Oven vs Pan
When I met Christian Reynolds, a researcher and expert on sustainable diets, he was quite a fan of the Fork Ranger book (best compliment I could wish for). But he had one critical remark: it contains a lot of oven recipes. He mentioned this because cooking food in the oven requires a lot more energy - and therefore CO2 - than cooking things in a pan. But how much should we worry about this? We looked for some research and found an interesting article where researchers analyzed different cooking methods for lots of different products. And guess who also worked on this article? Our friend Christian Reynolds! The interesting part is that they also showed the overall carbon footprint of each food. As you can see, pork has a much higher footprint than potatoes, regardless of how you cook it. So it’s not very useful to worry about the energy use of cooking when you still eat a lot of meat. But the less meat you eat, the bigger role of the oven becomes. Potatoes from the oven have twice the climate impact compared to frying them in the pan. So, should we stop using the oven? At Fork Ranger we try to look for the behavior changes that make the biggest impact, and where behavior change is necessary. For example, we cannot get to a sustainable world without some changes in what we eat and how often we buy new clothes. But for ovens we can say that at some point, the energy for the oven will be renewable. So behavior change is a less critical factor to get to a sustainable level. That doesn’t give us the excuse to ignore the high energy use of the oven. But it’s not very useful for the average citizen to feel guilty about it. Overall, it’s the amount of animal products in your diet that determines the environmental impact of your food. Personally I mostly cook without the oven, but I have to be honest that it’s because oven recipes usually take longer… 🙂 Source: Reynolds et al. (2020). Impacts of home cooking methods and appliances on the GHG emissions of food. Nature Food, 1(12), 787-791. #sustainablefood #sustainablefoods #lessmeat #plantbasedprotein #climateactionnow #climateaction #eatmoreplants
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forkranger
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Food & Drink
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Oven vs Pan
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When I met Christian Reynolds, a researcher and expert on sustainable diets, he was quite a fan of the Fork Ranger book (best compliment I could wish for). But he had one critical remark: it contains a lot of oven recipes. He mentioned this because cooking food in the oven requires a lot more energy - and therefore CO2 - than cooking things in a pan. But how much should we worry about this? We looked for some research and found an interesting article where researchers analyzed different cooking methods for lots of different products. And guess who also worked on this article? Our friend Christian Reynolds! The interesting part is that they also showed the overall carbon footprint of each food. As you can see, pork has a much higher footprint than potatoes, regardless of how you cook it. So it’s not very useful to worry about the energy use of cooking when you still eat a lot of meat. But the less meat you eat, the bigger role of the oven becomes. Potatoes from the oven have twice the climate impact compared to frying them in the pan. So, should we stop using the oven? At Fork Ranger we try to look for the behavior changes that make the biggest impact, and where behavior change is necessary. For example, we cannot get to a sustainable world without some changes in what we eat and how often we buy new clothes. But for ovens we can say that at some point, the energy for the oven will be renewable. So behavior change is a less critical factor to get to a sustainable level. That doesn’t give us the excuse to ignore the high energy use of the oven. But it’s not very useful for the average citizen to feel guilty about it. Overall, it’s the amount of animal products in your diet that determines the environmental impact of your food. Personally I mostly cook without the oven, but I have to be honest that it’s because oven recipes usually take longer… 🙂 Source: Reynolds et al. (2020). Impacts of home cooking methods and appliances on the GHG emissions of food. Nature Food, 1(12), 787-791. #sustainablefood #sustainablefoods #lessmeat #plantbasedprotein #climateactionnow #climateaction #eatmoreplants
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Generate a caption for a tiktok video with the following parameters:
## Username
forkranger
## Main Category
Food & Drink
## Sub Category
Cooking Tutorials
## Hook
Oven vs Pan
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## Caption
When I met Christian Reynolds, a researcher and expert on sustainable diets, he was quite a fan of the Fork Ranger book (best compliment I could wish for). But he had one critical remark: it contains a lot of oven recipes. He mentioned this because cooking food in the oven requires a lot more energy - and therefore CO2 - than cooking things in a pan. But how much should we worry about this? We looked for some research and found an interesting article where researchers analyzed different cooking methods for lots of different products. And guess who also worked on this article? Our friend Christian Reynolds! The interesting part is that they also showed the overall carbon footprint of each food. As you can see, pork has a much higher footprint than potatoes, regardless of how you cook it. So it’s not very useful to worry about the energy use of cooking when you still eat a lot of meat. But the less meat you eat, the bigger role of the oven becomes. Potatoes from the oven have twice the climate impact compared to frying them in the pan. So, should we stop using the oven? At Fork Ranger we try to look for the behavior changes that make the biggest impact, and where behavior change is necessary. For example, we cannot get to a sustainable world without some changes in what we eat and how often we buy new clothes. But for ovens we can say that at some point, the energy for the oven will be renewable. So behavior change is a less critical factor to get to a sustainable level. That doesn’t give us the excuse to ignore the high energy use of the oven. But it’s not very useful for the average citizen to feel guilty about it. Overall, it’s the amount of animal products in your diet that determines the environmental impact of your food. Personally I mostly cook without the oven, but I have to be honest that it’s because oven recipes usually take longer… 🙂 Source: Reynolds et al. (2020). Impacts of home cooking methods and appliances on the GHG emissions of food. Nature Food, 1(12), 787-791. #sustainablefood #sustainablefoods #lessmeat #plantbasedprotein #climateactionnow #climateaction #eatmoreplants
user
Generate a hook for a tiktok video with the following parameters:
## Username
forkranger
## Main Category
Food & Drink
## Sub Category
Cooking Tutorials
## Caption
When I met Christian Reynolds, a researcher and expert on sustainable diets, he was quite a fan of the Fork Ranger book (best compliment I could wish for). But he had one critical remark: it contains a lot of oven recipes. He mentioned this because cooking food in the oven requires a lot more energy - and therefore CO2 - than cooking things in a pan. But how much should we worry about this? We looked for some research and found an interesting article where researchers analyzed different cooking methods for lots of different products. And guess who also worked on this article? Our friend Christian Reynolds! The interesting part is that they also showed the overall carbon footprint of each food. As you can see, pork has a much higher footprint than potatoes, regardless of how you cook it. So it’s not very useful to worry about the energy use of cooking when you still eat a lot of meat. But the less meat you eat, the bigger role of the oven becomes. Potatoes from the oven have twice the climate impact compared to frying them in the pan. So, should we stop using the oven? At Fork Ranger we try to look for the behavior changes that make the biggest impact, and where behavior change is necessary. For example, we cannot get to a sustainable world without some changes in what we eat and how often we buy new clothes. But for ovens we can say that at some point, the energy for the oven will be renewable. So behavior change is a less critical factor to get to a sustainable level. That doesn’t give us the excuse to ignore the high energy use of the oven. But it’s not very useful for the average citizen to feel guilty about it. Overall, it’s the amount of animal products in your diet that determines the environmental impact of your food. Personally I mostly cook without the oven, but I have to be honest that it’s because oven recipes usually take longer… 🙂 Source: Reynolds et al. (2020). Impacts of home cooking methods and appliances on the GHG emissions of food. Nature Food, 1(12), 787-791. #sustainablefood #sustainablefoods #lessmeat #plantbasedprotein #climateactionnow #climateaction #eatmoreplants
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Oven vs Pan