Jamie Oliver Is On a Mission to Save America From Itself
British food celebrity Jamie Oliver has taken on a new mission. The NYT article headline says it all: “Putting America’s Diet on a Diet.”
So Jamie has a plan for America. He starts in Huntington, WVA, which serves a 15lb burger, as if this is at all representative of the US diet:
On his first day in Huntington, W. Va., Jamie Oliver spent the afternoon at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, pitching in to cook its signature 15-pound burger. That’s 10 pounds of meat, 5 pounds of custom-made bun, American cheese, tomatoes, onions, pickles, ketchup, mustard and mayo. Then he learned how to perfect the Home Wrecker, the eatery’s famous 15-inch, one-pound hot dog (boil first, then grill in butter). For the Home Wrecker Challenge, the dog gets 11 toppings, including chili sauce, jalapeños, liquid nacho cheese and coleslaw. Finish it in 12 minutes or less and you get a T-shirt.
Do you, like I, get a sense that Jamie has no idea about American food?
[Disclosure: I had a very negative experience with Jamie on a flight from DCA to West Palm B each when we were both in first class. He had two servant-like women around him and when the flight attendant very nicely asked him for his autograph he practically spitted at her, "No, and can you get lost." Wow.]
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