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Post by trubble on Mar 1, 2009 20:36:05 GMT
Huge Fiercely Whittering is doing some programme now on More 4$ where he is shocking some Ready-Meal addicts into cooking for themselves. One woman has just freaked out because she was told the colouring called cochineal is made from beetles. Who cares? If you are eating a chicken why do you care about a few beetles? I don't. Stupid woman.  |
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Post by Patrick on Mar 1, 2009 22:23:11 GMT
Some most glorious Ice cream (I've mentioned before) comes from a little farm not far away from me. I was a bit dismayed to see that it had e-numbers in. A bit annoying when you've gone round preaching to people about it's localness and alleged naturalness. So I looked them up. All three are gelling agents sourced from plants. Plant Extracts if you like. I still can't get my head around it though somehow - simply because they've stuck an E number on it. Didn't he tell her that a bit of beetle=extra roughage?  |
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Post by everso on Mar 1, 2009 23:58:05 GMT
Every Autumn we pick blackberries from local hedgerows. When I get them home I give them a good rinse and then freeze them. Mr. E. usually comments that there might be maggots but I think of them as extra protein. ;D
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Post by trubble on Mar 2, 2009 1:07:03 GMT
It's the same with feshly picked raspberries - if you wash them, the taste goes, so you have to eat some bugs and not mind. Maybe the taste is the bugs.
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Post by trubble on Mar 2, 2009 1:17:22 GMT
Some most glorious Ice cream (I've mentioned before) comes from a little farm not far away from me. I was a bit dismayed to see that it had e-numbers in. A bit annoying when you've gone round preaching to people about it's localness and alleged naturalness. So I looked them up. All three are gelling agents sourced from plants. Plant Extracts if you like. I still can't get my head around it though somehow - simply because they've stuck an E number on it. Didn't he tell her that a bit of beetle=extra roughage? Yes, some are natural, some not. E120 = Cochineal - Natural red colour obtained from egg yolk and dried insects. The E just stands for an 'additive' that has been approved by Europe for human consumption. People annoy me. (Not you. Stranger types on the TV). |
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Post by Flatypus on Mar 2, 2009 1:24:05 GMT
Everything has an E-number, like everything has a bar code.It means those in the know are able to know without multiple translations and enormous descriptive chemical names.
I find the bar code rather depressing. Are there really so few different things that a mere 12 digits can count them all?
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Post by rjpageuk on Mar 2, 2009 12:48:12 GMT
Every Autumn we pick blackberries from local hedgerows. When I get them home I give them a good rinse and then freeze them. Mr. E. usually comments that there might be maggots but I think of them as extra protein. ;D There are often maggots in fresh nuts too so I have eaten a fair few, they are really bitter. I couldnt care less if there are crushed beetles or whatever in my food as long as it tastes nicer and is labeled properly  |
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Post by motorist on Mar 2, 2009 12:54:35 GMT
Every Autumn we pick blackberries from local hedgerows. When I get them home I give them a good rinse and then freeze them. Mr. E. usually comments that there might be maggots but I think of them as extra protein. ;D There are often maggots in fresh nuts too so I have eaten a fair few, they are really bitter. I couldnt care less if there are crushed beetles or whatever in my food as long as it tastes nicer and is labeled properly I can just imagine you complaining in the restaurant if two legs were missing from the beetle ;D |
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Post by Patrick on Mar 2, 2009 13:17:56 GMT
"Waiter! What's this beetle doing in my soup?"
"The Backstroke I think Sir"
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Post by percyplum on Mar 2, 2009 13:21:20 GMT
Only thing worse than biting into an apple and finding a maggot is finding half of one...
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Post by motorist on Mar 2, 2009 13:23:33 GMT
How do you find out which end of the maggot is the head? Tickle the middle and see which end laughs |
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Post by stephan on Mar 2, 2009 14:47:06 GMT
I despair. A couple of years ago I was doing a `car boot` and had some lettuces for sale. They had been pulled up by me just 20 minutes before leaving. This person was interested but worried by the `dirt` around the root ball. Not being one to miss a chance I offered to cut the root off and put said lettuce into a plastic bag-result-sale to me . The customer is always correct  |
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Post by trubble on Mar 2, 2009 14:52:06 GMT
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