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Skriven 2014-09-16 20:00:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: odd food & cheaters 9
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 09-12-14  10:14 <=-

 NB>> Again, de gustibus, as you say...  ;)  While I'm not keen on all
 NB>> molds, blue cheese in most if not all forms has always been something
 NB>> good AFAIAC...
 ML> As I've tried it in many forms and many more than the
 ML> 8 canonic times, I feel quite justified in saying UGH!

I'll gladly eat your portion... ;)

 NB>> I rather prefer raw zucchini to raw cucumber on a raw
 NB>> veggie platter, as it burps back much less at me...
 ML> On a raw veggie platter, God forbid I should encounter
 ML> one, I will pick out carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes, and
 ML> broccoli (even though this last has its share of digestive
 ML> effects).

They tend to be rather ubiquitous at buffets... I tend to pick and
choose carefully myself when confronted with one... ;)

 NB>> And canned sardines hark back to childhood Sunday suppers for me,
 NB>> in a pleasurable manner...
 ML> My feelings about them are similar to those evinced in
 ML> F. Anstey's comic novel Vice Versa. I don't remember the
 ML> exact words, but they included "grim," "headless," and
 ML> "bilious green oil." I, who love most fats, am repulsed
 ML> most by this last: I, who used to drink the juice from
 ML> canned smoked oysters.

I only do the packed in mustard nowadays... the "bilious green oil"
doesn't do anything (good) for me, either...  :)  Daddy used to serve
them in small pieces on saltine crackers, I tend to use Wheat Thins to
eat them out of the can... ;)

 ML>> saying something is "free" or claiming that it has
 ML>> 0 g can mean up to 0.5 g of it per serving. The mind
 ML>> races to some really unsavory ideas at that.
 NB>> Yeah... I find that rather dishonest, along with certain other
 NB>> adulterants that don't always have to be listed in the ingredients
 NB>> lists of certain foods...
 ML> It seems unfair, doesn't it. But it just reflects
 ML> standard shortcut thinking, without which not much
 ML> thinking at all would be done.

Sad to say....

 NB>> One can somewhat come up with reasonable
 NB>> sounding reasons for some of it, but that doesn't exactly make it any
 NB>> more palatable... pun somewhat intended...  ;0
 ML> And there's the commonsense aspect, which can't be
 ML> legislated and the lack of which is exploited so
 ML> often to the benefit of agribusiness and the detriment
 ML> of just about everybody else.

I have heard/read talk of making certain of those not-quite-honest
standards a little tighter... especially as it doesn't take too many of
those not-quite 0.5g amounts to make up the over 1.1g that is deemed
hazardous to consume daily...  

ttyl       neb

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