I never thought fruit/vegetables need to be treated humanely. Guess PETA hasn't brain-washed me yet.
You'd really like to go tuna fishing with us. We actually kill fish. Yum!
Posted on 12/17/2011 6:14:19 PM PST by decimon
Natalya Murakhver, a New York food writer and mother of an 18-month year old daughter, loved her premium brand orange juice -- the "100 percent pure" and "not from concentrate" kind that comes in the colorful carton and tastes consistently delicious.
That is, until she said she learned from her first-time moms group that there's a "secret ingredient" in all premium orange juices that companies are not required to put on their labeling.
Now, after writing Whole Foods, she refuses to buy her favorite, "365" juice, amid uncertainty about its contents.
"One of the moms said she had read about [how the juice is made] and they held it in tanks for up to a year and it pretty much lost all of its flavor and had to be reinvigorated with these flavor packs, which are essentially chemicals," said Murakhver, 40, and co-author of "They Eat What?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weird and Exotic Food from around the World."
For the last 30 years, the citrus industry has used flavor packs to process what the Food and Drug Administration identifies as "pasteurized" orange juice. That includes top brands such as Tropicana, Minute Maid, Simply Orange and Florida Natural, among others.
Murakhver said the addition of the flavor packs long after orange juice is stored actually makes those premium juices more like a concentrate, and consumers need to know that.
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Oh, it looks like I left out a word. “...flowers went into MAKING the honey.”
Of course, honey contains flower parts/extracts, not whole flowers. It still contains enough material from the original plant to cause allergic reactions.
You can probably still buy honey comb; I do recall seeing it from time to time. It's far too sweet for me, although I could chew on it just fine when I was a child. What I was referring to, anyway, was the color and appearance of the honey in the pictures at that link. It didn't look like any honey I ever remember seeing, that came straight from the hive. Not only did my stepfather's business partner keep bees, my mother even tried it for a while. Until I stepped into a swarm hidden in tall grass (ouch)...
I have made great orange cookies that call for grated orange peel, usually called zest on the cooking shows...same for great lemon cookies..
I believe the zest is just the colored part on the surface. I use the zest in cooking, sometimes, too. Lemon or orange zest gives a nice flavor to homemade cranberry sauce.
Orange "juice" also contains whatever is pressed out from the white stuff and the seeds. And I can't stand the taste of it... it bears as much resemblance to oranges as apple juice/cider does to apples, or strawberry jam/ice cream does to strawberries.
agree the white part of the orange is not too good to eat. I peel my oranges with a spoon and pull off the white covering between the rind and the flesh...if you are lucky when you peel the orange, that crap gets removed with the rind /sp.......GG
According to an article I found on the internet (the website *did* have a .edu domain), pollen and nectar from poison oak do not contain urushiol, the allergenic compound.
I haven’t had a poison oak reaction in probably 30 years. I must have learned how to avoid it really well after a few nasty experiences with it.
Is.
AWESOME....
On so many levels.
>>I’ve tasted both, and cannot tell the difference. Both are vile liquids that bear no resemblance whatsoever to apples.<<
You haven’t a clue what you are talking about. But I repeat myself.
Happens that I can taste fresh-pressed apple cider and tell you exactly what variety of apples were used in the pressing.
What a dull and uninteresting life your taste buds lead.
Perhaps your allergies stem from the fact that you don't eat local honey? Could be a possibility. http://world-of-honey.com/benefits-of-honey/health-benefits-of-honey/
Eew! Keep your poor mangled apple remnants to yourself!
However, if you care to slice up the apples humanely and, perhaps, bake them with sugar and cinnamon inside a pastry crust, you *might* be able to persuade me to take a bite or two.
What a dull and uninteresting life your taste buds lead.
I'm fairly certain that my taste buds, like yours, only sense sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami. And they're not deprived of any of it! ;-)
Hmm... I often ask my son if he would like me to add some bee vomit to his food. So far, he's never refused. (And yes, I really do use that language.)
Perhaps your allergies stem from the fact that you don't eat local honey? Could be a possibility. http://world-of-honey.com/benefits-of-honey/health-benefits-of-honey/
Whenever I buy honey, I read the label to make sure it is made from flowers that I have not previously reacted to, like clover. With allergies, I just don't want to take chances.
I remember once going to the supermarket, and some people there tried to sell me their bread on the basis that it contained no chemicals. But when I looked at the bread packages, I immediately discerned that the packages did, in fact, contain something other than pure vacuum. So I didn't buy it. False advertising, and all that.
Years ago when my kids were young, we camped a lot and one campsite was in an orange grove in Florida. We could go down to the entrance every morning and they would press you out fresh juice...was the best tasting juice I ever had...That goes back about 40 years ago...My kids are all in their 40’s & 50’s now....GG
You missed the distinction in describing honey as “bee vomit.” Strictly speaking it is bee regurgitation. Regurgitation is the voluntary bringing up of nutrients. Vomiting is involuntary.
I never thought fruit/vegetables need to be treated humanely. Guess PETA hasn't brain-washed me yet.
You'd really like to go tuna fishing with us. We actually kill fish. Yum!
Clearly, if the apples don’t scream or make other sounds of pain, the process is humane. I bet they make all kinds of sound when you crush the poor little things.
Going tuna fishing with you would be pure torture!
I’m allergic to tuna. Yet it still smells indescribably delicious.
BTW, I thought tuna were larger?
If you own, have ever owned, or know someone who owns, cats, then you should know that the distinction between "voluntary" and "involuntary" is extremely fine. Besides, doesn't "bee vomit" sound incredibly appetizing?
Only in your world. ;(
Well hey- the resource is correct. Not a mistake I would normally make- however- you knew what I was talking about. LOL
Oh, yay, a graphic inspired by me!
Plus, it looks like a catchy product label for some entrepreneur who happens to have a couple hives in the backyard.
:D
Yup.
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