The Food Thread

[Vrede too]

What do you healthy folk eat? ...

Cons, Republicans and Trumpettes, yum....

They're so full of shit, though. They must taste awful.

They taste like chicken and pork, and are a little fruity, too.

[JTA]

What do you healthy folk eat? ...

Cons, Republicans and Trumpettes, yum....

They're so full of shit, though. They must taste awful.

They taste like chicken and pork, and are a little fruity, too.

[rstrong]

What do you healthy folk eat? ...

Cons, Republicans and Trumpettes, yum....

They're so full of shit, though. They must taste awful.

They taste like chicken and pork, and are a little fruity, too.

So that's what chickenhawk tastes like.

[Vrede too]

Do northern cons taste like Canadian bacon?

[rstrong]

Do northern cons taste like Canadian bacon?

Ham, presumably.

("Canadian bacon" is an American term for what Canadians call "ham.")

[Vrede too]

"presumably"? Do you only eat up US cons (something you're really good at, btw)?

Do three double entendres in one sentence make a sextuple entendre?

Do vegans spit or swallow?

[Seth Milner]

Yeah, like those women actually eat that crap. As if. NTTAWWT.

What crap?

1,200 calories of fat and two whole days worth of salt. And fries with that.

Oh, OK; I got lost there. Dang, there is a burger in that commercial, isn't there!?! Totally missed that!

[Seth Milner]

"presumably"? Do you only eat up US cons (something you're really good at, btw)?
Do vegans spit or swallow?

There's an insult hiding in there somewhere - - -

[rstrong]

There's an insult hiding in there somewhere - - -

Dunno. The act of eating one's opponents must be one of those American political traditions I'm not familiar with. It might explain the disappearance of all the adults and moderates in the Republican Party.

I don't know any vegans. The concept is a tad ridiculous up here where it might never go above -30 for a month at a time.

[Vrede too]

Cops mistake donut glaze for meth

Be careful out there.

[Seth Milner]

His permitted handgun was mistaken for a weapon of mass destruction. Oh wait, this is Florida we're talking about . . . never mind.

[JTA]

GMO Labeling:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/obama-signs-bi ... d=41004057

A bill that creates a federal labeling standard for foods containing genetically modified ingredients (commonly called GMOs) was signed into law by President Barack Obama today.

“This measure will provide new opportunities for consumers to have access to information about their food,” Katie Hill, a White House spokeswoman, told ABC News.

[Vrede too]

Hold any applause.

GMO Labeling "Compromise" Is a Cop-Out

Poor reporting by ABC News (and the Associated Press?) to not also mention what the real GMO labeling advocates and the people of states like Big Ag-screwed VT think of it. The article is essentially a White House press release.

[JTA]

From what I've been reading, the whole "GMO = bad" notion has little scientific backing. Especially given that "GMO" is a rather broad definition. Aren't almost all of our crops technically GMO?

[Vrede too]

Not the organic foods.

Not that broad a definition, either species-alien genes have been inserted or they haven't.

The issue with them is that we've gone GMO so fast that we have no clue what the long term effect will be, and some harms have already been identified. For example, one type of GMO makes crops more resistant to pesticides so that more pesticides can be dumped on them. In the case of "Round Up Ready" GMO crops, the consequent loss of milkweed is wiping out the Monarch butterflies.

What if people were more like bees?

Many people are quite concerned with personal health. I'm more worried about environmental impact, including the spread of GMO genes to natural plants and animals. Organic farmers have even been sued for patent violation because their crops were contaminated without their consent by windblown pollen from neighboring GMO crops.
:cussing:

I'm no expert, though. There's lots more at the "GMO Labeling 'Compromise' Is a Cop-Out" link above.

The specific issues here are that consumers should have the right to complete information so that they can then make better choices, and that the Big Brother feds have now stopped that from happening in VT and elsewhere at the behest of Big Ag. If you want to buy products that are accurately labeled GMO, no one is trying to stop you.

[Vrede too]

UN agency releases global status of fish stocks revealing 89.5% are fully fished or overfished, while OECD forecasts 17% rise in fish production by 2025.



Your name can protect ocean life (petition to Pacific Fishery Management Council and NOAA Fisheries)

[Seth Milner]

The Fastest McDonald's Drive-thru Ever

Come here when you just don't have time to wait!

[JTA]

UN agency releases global status of fish stocks revealing 89.5% are fully fished or overfished, while OECD forecasts 17% rise in fish production by 2025.



Your name can protect ocean life (petition to Pacific Fishery Management Council and NOAA Fisheries)

I signed because it's the duty of every angler to protect our fishy friends for future anglers.

[O Really]

Is that like the "Ducks Unlimited" people who want to save ducks so they can shoot them?

[JTA]

I'm a friend of all fish.