Last night after a long busy day, I went to have dinner with my friends as I usually do. So we decided to meet up in Applebee’s just so I can have what I like to call “a portion of awesomeness”. The dish that I am going to describe as much as I possibly can it’s called “Florentine Ravioli with Chicken” in this restaurant. This plate combines roasted red peppers, red onions, spinach, and mushrooms, along with half- moon ravioli stuffed with spinach and ricotta cheese and sliced pieces of grilled chicken.
When I was eating this delicious combination of 1300 calories (a lot for one single dish), according to the nutritional information found in the restaurant’s website, I was thinking about this assignment and where all the ingredients used in the preparation of the dish came from. While looking at their website I came across with the fact that they are associated with a food distribution company named: Maines Paper and Food Service, Inc.
This company is one of the main suppliers for the restaurant. The Maines Paper and Food Service Company provide these restaurants with the ingredients they need for their recipes. They use a wide selection of local, organic food products. Their website does not go into the details of where, what place, what farm, etc. their products are really coming from. It could be anywhere around the country or the world. This company stores them in special warehouses that were constructed to manage some kind of environmental controls. According to their stated “mission”, this system guarantees a quick delivery of the products and also helps maintain food safety.
This whole system is pretty interesting to some extent. It proves how industrialized our nation is. It also demonstrates that the only place where you can really find fresh food is on your own dinner table; picked in the grocery store, prepared and cooked by you and sometimes that is not the best possible choice.
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