I don't believe it

[RpgGamer]

soo...Americans aren't so stupid?

Of course we'll ace the food quiz. It's what we do best - EAT :D

[Omar]

Aced it. Runescape saved me on the second question.

 

You'd be surprised how much the general population doesn't know about where their food comes from.

Speaking of which, can someone go grab a bottle of ketchup from their fridge and list me the ingredients? Food, Inc. (brilliant movie) claimed it was made with corn as a substitute for tomatoes.

[Ouchy]

3/3. I'm a vegetarian, always have been, and even I know where bacon comes from. Eggs can be used in bread, but aren't necessary. The oats question, in my opinion, was a no brainer.

 

Being vegetarian has nothing to do with these questions. . . They are all common sense.

 

Harrinator1: Depends on the quality of the tomato sauce. Cheap crap probably does, yet the higher quality stuff, and the home-made stuff that my dad makes just has tomato in it.

[indy500fan]

Are you sure you aren't just thinking of the corn syrup in ketchup?

[Lenticular_J]

You'd be surprised how much the general population doesn't know about where their food comes from.

Speaking of which, can someone go grab a bottle of ketchup from their fridge and list me the ingredients? Food, Inc. (brilliant movie) claimed it was made with corn as a substitute for tomatoes.

Small store brands might, but larger brands such as Heinz use tomatoes. Ketchup is really just tomato sauce and vinegar.

[warri0r45]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742/new-poll-gauges-americans-general-knowledge-levels.aspx

 

It's not that surprising that a significant number of people don't know where bacon comes from. A lot of people don't know that the earth revolves around the sun, either.

[Omar]

Are you sure you aren't just thinking of the corn syrup in ketchup?

 

Further research shows high fructose corn syrups (sugar molecules and various explanations) are used to sweeten, being 75% sweeter than sucrose (table sugar) and cheaper, and are made from hydrolyzed corn starches (not really natural, it's the same process your stomach uses to digest food). Your body does not process it the same way it processes sucrose: more calories, makes you feel hungrier (Article about HFCS).

 

If you consider Wikianswers a reliable source, then Heinz ketchup contains both corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup.

 

So I guess that's what they meant about ketchup containing corn.

[indy500fan]

Yep you have to get a special slightly more expensive ketchup to get it made with sugar rather than corn syrup, which I try to do whenever possible for any food. It sucks having to check labels all the time while shopping but you can generally find an item with sugar rather than corn syrup if you are willing to pay a little more.

[____]

A better survey would've been to ask where chips/crisps/etc come from. Although the egg Q is rather nasty since people who don't cook much probably wouldn't know the answer to it.

[i_love_burritos]

3/3. I'm a vegetarian, always have been, and even I know where bacon comes from. Eggs can be used in bread, but aren't necessary. The oats question, in my opinion, was a no brainer.

 

Being vegetarian has nothing to do with these questions. . . They are all common sense.

 

You misunderstood. "goldbaloney" was saying that even he knew where bacon comes from despite not eating meat. Hence if someone who doesn't eat meat knows where bacon comes from, a meat eater certainly should.

[JoeDaStudd]

Wow more posts then I was expecting which is great.

The bacon one is a bit nasty as I've seen a lot turkey, chicken and beef bacon in Muslim countries.

 

The results are a lot better then I was expecting but the few which are wrong are still amusing me.

 

If only you could do a full 10 question general knowledge poll using the forum polls.

[Returned3]

I admit I got the last question wrong.

 

Feel free to laugh at my expense

[archimage_a]

What do we expect from a generation that watches TV rather than communicates with their parents...TV shows can't substitute good parenting because kids want to ask questions and do ask questions...but when the extent of their knowladge is almost entirely false:

Not only false but introduces ideas that are counter productive, it stands to reason that common knowladge and society in general is going to suffer.

 

 

As for the questions themselves. Eggs was the easiest, since I and my mum bake a lot of bread. The Bacon one was probably from asking her at some point, otherwise just generally the taste is different from chicken or beef or mutton....The oat one made me think for a second, but was obvouisly not from a tree since oats are nothing like apples or oranges...or horsechest nuts, or even the funny glider things.

 

Though I suppose people thought you mined Syrup from the ground for quite a long time...and you ate bannanas whole(Skins on) so general ignorance is nothing new.

[Romy]

Well, I bet most of you did not know that Marshmellos are made of fish bones...

 

 

I don't think people should be judged for not knowing what they eat, but rather for their lack of common sense.

[Danqazmlp]

Well i think the main problem in the modern day is not the children it is the parents not teaching common knowledge. I know a lot of my 'common sense' thoughts come from things I had asked my parents as a child. I won't go into detail, as my criticisms of the modern parents could take a whole thread by itself.

 

I knew the bacon one through the above means.

 

Eggs i actually didn't know and got wrong (i voted yes). The reason was because my parents have a bread making machine. It has not been used for 4+ years, so i couldn't remember whether we used eggs in it or not.

 

The oats one I knew easily as I live slap bang in the middle of a field which rotates year by year between potatoes and corn. This has lead me to ask my parents various questions about farming during my early years of sitting at the window watching tractors plough the fields etc. (Plus my uncle is a Farmer)

[Zierro]

Call me crazy but if you don't know where something comes from then I don't think you should really be eating it.

 

Haha, why?

 

I don't think it's that big of a deal. Unless they were to actually make those foods, it's just useless information.

 

PS: I learned how to make bread from Runescape too. And I also learned that steel derives from iron.

[archimage_a]

I blame feminism...and the lack of idiot males(go me) to stay at home while the woman/other guy/guys/women works.

The old, pre-feminist, system wasn't good, but at least children got educated by someone...Should have taken away the freedom of men to work rather than given freedom to both...Since now the freedom not to work has been taken away from both, thus even if the man(in my case) would rather like the idea of staying home and looking after the house/kids/whatever, they can't.

 

Actually mum said something quiet interesting the other day....People seem to think Coffee gives your more energy.

Coffee doesn't(Just so you know) but people think it does and then don't understand why they are still tired...Or all the energy drinks, which was her main example, they don't give you extra energy they just borrow it from the future.

On a mildly related note Americans take too many pills. When one of my American friends came over she took this 'Five hour energy shot' thing, after staying awake for god knows how long, and fell asleep...It can't be good when your body is that exausted. It also underlines the problem, since, when she woke up, she couldn't understand why she had fallen asleep because the bottle/packet/whatever said 'Five hours extra energy'.

Then we had an argument because she was sure that it gave her extra energy, where as I said it borrowed energy from the future, which she refuted by pointing at the bottle...

 

People are just suckered in by the omissions made by the companies...and no one puts them right because no one knows they have got it wrong...

[Zierro]

People are just suckered in by the omissions made by the companies...and no one puts them right because no one knows they have got it wrong...

 

That's the number one thing I learned in my marketing class: Fool the customer into thinking you're selling something better than what it really is. I never did get why they taught those kinds of morals in school. :blink:

[The Observer]

How in the world could they get that idea?

[archimage_a]

I guess because they believe in them...

Its known as the 5% principle.

http://www.relfe.com/plus_5_.html

 

Key points-

Since none of you can agree, I suggest you obtain the number you require from me. There will be no limit, except for your ability to repay. The more you obtain, the more you must repay in one year's time. "And what will you receive?" the people asked.

 

"Since I am providing a service, that is, the money supply, I am entitled to payment for my work. Let us say that for every 100 pieces you obtain, you repay me 105 for every year that you owe the debt. The 5 will be my charge, and I shall call this charge interest."

 

At the end of the year, Fabian left his shop and visited all the people who owed him money. Some had more than they borrowed, but this meant that others had less, since there were only a certain number of coins issued in the first place. Those who had more than they borrowed paid back each 100 plus the extra 5, but still had to borrow again to carry on.

 

One day a thoughtful man went to see Fabian. "This interest charge is wrong", he said. "For every $100 you issue, you are asking $105 in return. The extra $5 can never be paid since it doesn't exist.

 

Thus people need to sell 'nothing' to pay back the money they borrowed on providing 'something'

Its only a tiny step up from cutting out the 'providing something' and just providing 'nothing' and getting rich off that...Everyone else gets poorer because they are wasting money on something that isn't useful, rather than something that is useful...and so more nothing needs to be sold because the budern of debt just drops to the next level.

 

 

 

It all comes from the idea that you can 'make money' you can't 'make money' because making something requires you to create something... You are not creating money, you are just moving it about...and now we arn't even creating goods...we are just 'making money'

Newspeak anyone?

[Hawks]

3/3. I had to think about the bread one for a moment, and it occurred to me that... Meh, my thought process:

What about tortillas? You don't put eggs in them. Do they count as bread?

Hmm. If it's wrong I'm arguing that point... Then find a recipe...

 

So I assumed that the general opinion of the public was that yes, bread requires eggs. Then I thought and decided that it being TIF and also that the general public is stupid, that the answer's probably no.

 

That video you posted was disturbing Archi.

[archimage_a]

Children's TV for you...

[JoeDaStudd]

Well, I bet most of you did not know that Marshmellos are made of fish bones...

 

 

I don't think people should be judged for not knowing what they eat, but rather for their lack of common sense.

Your talking about gelatin which is made from bone and hide right?

Same thing which is in a lot of name brand sweets like Haribo and pretty much in all jelli/gelo food products.

 

 

I don't think it's that big of a deal. Unless they were to actually make those foods, it's just useless information.

I'm a big believer if your not willing to get it yourself (in the case of animals kill and butcher) then you shouldn't be allowed to eat it.

I'm a vegetarian for that reason as well as being extremely against animal cruelty.

 

I've seen people vomit or completely disregard me when I've told them the bag of haribo there eating is mainly bones and hides. I was more amazed when people who I'd seen eating lots of pork in the past suddenly refuse to even go near a hog roast, yes they refused to eat it because it had a head and looked like a pig :blink:

 

People always forget that that chicken fillet came from a chicken which was living at one point, that sausage is random parts of a pig wrapped in intestine and that burger was once a cow in a field.

If you can't bare to kill the animal yourself, but still eat it then your one hell of a hypocrite who doesn't deserve to eat the meat.

[Riku3220]

Well, I bet most of you did not know that Marshmellos are made of fish bones...

 

 

I don't think people should be judged for not knowing what they eat, but rather for their lack of common sense.

Your talking about gelatin which is made from bone and hide right?

Same thing which is in a lot of name brand sweets like Haribo and pretty much in all jelli/gelo food products.

 

 

I don't think it's that big of a deal. Unless they were to actually make those foods, it's just useless information.

I'm a big believer if your not willing to get it yourself (in the case of animals kill and butcher) then you shouldn't be allowed to eat it.

I'm a vegetarian for that reason as well as being extremely against animal cruelty.

 

I've seen people vomit or completely disregard me when I've told them the bag of haribo there eating is mainly bones and hides. I was more amazed when people who I'd seen eating lots of pork in the past suddenly refuse to even go near a hog roast, yes they refused to eat it because it had a head and looked like a pig :blink:

 

People always forget that that chicken fillet came from a chicken which was living at one point, that sausage is random parts of a pig wrapped in intestine and that burger was once a cow in a field.

If you can't bare to kill the animal yourself, but still eat it then your one hell of a hypocrite who doesn't deserve to eat the meat.

So what about you? Are you planning on growing all of your fruits and vegatables and grains?

[warri0r45]

If you can't bare to kill the animal yourself, but still eat it then your one hell of a hypocrite who doesn't deserve to eat the meat.

 

How does not wanting to kill what you eat make you a hypocrite? It's like saying you're a hypocrite if you get surgery but aren't willing to perform it yourself.

 

On the topic of where food comes from, I'll eat anything if it tastes good (and wont kill me), regardless of where it comes from.