When I was studying...wayyyyyy back in the dim mists of time.....I took an environment unit that, instead of the science based unit it appeared to be, was largely based around power discourses. I offended a LOT of people on the course by saying that whilst I think all animals are great, why on earth were we spending so much money and time on the animals based upon whether they made good cuddly toys or not. Detrivores are more useful to us than Pandas. Bumblebees are of more use to us than Honey Bees. Earthworms are of more use to us than Tigers.
Apparently, linked to that is Deep Green environmentalism. Which seemed to pretty much mean 'the planet will be fine as long as we don't blow it up. WE might not be fine, the animals that currently live here would mostly be better off without us at least initially (farm animals wouldn't, but they've been bred to be as useless as possible in a wild situation anyhow), but if we concentrated our efforts upon reducing the permanent damage to the environment, when we do finally manage to kill ourselves off, there'll be more things with a fighting chance able to survive and evolve' or, as I put it 'Humans are tit.'
Bog standard greasy spoon or B&B technique. Means they're cooked and hot, keep them in a metal tub throughout the morning, drain into a frying pan.
) in the lead up to the tin can cookbook, promising that they'd be included....then, surprise surprise, the book was released with no sign of a recipe for Hasselback tinned potatoes. Possibly because it DIDN'T 
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