Peer Review of Kirby's Blog Post 5

For Kirby's 5th Blog Post, she decided to prepare a meal for her family when she was home a few weeks earlier. She decided that she wanted to make spaghetti for her family. She went to the grocery store to get all of the ingredients and then she started to prepare her meal. She began by browning the beef in a pan and boiling a pot of water for the noodles. While those were cooking away, she melted the butter for the garlic bread and put the bread in the oven. After that the meat was brown and the water was boiling so she combined the tomatoes with the meat. She then prepared the salad and by the time that was done, the meal was ready to eat. When she ate the meal with her family, they had wonderful conversation and got to bond together as a family. Her mom helped her with the dishes and they had a great night.

Kirby concluded that she felt great about the experience because she got to prepare a special meal for her family and they got to enjoy each other's company. She agreed with Michael Pollan and notes that today's society is very focuses on getting a quick meal. She emphasizes the important of sitting down with family and enjoying a real, homemade meal. Kirby gives the example of her childhood as the meals they spend together being a very important time. i completely agree with her because I, myself, often choose convenience over quality. It's a huge problem with society today.

Peer Review of Jake's Blog Post 4

For the celebrity endorsement assignment, I decided to Review Jake Sweitzer's blog post about Tiger Woods. His article was regarding Tiger's contract with Pepsi/Gatorade before and after his "scandal". Jake says that Tiger is the greatest athlete of al time and that Pepsi/Gatorade was lucky to have him. He states that with Tiger on their team, they can increase their revenue and their reputation. He says that when consumers see Tiger drinking Gatorade, it makes them want to drink Gatorade, thus being more like him.

Jake goes on informing us that Tiger was dropped from his contract with Pepsi/Gatorade after he cheated on his wife and was publically humiliated in front of the entire nation. Jake says that this is a bad thing for Pepsi/Gatorade because they will probably lose money without Tiger on their side. I agree with this to some extent, but I can see why the company dropped him. He is seen as a "bad guy" to many Americans and many golf fans as well. They made a business decision and chose not to represent someone that should not be a role model. I agree with Pepsi/Gatorade's decision to drop Tiger from the endorsement ads because he should not be someone that children look up to. Only time will show us what decision the company should have made, but for now... I think it was the right one.

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Blog Post 5: Prepare a Meal

I was very excited for this assignment because I love to cook and I don’t often get the chance to make great meals, especially here in college. I wanted to make something healthy, yet hardy and delicious. I finally decided on making a salmon filet seasoned in Dijon mustard along side baked sweet potato fries seasoned with no salt spices and organic almond butter.

I bought all of the ingredients at the new Madison Market on University Square. The Salmon had already been deboned and was cut prior to my purchase. I began by chopping up the sweet potatoes into “fry-like” rectangles and placing them in a bowl of organic almond butter and a little extra spice. Then I placed the lightly coated potatoes onto a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 45 minutes. Next, I began on the salmon. I seasoned it with Dijon mustard only and instead of frying it, I decided to broil it in the lower oven. I served the salmon on a bed of organic greens lightly tossed in a vinagrette along side the crispy sweet potato fries.

The meal was absolutely delicious and I even felt like it may have been better than my dad’s salmon at home. I felt really good after the meal because I felt like it was a balanced dinner that was healthy and hardy and completely satisfying.

After reading Michael Pollan’s section about America accepting damaging foods labeled as “low fast” and “low cholesterol”, I agree with his view that this has been detrimental to the American diet. We have been told for so many years that “low fat” is better and “low carb” is necessary to lose weight, when in reality this is not true.

This article from ABC Health and Well Being, explains many of the ideas that Pollan was trying to get across. We need fats to survive, instead of choosing foods labeled “low fat”, we need to choose the good fats and place them into our diets. I completely agree with this because not very many people have gotten very far on a “low fat” or “low carb” diet.