans fats as a menace and it pressed recently for clearer labels on food packages. Please check out this report at Food Navigator: http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?id=59250-france-risk-analysis Cher Robert,

Vous est right, but the French do in fact consume a fair amount of trans fats (if not as much as Americans) and they’re still skinny, darn it! That’s what mystifies me.

The French food watchdog Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA) views trans fats as a menace and it pressed recently for clearer labels on food packages. Please check out this report at Food Navigator:

http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?id=59250-france-risk-analysis

]]> By: Dean Wermer http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-272363 Dean Wermer Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:56:13 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-272363 The reduced fat, chocolate chip mini-loaf is wonderfulness incarnate The reduced fat, chocolate chip mini-loaf is wonderfulness incarnate

]]> By: Robert Feinman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-272281 Robert Feinman Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:49:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-272281 Hasan: Trans fats are artificially created by hydrogenating regular oils to make them less fluid and so they last longer. They do not occur naturally. What the French consume are saturated fats as occur in products derived from animals such as butter. Since humans didn't evolve to digest trans fats it shouldn't be surprising that they have long-term health consequences that were not realized when they were developed. The first commercial trans fat was Crisco which is still on the market. It was created as a substitute for lard. If US businesses would substitute butter for trans fats in the types of pastries that Jeff seems to favor he would get his taste sensation back. Big firms don't like using butter because it is more expensive, needs to be shipped under refrigeration and the food baked with it keeps a shorter period of time. Apparently the French prefer good tasting food to synthetic food and the suppliers are content with a lower profit and/or the consumers are willing to pay more. Hasan:
Trans fats are artificially created by hydrogenating regular oils to make them less fluid and so they last longer. They do not occur naturally. What the French consume are saturated fats as occur in products derived from animals such as butter.

Since humans didn’t evolve to digest trans fats it shouldn’t be surprising that they have long-term health consequences that were not realized when they were developed. The first commercial trans fat was Crisco which is still on the market. It was created as a substitute for lard.

If US businesses would substitute butter for trans fats in the types of pastries that Jeff seems to favor he would get his taste sensation back. Big firms don’t like using butter because it is more expensive, needs to be shipped under refrigeration and the food baked with it keeps a shorter period of time.

Apparently the French prefer good tasting food to synthetic food and the suppliers are content with a lower profit and/or the consumers are willing to pay more.

]]> By: Ruth http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-271867 Ruth Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:57:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-271867 Just wash the scone down with red wine, why don't you? That ought to be the balance you need. Just wash the scone down with red wine, why don’t you? That ought to be the balance you need.

]]> By: Hasan Jafri http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-271494 Hasan Jafri Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:39:42 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-271494 I'm a Seattle restaurant critic and I used to buy the fat equals heart disease equation till I spent time in France. Europeans -- and especially the French -- eat much fattier foods than we do. Yet they are healthier, or at least not saddled with the fat and cholesterol epidemic we're seeing in our culture. The difference is they exercise. It's not formal bust your chops exercise: Europeans walk everywhere. They are more active. Rather than banning trans fats (in markets where it's not mandated by law) Starbucks should install treadmills and Stairmasters in its stores. Coffee and a half hour of cardio in the morning, along with your favorite treat. Start it in Seattle. It'll catch on, just like Starbucks Coffee. I’m a Seattle restaurant critic and I used to buy the fat equals heart disease equation till I spent time in France. Europeans — and especially the French — eat much fattier foods than we do. Yet they are healthier, or at least not saddled with the fat and cholesterol epidemic we’re seeing in our culture. The difference is they exercise. It’s not formal bust your chops exercise: Europeans walk everywhere. They are more active.

Rather than banning trans fats (in markets where it’s not mandated by law) Starbucks should install treadmills and Stairmasters in its stores. Coffee and a half hour of cardio in the morning, along with your favorite treat. Start it in Seattle. It’ll catch on, just like Starbucks Coffee.

]]> By: John Carter http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-271481 John Carter Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:23:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-271481 You blame Starbucks? You're kidding, right, Jeff. Is there even a link between transfats and cholesterol? ...Lost the victim culture attitude and uncertain causality. Puhleeze. You blame Starbucks? You’re kidding, right, Jeff. Is there even a link between transfats and cholesterol? …Lost the victim culture attitude and uncertain causality. Puhleeze.

]]> By: skeletto http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-271334 skeletto Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:40:33 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/01/08/starblocks/#comment-271334 so is starbucks really evil !? ;) so is starbucks really evil !? ;)

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