Talk:Food

"Civit"?

"Civit" is a small wild feline - "Dinuguan" is pork blood stew. Is this what the author meant?

Terds —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.211.168.189 (talk) 20:25, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Introduction

I made a general summary of food as it relates to the world, which is consistent with the illustration and moved the other information to its own respective section. USchick (talk) 17:56, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Seriously

"Almost all foods are of plant or animal origin."

What are we omitting here, fungus?

I love mushrooms, but... seriously... is this sentence even needed? Aren't for all practical purposes ALL foods of plant or animal origin?

Would not mushrooms be considered a plant, here? In this context? We farm mushrooms... it's a relatively big business, in fact... you can buy mushrooms at practically any grocery store.

Is it the insects? Aren't they animals, too? Where do you draw the line?

Look, I'm not trying to be a jerk... this just doesn't sound right to me. I get that the modifying word "almost" can cover a lot of ground, but, gee whiz... shouldn't we then be more specific and include fungus, insects, or whatever the writer of this line intended to leave out by his/her use of the word "almost"? some people even eat food through their noses.

I have eaten "almost" everything considered edible. Including fungus (love it, for the most part) and insects (hate it, for the most part, probably a cultural bias).

Isn't "almost" almost (sorry) a "weasel word" in this context?

Look, I'm just, really, asking... if it ain't plant or animal, what is it, then? And why do we (or do we not) consider it "food"?

Personally, I think the lobster or crab is the epitome of this discussion... who would want to eat those things, if you saw them on a beach in pre-historic days? Honestly. I'd be afraid of them, I think. And their "meat" is liquid until you cook them. Yet I love lobster and crab, both, properly cooked and served. So what, exactly, is "almost" leaving out, and why?

Thanks. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.29.81.103 (talk) 05:53, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Some foods are of non-biological origins, such as salt. 62.194.142.107 (talk) 20:14, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

In Our Time

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About calorie map

That's not accurate. It's not right to think Africans consume the least; I'm Nigerian and I'll say we eat a lot of carbohydrates everyday. We should be in yellow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.255.33.134 (talk) 04:33, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Fast food

Why did we go from homemade food to fast food? It is healthier with homemade food and much cheaper, why?

http://swedish-recipes.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.28.168.225 (talk) 15:42, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Ralphlauren12421432, 22 November 2010

{{edit semi-protected}}

food is something that you it and it can be different FOR CULTURES MAN. Ralphlauren12421432 (talk) 19:31, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

 Not done The request is incomprehensibly incoherent. Please clarify what needs to be added or changed. Intelligentsium 22:04, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Removed sentence that didn't belong

I'm in the process of copy editing this article, and I just removed the sentence "One of the earliest food recipes made from ground chickpeas is called hummus, which can be traced back to Ancient Egypt." I removed it because it was in the middle of the "Food sources" section, stuck in a discussion about seeds. I'm posting it here because perhaps there is somewhere else in the article where it would make sense to have it.Spock of Vulcan (talk) 04:50, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

This page is all not true, if you are looking for recipies, you should try a different website perhaps!!!! If you don't you will loose your life,this may not happen, but it happened to my grandma!! So what I am saying is, TRY A DIFFERENT WEBSITE!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.112.176.146 (talk) 22:41, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Chronology of sections

This is how it looks like at the moment:

• 1 Food sources
• 1.1 Plants
• 1.2 Animals
• 2 Production
• 3 Cuisine preparation
• 3.1 Taste perception
• 3.2 Presentation
• 3.3 Contrast in texture
• 3.4 Contrast in taste
• 3.5 Food preparation
• 3.6 Restaurants
• 3.7 Food manufacture
• 4 Commercial trade
• 4.1 International exports and imports
• 4.2 Marketing and retailing
• 4.3 Prices
• 5 Waste
• 6 Famine and hunger
• 6.1 Preventing waste
• 6.2 Food aid
• 7 Safety
• 7.1 Allergies
• 8 Diet
• 8.1 Cultural and religious diets
• 8.2 Diet deficiencies
• 8.3 Moral, ethical, and health conscious diet
• 9 Nutrition and dietary problems
• 10 Legal definition
• 11 Types of food
• 12 See also
• 13 Notes
• 14 References
• 15 Further reading
• 16 External links

I think it would be more logical to have the arrangement like so

• 10 Legal definition --> MERGE WITH description
• 11 Types of food --> MERGE WITH 1 Food sources , 1.1 Plants, 1.2 Animals
• 2 Production
• 3 Cuisine preparation
• 3.1 Taste perception
• 3.2 Presentation
• 3.3 Contrast in texture
• 3.4 Contrast in taste
• 3.5 Food preparation
• 3.6 Restaurants
• 3.7 Food manufacture
• 8 Diet
• 8.1 Cultural and religious diets
• 8.2 Diet deficiencies
• 8.3 Moral, ethical, and health conscious diet
• 9 Nutrition and dietary problems
• 7.1 Allergies
• 5 Waste
• 6 Famine and hunger
• 6.1 Preventing waste
• 6.2 Food aid
• 4 Commercial trade
• 4.1 International exports and imports
• 4.2 Marketing and retailing
• 4.3 Prices
• 7 Safety
• 12 See also
• 13 Notes
• 14 References
• 15 Further reading
• 16 External links

A good article 216.249.56.20 (talk) 17:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)