Re: but ag degrees and education make us biased, didn't you know that?
Isaac Send a noteboard - 10/12/2009 07:01:14 PM
Obviously our professors have agendas!! We're being fed propaganda under the guise of education!!
That's sarcastic, btw, but I regularly have people tell me that when I talk about things I've learned in classes and related readings.
I like your comment about nitrates I took a Meat Science course and our professor talked mostly about the biology of meat and only a bit about the industry (mostly how it affected the meat) and gave a very neutral presentation of it. When he knew he was about to express an opinion, he said so. Anyway, he mentioned nitrates when we were talking about hot dogs and such sausages.
He was exaggerating a bit, but he pretty much said that someone would die of an exploded stomach before they could possibly eat enough hot dogs in a short enough time to absorb enough nitrates to cause a negative effect.
Point being, pretty much anything in the properly configured dose and composition will cause cancer, death, heart attack, whatever. The likelihood that exact chemical makeup is in our food?
I think I'll just buy my canned tomatoes, kthxbai.
I'd totally come steal your broccoli if I could. I wish I lived somewhere where I could grow some noms, but I don't think my landlord would appreciate it.
That's sarcastic, btw, but I regularly have people tell me that when I talk about things I've learned in classes and related readings.
I like your comment about nitrates I took a Meat Science course and our professor talked mostly about the biology of meat and only a bit about the industry (mostly how it affected the meat) and gave a very neutral presentation of it. When he knew he was about to express an opinion, he said so. Anyway, he mentioned nitrates when we were talking about hot dogs and such sausages.
He was exaggerating a bit, but he pretty much said that someone would die of an exploded stomach before they could possibly eat enough hot dogs in a short enough time to absorb enough nitrates to cause a negative effect.
Point being, pretty much anything in the properly configured dose and composition will cause cancer, death, heart attack, whatever. The likelihood that exact chemical makeup is in our food?
I think I'll just buy my canned tomatoes, kthxbai.
I'd totally come steal your broccoli if I could. I wish I lived somewhere where I could grow some noms, but I don't think my landlord would appreciate it.
And it is really very good brocolli. A bit of sharp cheddar, some whole milk, some onions, a bit of potato - purples ones, rather puny but I had to try them, the moles got most of them until a cat moved in to the area with her kittens, my own cat is very old and only glares at rodents these days, and just a bit of chicken broth, salt and pepper of course. I ate some of it raw, but really I prefer it cooked.
Yep, in spite of the general bad-mouthing of college - which I regularly do to - most profs are pretty good about dispelling the massive fog of nonsense, speaking of hot dogs, that old yarn about earthworms being in hot dogs, I'm always amazed at how many people actually belive that nonsense, although considering what is in hot dogs, maybe earthworms wouldn't be to bad...
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/food: The 7 foods experts won't eat
10/12/2009 01:04:04 AM
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Our potatoes have been sprouting since, well... ever. And I don't think we buy them organic. *NM*
10/12/2009 01:11:45 AM
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Our eyes grow and green up a little, but that's minor compared to when you buy organic.
10/12/2009 02:06:37 AM
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I really have to challenge many of these
10/12/2009 03:36:05 AM
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And that is fine. Read the opening paragraph. It's not a scientific study.
10/12/2009 02:29:53 PM
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Nevertheless...
10/12/2009 03:14:19 PM
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Omg, you are such a party-pooper!
10/12/2009 05:26:18 PM
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LOL, I actually am not the bane of all new ideas
10/12/2009 06:19:06 PM
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but ag degrees and education make us biased, didn't you know that?
10/12/2009 06:28:44 PM
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Re: but ag degrees and education make us biased, didn't you know that?
10/12/2009 07:01:14 PM
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omigod cheese didn't you read that bit about ARTIFICIAL HORMONES?!?!?!
10/12/2009 06:22:11 PM
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You wouldn't believe the dangers involved in cheese
10/12/2009 07:08:48 PM
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I'm pretty sure I just took a pill with about 500 million bacteria in it. Is that bad for me too?
10/12/2009 07:18:29 PM
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dihydrogen monoxide should not be ignored!!
10/12/2009 07:20:59 PM
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T'is my civic duty
10/12/2009 07:30:42 PM
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Health aside, farmed Salmon just tastes a bit horrible.
10/12/2009 11:57:34 AM
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I'm always a bit dubious on food health scare stories
10/12/2009 12:34:29 PM
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Hm. I actually refuse to eat non-farmed marine fish of any kind.
10/12/2009 01:24:26 PM
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Rod caught tuna
10/12/2009 05:37:42 PM
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There aren't enough tuna left.
10/12/2009 06:25:19 PM
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If you catch them with rods, I suspect it is sustainable.
10/12/2009 08:17:49 PM
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who the hell wants to fish in the middle of the ocean??
10/12/2009 08:29:43 PM
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