Hmmm... wood chips and splinters in your intestine? Although, when a kid, I always thought that the piles of saw dust looked good to eat, something about the texture...
IIRC, `famine in Russian is `golod. Bread made from sawdust was called `golodny khleb meaning `famine bread.Mmmmm. Sawdust bread. Can I get some spiced up with melamine?In Ukrainian that `g converts to a guttural to give `holod. The transliterated word `holodomor is entirely consistent to describe the horror of the NKVD-induced famine in Ukraine in the drive toward forced collectivization in the 1930s.
Wondered why I was having trouble with emerald ash borers
I don't think you can call the "cheese" part of shredded cheese cheese. I don't know what it is, but it sure isn't sure isn't cheese, and the fact that it contains "wood fiber" really doesn't come as much of a surprise to me.
Say what you want about Europe, but they do have better food than we do and at least some of it has to do with their restrictive food labeling laws. The next time you're in a better grocery store, pick yourself up a small wedge of real imported Parmigiano-Reggiano and compare it to the Kraft Parmesan you probably have in your refrigerator. You'll be amazed.
Some ice cream makers also use cotton mote.
Cellulose is what the cell walls of plants are made of. It is found naturally in all vegetable foods: tomatoes, oatmeal, cabbage, strawberries, peaches, etc.
Mmmmmmmm.....sawdust......