[munk-a]

I think it's a spectrum of realness rather than real or not real - I also really dislike the title of this article as it connotes stuff that isn't literally conveyed. Industrially produced food is what nearly all of us eat, our sausages, our kale, our milk... all produced on an industrial scale.

That said, I think I value food that has fewer steps in preparation as being "more real" so I'd prefer something like a meat and onion skillet to beef wellington or a clumped cream chicken pot pie.

[tptacek]

You're worried about industrially produced kale? Or is your point that everything is industrially produced because it has to be?

[munk-a]

Sorry to clarify - I'm not worried about industrially produced kale - but the kale you buy in the supermarket is industrially produced.

I think the title is terrible for choosing that specific word - I'd much prefer a title like "How Crisco Made Americans Believers in Artificial Food". And in actuality it's more of an issue of the government not preventing wholly unhealthy food from finding the wide markets they have.

[tptacek]

That makes sense! Sorry, I'm in a nitpicky state today.