Archive for the 'food' Category
Since the FAO’s report in April 2006 tens of thousands of farmers have switched from food to fuel production to reduce US dependence on foreign oil. Spurred by generous subsidies and an EU commitment to increase the use of biofuels to counter climate change, at least 8m hectares (20m acres) of maize, wheat, soya and other crops which once provided animal feed and food have been taken out of production in the US.
Seems to me that every time the .gov gets involved in something it turns to sh*t.
Thanks to bio-fuel subsidies the price of my bagel keeps going up how much does that suck?
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May everyone’s turkey be, um, delicious.
Ahha, yes delicious, delicious diethylene glycol.
Calling the FDA warning “unscientific, irresponsible and contradictory,” China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement posted on its Web site late Saturday that low levels of the chemical have been deemed safe for consumption.
The FDA increased its scrutiny of toothpaste made in China because of reports that the products may contain diethylene glycol, a thickening agent used as a low-cost - but frequently deadly - substitute for glycerin, a sweetener commonly used in drugs.
The agency was not aware of any poisoning but found toothpaste with the chemical in a shipment at the U.S. border and at two bargain retail stores, a Dollar Plus in Miami and a Todo A Peso in Puerto Rico.
Yet another reason to avoid foodstuffs from China. And it’s not going to get any easier to do
A California company on Thursday recalled thousands of pounds of frozen fish from China after two people in Chicago became ill from eating what may have been toxic pufferfish, officials said.
The fish was labeled monkfish, but federal officials found life-threatening levels of tetrodotoxin in the fish. The toxin is typically associated with pufferfish.
Reason #32769 why I don’t buy food products that are from China.
The pufferfish poison “is really one of the most toxic things that you can find in food,” said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “It really illustrates the weakness in the U.S. program for overseeing imports.”
Tam’s got a post on (drumroll) THE BEST STEAK EVAR! Which got me thinking about the best steak I ever had. It was the end of August 1997, Princess Di was days away from cementing her place in tabloid history, and the ‘lil woman and I were in San Diego. Well, actually we’d left the country for some well deserved R&R south of the border. No not that sh*thole TJ but down Ensenada way. Not actually in Ensenada but just north in Rosarito Beach at a little place called La Fonda.
The steak, I was informed, was raised by the Ukranian / American / Mexican / Canadian owner in the pasture across the highway and was fed a diet of only grass and grain.
It was slaughtered just that morning for the evenings service.
I literally cut it with my fork.
It was un-fscking-believable.
Unfortunately it looks like Dmytriw (the owner) has since sold out and moved on.
But, like all great things, the memories are there forever.