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'Bottlemania': A Book on Our Bottled Water Obsession and Eventual Disdain
I think you are being a little hard on the bottled water companies. Well ... some of them deserve to be completely obliterated but there is some really special water out there.
However, I cannot see the point if it is bottled in anything other than glass, since I always seem to smell the plastic (I have a hideously sensitive sense of smell).
I think it should be glass and I also think the glass should be dark green, the source organic and the shelf life rigidly imposed.
There is most certainly a difference in the water if you go to the source. The Sederberg waters - directly from the water source is something to sing about. The waters of Tasmania is something I will never forget (and I was only 18 at the time) and so there will be others.
I have tasted exquisite water in Italy - where I discovered my obsession with food was never going to die and the water from the Helderberg mountain in Somerset West and Hout Bay near the Cape is completely different from the Water in the City or surrounds. The water on top of Table Mountain tastes different to the water on the bottom of the mountain. Guess where the best is to be had?
So, if the water is bottled in dark green glass, bring it on. I will be the sucker that buys it.
But, the masses and masses of water, many produced from dead ordinary water should be checked. Unfortunately there are some places in Europe where the tap water can not be consumed and bottled water is a must. Don't condemn them - or drink the water at your own risk. And then - bottled water is convenient. Have you ever tried finding water on a busy Clifton, Bondi, Nice etc etc Beach? On Clifton Fourth you wait for hours just for the ice-cream man or stand in a massive queue for the little shop - too much trouble. On all the other Clifton Beaches you bring your own or suffer. In fact, South African beaches are very unspoilt and commercialisation has not reached them yet - so just bring on the bottled water please.
In Rome there are public fountains - and believe me, you CAN drink that water.
Hamburger Help in St. Petersburg, Russia!
I can only agree with Markbb - making your own & there are plenty of excellent recipes online (type in hamburger, spend half an hour pouring over them & you may just become one of those billionaires - or should I say burglionaire?
Cook the Book: Serves One
And in summer crayfish - pasta or salad or just plain grilled with loads of butter and garlic.
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Simon, I am never emotional except when it comes to my children and food. Supporting organic food production, economics and "politics" is not only to their long term advantage, it is also delicious - which is what food should be.
I wanted to weep when I saw your mail. I'm in total agreement and will go the organic route, cost what it costs ...............