April 04, 2002

Food, food, food

Anybody patronize supermarkets? Would you like to have a gizmo on the food package which tells you if the contents are bad? Yo! Any E. coli here? But red pepper, ah, now that I'll eat, especially if it may reduce gastric distress. In other food news, how does a steer get from birth to stockyard? The author of "The Botany of Desire" bought one and followed its progression. More food news, which has surely embarrassed the President of France: he and his entourage allegedly averaged 4,000 FFr per day (that's roughly $540) on meals while he was Mayor of Paris. I've been to Paris; it's expensive, but... And, since I'm doing my version of fried rice tonight, the DNA code of the stuff caught my attention. What is it today? Here are two more food stories: nicotine-laced lollipops and bread consumption may cause nearsightedness.

Alas for Golden Books. "The Little Red Engine" has apparently chugged its last. In some commentary about journalism from the same source, I found this gem: "Sunday morning is a vast, over-grazed pasture of opinion." That's far better than my usual "bunch of twits" remark. I am tempted to compare the pundits to this: a two-headed snake found in Spain. According to the article, there have been several other instances of this phenomenon in other parts of the world, as well. All radiation-born monster fans (and you know who you are) should be intrigued! I do not like snakes at all, but this may be even more frightful: "Chocolate linked to nightmares". Hey, blame the boffins, not me!

You may have heard of Teoma...here's a side-by-side comparison of it with Google.

Posted by Linkmeister at April 4, 2002 02:13 PM
Comments

Oh dear. Bread has always been one of my favorite foods. And I'm as nearsighted as can be. Yikes.

I don't believe chocolate gives me nightmares, though -- but allergy medication sure does!

Posted by: Jen at April 5, 2002 04:14 AM

Gosh- Jen took my words away... I feel the same!!
I couldn't bring myself to read about the way meat travels to get to us..
Kept thinkin' about the bovine that jumped the fence to get away from the slaughterhouse...
At least Peter Max will have him taken care of for the rest of his life...
Thanks for all the interesting links, Linkmeister!!

Posted by: toxiclabrat at April 5, 2002 02:14 PM

good link on google vs teoma. i may have to steal that one! :)

Posted by: ruminator at April 5, 2002 02:36 PM