I am not saying that McDonalds is a recognisable image of Australia…I was being narky..however, to leave some information on McDonalds might make clear my remark which was satirical in nature.

My flatmate’s 7 year old doesnt know the words to Walzing Matilda, but can sing the Mcdonalds song and knows the current ad by heart.

‘In 1971 McDonald’s Australia opened its first restaurant at Yagoona in Sydney. Today there are over 760 McDonald’s restaurants across Australia serving approximately 1.45 million customers daily.’

Now to the fun bit!!!!

‘Our success is built on a foundation of personal and professional integrity. Hundreds of millions of people around the world trust the McDonald’s brand and we earn that trust every day by serving quality food that is safe to eat, respecting our customers and employees, and delivering outstanding quality, service, cleanliness and value (QSC&V).

We are a franchise business with more than two thirds of all restaurants owned and operated by small business men and women and we employ 75,000 people across Australia.’

I was vegeterian most of my life, and at the age of twenty I started eating meat. Now I’m very sensitive to emotional energy, and after eating meat for the first few times, I felt as if I was a caged animal with no will to live.

And thats what people build themselves on. But hey!
Its good for the goverement which wants lifeless drones with no will power as its citizens.

And not to mention sugar crazed children…

Brrr

As I write I confess I am eating chocolate given to me slightly in advance of my birthday. I hate chocolate. Of the classic ‘lifestyle’ addictions, I managed to quit cigarettes (one of the hardest achievements of my life, quite frankly); never had trouble with alcochol; and can take or leave coffee easily.

But chocolate? Damn, the stuff is evil. If I’m not around it I wont be tempted… but if people put it in my path then I turn into a ravening beast.

Hey! Maybe curing myself of this crappy problem could be my next little rune-magic-for-self-improvement project!

When I was a kid I had a nasty weight problem and I still have to be careful (even though people like pointing out that I’m thin now). I reckon if I lived in a properly DIY, organic lifestyle I wouldn’t have to struggle with this at all, though.

I guess that is the brilliant apothesosis of industrialised food – in modern Western culture you can be obese AND malnourished at the same time. I think that’s a pretty amazing achievement. So much for the inevitable march of progress…

H

I am overweight although I am 120 lbs lighter than I was 5 years ago. I will never be thin, but I do believe “crap in, crap out” is a pretty good rule of thumb. Gardening is a very Vanic thing (and something I should talk about more on my blog, yes) and is particularly useful now in the light of bad economy raising food prices, plus if agribiz didn’t already have serious problems now we’ve got “Frankenfood” (genetically modified food) to worry about.

If you like raw milk, try goat’s milk. OM NOM NOM.

-Siggy

I try really hard to convince fitness people of the logic of this approach all the time, and all I get are arguments. Henry presents the same philosophy to a bunch of Heathens and we get resounding agreement right off the bat. I wonder what that says about the intuitive intelligence of Heathens / Neo-Pagans compared to Californian gym-bunnies?

P.S. Golden Arches = MacDonald’s, but I’m not sure why that would be considered a recognizable image of Australia.

Here is a definition by some company who actually makes this stuff-

“Analog cheese is the broader category of substitute, imitation, alternative or processed cheese products made with dairy or non dairy proteins and alternative oils or dairy fat in place of milk solids.”

How shameless can they be? :-)

They continue to say that

“Examples are blends of natural cheese, analog cheese, zero cholesterol, low sodium, increased or decreased protein and lactose free. We can also alter melt points, shred ability, taste and color.

Another key advantage is reducing cost and giving price stability. Improved shelf life, chew, stretch and body can also be built into the product. To date we have over 200 operating formulas that have been designed to meet our customer’s needs.”

Thier motto is “We save dollars and solve problems. What can we do for you?”

Oh the chills it gives me!

Anyway, my parents prefer to eat that stuff instead of more traditional actaully cheese- cheese(*sigh* goat cheese…).
They say its less fatening and has less cholesterol. No matter what I say, I cant get them to eat Real cheese, which may be fat, but atleast has some nutrition in it.

Can someone explain me about the ‘Golden Arches’ thingie from Virginia’s reply?

A great read as always, Henry!