Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is one reason we love the Bay Area. Even if we go for fast food, it would be inexpensive ramen, Chinese porridge etc. Choices are good, and IMHO, better choices here. Haven't gone to a MacD must be close to 20 years now. On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > HAH!! I doubt that. Chicken McNuggets from McDonald's contain 38 > ingredients. > > According to the Omnivore's Dilemma: > > "The most alarming ingredient in a Chicken McNugget is tertiary > butylhydroquinone, or TBHQ, an antioxidant derived from petroleum that is > either sprayed directly on the nugget or the inside of the box it comes in > to "help preserve freshness." According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food > Additives, TBHQ is a form of butane (i.e. lighter fluid) the FDA allows > processors to use sparingly in our food: It can comprise no more than 0.02 > percent of the oil in a nugget. Which is probably just as well, considering > that ingesting a single gram of TBHQ can cause "nausea, vomiting, ringing > in > the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse." Ingesting five > grams of TBHQ can kill." > > I doubt they would be concerned at all about what is in their hamburgers. > > Tina > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > > > I read somewhere (which may be wrong of course) that even "Big Mac" need > to > > import (some) beef from NZ because the ones from US does not pass their > > standard. Could be a propaganda of course. Since we do not eat beef in > > general, it does not affect us per se, so I didn't follow through. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Frank Dernie > > <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: > > > > > I was brought up on a farm. In the 60s we used to dose young animals > with > > > antibiotics and steroids. It has been illegal in the UK for decades > now, > > Are > > > you sure the USA still allows it? (It would explain the tender > steaks...) > > > Frank > > > > > > On 31 Jul, 2010, at 15:52, George Lottermoser wrote: > > > > > > > "Did you know that approximately 70 percent of all antibiotics and > > > related drugs produced in the United States are given to livestock and > > > poultry? These drugs are used for nontherapeutic purposes such as > > > accelerating growth and preventing the diseases caused by overcrowded > and > > > unsanitary conditions on "factory farms." Unfortunately, this practice > > > results in antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can cause > > difficult-to-treat > > > diseases in humans." > > > > < > > > > > > http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/greentips/1003-whats-in-the-meat-you-eat.html > > > > > > > > > > > > an interesting "food" video with (what seems to me) a very balanced, > > > objective POV > > > > < > > > > > > http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > George Lottermoser > > > > george at imagist.com > > > > http://www.imagist.com > > > > http://www.imagist.com/blog > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 30, 2010, at 7:19 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > > > > > > > >> Surely everyone knows that you don't wave a magic wand to get those > > > steaks in the meat counter. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > > replies in your msgs. ] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]