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"0tterbot" <spl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Billy" <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> i said corn syrup is rare (not "nonexistent" :-) you would most
likely
> >> find
> >> it in im****ted processed things from time to time i think, but i
can't
> >> comment because i don't buy that sort of thing much - i think it's in
> >> nutella for example, is it not?
> > Oh god, have we screwed that up too?
>
> oh get over yourself!!!! <g> the u.s. is not the ruination of
civilisation
> everywhere ffs ;-) it doesn't have that much power.
Not everywhere, just where I eat. We have this Ile de France Brie
cheese, made in New Jersey and tastes like wax. The faux
croissants are either wonder bread in crescent shapes, or dripping
of oil (probably soy). Croissants that shatter into hundreds of
toasted shards with a center of airy french bread are rare and not
easily found. But having found one, Nutella, and Bonne Mamam are the
perfect condiments to serve with them, along with a strong cup of
coffee. (We call it French roast, the French call it Italian roast, and
the Italians call it coffee.)
No we haven't ruined it everywhere but most Americans never get a
chance to taste what real food can be. We get new combinations of
confected wheat, corn syrup and corn fractions, soy oil, and salt,
and it gets called, new and improved.
>
> Nutella was originally from France,
> > I think. The German counterpart is Nussnugat. We have already screwed
up
> > croissants and turned them into bread crescents.
>
> see above. nice croissants are available worldwide (3 cheers for the
> french!). of course it is laughable that americans call them crescents,
but
> then, it doesn't keep me (or the french) up at night.
>
> >> processed australian food has cane sugar in it, as a rule (i buy as
> >> locally
> >> as is reasonable, so i do know that! ... is this a bad time to
confess
> >> i've
> >> been known to buy french mustard & french jam? ;-)
> > Hard to beat Bonne Mamam and real Dijon mustard can knock your nose
off
> > and bring tears to your eyes. Both are good eats ;-))
>
> c'est ça, exactement. i don't have a greenhouse problem with little
im****ted
> treats from time to time if it's something really GOOD. new zealand does
> dairy very, very well & it's hard to know what to do sometimes which
would
> be the "right" thing. sigh! it is a curse to be informed, sometimes.
I know. Can't see the forest for the trees. Too many divergent opinions.
>
> > McDonads in Germany is better than the stomach wadding that they fob
off
> > on us here. Tasted like real meat but then again it was Germany.
Classic
> > American taste is no taste at all. Hold over from Puritan times I
think.
> > If it tasted good or pleased the flesh, it must be sinful because it
> > distracts from our spiritual mission on Earth, which is to burn and
kill
> > the witches and heathen.
>
> also beware of *** - i have it on good authority that it may lead to
> DANCING.
One good sweat deserves another.
You may like the Japanese DVD "Shall We Dance?"
>
> > Thanks for leaving the question, I'd forgotten that I had asked one.
> > Here, in 'Merica, prepared foods usually list their ingredients in
order
> > of quantity from greatest to least.
>
> yes, that is the standard practice. on a take-away product, though, that
> doesn't apply for some reason (for one thing, it's hardly practical).
Same here, restaurants and fast food vendors never tell you what your
eating. A salad can have more calories than a 1/4 lb. hamburger with
cheese.
>
> Water, and corn syrup are often
> > among the first ingredients.
>
> for an equivalent here, that would be water & cane sugar. but at the end
of
> the day, if you're eating loads of sugar or loads of corn syrup, it's
> probably an equally bad idea, really. however, i choose lovely sugar
over
> creepy aspartame every time :-)
One of the problems with corn syrup is that it doesn't satiate.
You don't know that you've had enough. I would probably take the
admittedly creepy aspartame over corn syrup. But then that is a
lot like our election, choosing the least bad. I'm going to vote
for some third party candidate because the Democrat will take
California anyway, and to assure that a third party gets federal
funds to stay viable. The Republicrats are an op****tunistic
embarrassment.
> kylie
Thanks for the "chin wag".
--
Billy
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