America's Top Twenty Most Hated Foods

Rebecca — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:53:00 -0500

Below is a list of America’s Top Twenty Most Hated Foods. I commented on what I think of each one. Maybe Marci will post recipes for each one. That would be kinda cool.

Taken from here.

Liver - I will never eat liver. It’s a filter. It filters bad stuff out of your blood. I will never eat a filter.
Lima Beans - I don’t go out of my way to eat these, but I don’t avoid them either.
Mayonnaise - No way. Disgusting.
Mushrooms - Love them.
Eggs - scrambled (in butter) or boiled are fine.
Okra - This is my favorite vegetable. Especially fried. Pickled is good too. Stewed is not my favorite way to fix it but I’ll eat it.
Beets - I like beet juice. I’ve never tried beets themselves.
Brussel Sprouts - This might be the only vegetable I will not eat.
Tuna - Steak? Absolutely! Sushi? Definitely! From a can? Only if I absolutely have to.
Jello - I’ll eat it, but the concept of gelatin grosses me out.
Sour Cream - Not a big fan unless it’s blended into something, like dip.
Pea Soup - depends on what peas were used to make it. (see # 14)
Oysters - The first person who ever ate one of these had to be really hungry. This is one of the only foods I’ve never tried because of appearance and smell.
Peas - Depends on the pea. I like every pea I’ve ever had that is green. Not a fan of purple hull or black-eyed. My grandmother’s are the best.
Raisins - Nature’s candy
Cooked Carrots - Yum.
Onions - Fresh, fried, grilled, or any other way they come, I love ‘em!
Cilantro - Love it. Never knew what it was until I came to Texas and now I can’t eat salsa unless this is in it.
Maple Syrup - A little goes a long way, but I like it.
Blueberries - I love these, especially when I can pick them right off the blueberry bush. I don’t like blueberry flavored things, though. They are usually too sweet.

Which of these do you love or hate?

A Clone: It's What's For Dinner

Rebecca — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:28:00 -0600

Here is an interesting article on the “cloned meat” issue of late.

If you didn’t know already, yesterday the FDA gave the green light for the meat of offspring of certain cloned animals and their milk to enter the food supply.

Can you say “controversy?”

What bugs me the most is that right now, labels are not required for this kind of meat, and there’s a high probability that some has already been in the food supply for awhile. That burger you ate for lunch that’s making you sleepy? Its grandmother may have been a clone.

I guess this bothers me because I feel that I have a right to know if that New York Strip that I bought the other day is a clone’s offspring. Why do I feel I have a right?

Let me ask you this. Have you ever come across a package of sausage or hotdogs that didn’t list what kind of meat they were made from? What about a canned meat product (if you’ve eaten them or read the label for sheer entertainment) like potted meat, vienna sausages, or spam?

No?

Of course not, because almost every Muslim and Jew in the nation would refuse to purchase something that contained meat that might be pork but isn’t labeled.

Why?

Because according to their religious and cultural convictions, it’s immoral to eat pork - a downright sin, even.

So what about the people who have a problem with cloning because of their religious outlook on life? What about their desire to not eat meat from an animal that had a cloned ancestor? Do they not count?

If farmers and ranchers want to do this, I can’t stop them. But out of respect for the views of people in this country, Mr. FDA, please require a label on the meat. People should have the right to choose what they eat.

And to all you people who complain that beef is tough and that meat from the offspring of clones would be more tender, I can only say this:

Learn to cook. If you have a tough steak, there’s a very large chance that it’s your fault.

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America's Top Twenty Most Hated Foods

A Clone: It's What's For Dinner