Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting story. But I have to tell you, Craig, that Peeps are not poultry! ;-) But yes, practices differ. Find a place to buy meat that comes from a small, fastidious facility. Often times the best meats one can buy are from a kosher butcher, since kosher practices are good for ensuring care in processing. How did we get on this topic? Oh, duck lined camera bags. Geez! Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Craig Zeni Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 3:05 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] M Classics Special edition bag question >Don't ever go into a chicken-processing plant if you want the answer to that >question, unless it's a small production facility. Same for beef. The >nastiness comes from dirty processing practices. I won't say what gets all >over the meat, but it's the same thing that hits the fan under different >circumstances. I've been in any number of food processing plants, and there can be huge differences in the practices between them. I went in one snack food (tortilla chip) plant where they were utterly fastidious about hygiene - plant atmosphere was pressuried to prevent contamination, visitors rolled their clothes with sticky tape then went thru an air closet to blast off any lint or dirt, shoe covers, hair nets, overclothes, the works. Impressive. On the other hand, I went in a potato chip plant that so repulsed me that I have not eaten their products since...and it's the only case I have like that. Most interesting place: Just Born Candies in Bethlehem, PA, where they make the Marshmallow Peeps. Very interesting to see the peeps made, and watching the conveyor belt moving hundreds of the things to the packaging side. An army of Peeps...btw a very modern clean facility... Obligatory camera bit: No photos allowed in any of these places... - -- - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round... - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html