Atlanta's Food Deserts

[Eddie Teach]

I told him ads over eight square feet are illegal in the U.S.,

[Sheilbh]

How weird. In London even the little corner shops carry fresh fruit and veg. It'll often be over-priced and verging on rotten, but it's there.

[Ideologue]

What is everyone's Goddamned hard-on about fresh fruits and vegetables?

[Ed Anger]

What is everyone's Goddamned hard-on about fresh fruits and vegetables?

You haven't had a banana in months, have you?

[The Larch]

They're good for you. (Tm)

[Ideologue]

What is everyone's Goddamned hard-on about fresh fruits and vegetables?

You haven't had a banana in months, have you?

Bananas are actually alright.  They're the one fruit that doesn't have a serious texture problem in an unprocessed state.

[Neil]

What is everyone's Goddamned hard-on about fresh fruits and vegetables?

Not only are they good for you, but they also make it easier to eat an appropriate amount of calories.

[The Larch]

What is everyone's Goddamned hard-on about fresh fruits and vegetables?

You haven't had a banana in months, have you?

Bananas are actually alright.  They're the one fruit that doesn't have a serious texture problem in an unprocessed state.

Texture problem?

[katmai]

You are such a fucking weirdo Ide

[Ideologue]

What is everyone's Goddamned hard-on about fresh fruits and vegetables?

Not only are they good for you, but they also make it easier to eat an appropriate amount of calories.

Well, that's good, but why not canned pears or pineapples?

Actually, pineapples are okay raw too.  Jalapenos also, if you count those (though they're still better pickled).

Texture problem?

Oh, yes.  Apples taste like apple-flavored cardboard.  Oranges like orange-flavored spiderwebs.  Grapes like plastic bags filled with grape juice.  And so forth.

[The Larch]

Texture problem?

Oh, yes.  Apples taste like apple-flavored cardboard.  Oranges like orange-flavored spiderwebs.  Grapes like plastic bags filled with grape juice.  And so forth.

What are you, 8?

[Syt]

[Neil]

What is everyone's Goddamned hard-on about fresh fruits and vegetables?

Not only are they good for you, but they also make it easier to eat an appropriate amount of calories.

Well, that's good, but why not canned pears or pineapples?

Because all the syrup isn't so good for you.

[Ideologue]

Texture problem?

Oh, yes.  Apples taste like apple-flavored cardboard.  Oranges like orange-flavored spiderwebs.  Grapes like plastic bags filled with grape juice.  And so forth.

What are you, 8?

Texture is an important part of the dining experience.  That's why some cuts of beef are considered better than others.  Anyway, relax.  I drink their juices, use their flavors; I merely deride their pulp.

[Ideologue]

What is everyone's Goddamned hard-on about fresh fruits and vegetables?

Not only are they good for you, but they also make it easier to eat an appropriate amount of calories.

Well, that's good, but why not canned pears or pineapples?

Because all the syrup isn't so good for you.

Next you'll tell me that putting mayonnaise and shredded cheddar cheese on them has its downsides too.