So did you watch the premiere? I caught up with it online and it was an absolutely fabulous show. I am so happy that something like this is on prime time TV. I was of course angry when the local radio guy tried to shame Jamie and said "we" (the town) don't want to eat lettuce. I get REALLY sick of hearing that argument. Whenever I talk about vegetarian foods or raw foods locally I get the .. I don't want lettuce line, as if that's all they can eat. Ugh.
I was also riled when the lunch lady gave him a hard time. I was flabbergasted when she looked at a list of ingredients 20 items long and refused to focus on anything but the first one. I also loved how Jamie pointed out that parents should be angry about this. He stated that he sees kids in impoverished areas of Africa eating better than American children and aren't we supposed to be the developed, wealthy country with all the advantages???
This is reality TV I can get behind, LOL. Jamie takes on the challenge of getting the kids eating fresh cooked meals in one week. The problem I saw on the first day is that they put his meals right next to meals of processed junk and let the kids decide what they wanted. Often they chose the processed stuff and the kids that did choose the healthier foods threw away much of it. They threw away apples for heaven's sake!! The lunch ladies gave him one of heck of a time to. They seemed to relish his failure and like it when kids chose to eat the bad foods. Seriously? It made me really angry that the head cook was elated to see kids choose junk. The same lady also called him a liar on several occasions. She made an ass of herself on national TV that's for sure. In the first episode my respect for Jamie grew by leaps and bounds and I was spitting mad as the school for being so dense. I would wager that same attitude is abundant in my own area too.
But it had many hilarious moments to, such as when Jamie went into a classroom dressed as a pea and none of the kids knew what he was!! And it has sad moments, such as when delicious looking food was tossed by the kids. It was just shocking, my kids would have devoured all of it. Throw away pasta or a salad??? Not in this house! It was also very sad when the parents of a child who went to that school during his elementary years find out that their son is pre-diabetic.
Mostly this show made me hungry though.. whatever it was that he and that teen boy made… I want it, minus the meat of course. It looked GOOD!!
Its an awesome show so far and I hope it sticks around because programming this good is rare.
Be sure to check out Jamie Oliver's food revolution book and Jamie's Dinners: The Essential Family Cookbook.
Did you see it? What did you think?
