Food with Attitude!

Wood pulp as fiber in bread:
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We sit at a table delightfully spread,
And teeming with good things to eat,
And daintily finger the cream-tinted bread,
Just needing to make it complete
A film of the butter so yellow and sweet,
Well suited to make every minute
A dread of delight.

And yet while we eat
We cannot help asking “What’s in it?
Oh, maybe this bread contains alum and chalk,
Or sawdust chopped up very fine,
Or gypsum in powder about which they talk,
Terra alba just out of the mine.

And our faith in the butter is apt to be weak,
For we haven’t a good place to pin it
Annato’s so yellow and beef fat so sleek,
Oh, I wish I could know what is in it?”

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One of those additives the FDA had to regulate? Cellulose, a plant fiber often taken from wood. Cellulose was “Generally Recognized As Safe” by the FDA in 1973, and it’s in a lot of food. You can tell because every few years one publication or another publishes a story along the lines of “Did you know there’s wood pulp in … ?” Burgers, tacos, cheese, ice cream! And, of course, bread.


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A mortality cohort study was undertaken among Polish pulp and paper workers. This paper concentrates on neoplasms mortality among men and women employed continuously for at least one year in the factory producing sulphate pulp, paper board and paper products. A retrospective observation carried out till 31 December 1995 covered 10,460 workers employed during the years 1968-1990. The cohort accessibility was 99%. Cancer risk was evaluated on the basis of standardized mortality ratio (SMR) calculated according to the person-years method.

Wood pulp as fiber in bread:
[link to www.nytimes.com (secure)]

We sit at a table delightfully spread,
And teeming with good things to eat,
And daintily finger the cream-tinted bread,
Just needing to make it complete
A film of the butter so yellow and sweet,
Well suited to make every minute
A dread of delight.

And yet while we eat
We cannot help asking “What’s in it?
Oh, maybe this bread contains alum and chalk,
Or sawdust chopped up very fine,
Or gypsum in powder about which they talk,
Terra alba just out of the mine.

And our faith in the butter is apt to be weak,
For we haven’t a good place to pin it
Annato’s so yellow and beef fat so sleek,
Oh, I wish I could know what is in it?”

[link to www.cornucopia.org (secure)]

One of those additives the FDA had to regulate? Cellulose, a plant fiber often taken from wood. Cellulose was “Generally Recognized As Safe” by the FDA in 1973, and it’s in a lot of food. You can tell because every few years one publication or another publishes a story along the lines of “Did you know there’s wood pulp in … ?” Burgers, tacos, cheese, ice cream! And, of course, bread.


[link to pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (secure)]

A mortality cohort study was undertaken among Polish pulp and paper workers. This paper concentrates on neoplasms mortality among men and women employed continuously for at least one year in the factory producing sulphate pulp, paper board and paper products. A retrospective observation carried out till 31 December 1995 covered 10,460 workers employed during the years 1968-1990. The cohort accessibility was 99%. Cancer risk was evaluated on the basis of standardized mortality ratio (SMR) calculated according to the person-years method.

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A Christmas Day butter heist in Ontario is not the first time in history that sticky fingers have made off with the high-priced dairy product
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Butter is about $5.50 a lb here.

Imagine a man writing "So... soft at room temperature is a good thing then?"

I can't imagine.

My boy--I miss him so much.

https://imgur.com/a/gAZ0Vlf

going to post this in the threads I frequent, so apologies if you see it again....

My boy--I miss him so much.

https://imgur.com/a/gAZ0Vlf

going to post this in the threads I frequent, so apologies if you see it again....

:red_heart:

Warning for our AC friend who hates paper plates...

Grilled chicken salad with hardboiled egg, green bell peppers, kalamata olives and red wine vinegar/olive oil for dressing. :)

This is Nef's plate. Can't see much beneath the chicken lol.

https://imgur.com/RC6Nbmz

GRILLL CHEEEZZZEEE SAMMMICH FOOODIES FO LIFE

Son's GF baked chicken in some kind of BBQ sauce, instant mashed potatoes, & corn.

https://imgur.com/G9TJrWf

Pepperidge Farms lemon cake for dessert

https://imgur.com/sXh40Ay

Good morning all.

Trapped at the old house while Mrs. is trapped at the new home behind the first blizzard / storm / shiat Wx of the year.

At least I have food and carried the AT&T WiFi and my laptop here; Mrs. has the Hughes at our new place.

There is food enough to prevent my immediate demise.

When are the movers coming? I thought it was today?

Good morning all.

Trapped at the old house while Mrs. is trapped at the new home behind the first blizzard / storm / shiat Wx of the year.

At least I have food and carried the AT&T WiFi and my laptop here; Mrs. has the Hughes at our new place.

There is food enough to prevent my immediate demise.

Spice cake with cream cheese icing. It was a box mix but it's pretty good!

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That's all you need man. Food & GLP. And heat.

Hey peeps! How yall doin? Holidays cooking was awesome fun, but still a bit exhausting, keeping up with cleaning cookware and dishes, and I always worry about whether or not my food tastes great. Luckily it always does, and I think that's just because when you put love into your food it will always be great.

So, not making torillas tonight, just guac, pico, and taco meat. Son loves that, but he also loves flour torillas, nothing wrong with that I guess. I'd order out but he likes that I cook for him. About 99.9% sure his ma doesn't do that, well, that was random and irrelevant. Hope you all have great suppers tonight! Peace.

Since I'm alone I have the heat set at 80F !

:56g:

We love these microwave Vanilla Mug cakes in a bowl.
Hub puts the chocolate syrup on.

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Since I'm alone I have the heat set at 80F !