"Jonathan Ball" > wrote in message
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> Ray wrote:
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> > "Jonathan Ball" > wrote in message
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> >>A Food Fight Over a Fungus
> >>
> >>By Rosie Mestel, Times Staff Writer
> >>
> >>STOKESLEY, England — Refrigerated trucks trundle down
> >>the pretty country lanes laden with pale, doughy masses
> >>of fungus — 32 tons or more a day.
> >>
> >>"Pure mycoprotein — good enough to eat, won't taste of
> >>anything, very bland," declares manufacturing manager
> >>Pete Willis, tearing off a golf-ball-sized sample from
> >>a 2,000-pound glob.
> >>
> >>Workers in white boots shepherd the fungal paste
> >>through a sea of vats and clanking machines that mix,
> >>press, slice and dice the raw dough.
> >>
> >>What comes out at the end is a matter of perspective —
> >>luscious artificial meat patties that taste just like
> >>moist chicken, or dangerous vat-grown "vomit-burgers"
> >>that are sickening consumers from coast to coast.
> >>
> >>The product is Quorn, a fungus-based meat substitute
> >>that millions of Europeans have eaten for years. It
> >>entered the U.S. market in 2002 to rave reviews by
> >>consumers, but was quickly met with a dogged anti-Quorn
> >>campaign by an influential consumer group, the Center
> >>for Science in the Public Interest.
> >>
> >>Michael Jacobson, the CSPI's executive director, claims
> >>that Quorn, which he derisively terms an "odious"
> >>"mold"-based product, makes people ill — and he wants
> >>every last nugget expunged from American soil.
> >>
> >>He has started a "Quorn complaints" website, published
> >>anti-Quorn letters in medical journals and petitioned
> >>the Food and Drug Administration to yank the product,
> >>which he likes to note is made by a former subsidiary
> >>of the "pharmaceutical juggernaut AstraZeneca."
> >>
> >>"It seems in the FDA's eyes severe vomiting, diarrhea
> >>and anaphylactic reactions do not constitute harm,"
> >>Jacobson said. "I think that's pathetic."
> >>
> >>more at http://tinyurl.com/2yev2 (requires registration)
> >>
> >>This should be good: the "vegan" foodies just
> >>LOOOOOOOVE the Center for (pseudo)Science in the Public
> >>Interest when it says something they like; wonder how
> >>they're react now?
> >
> >
> > Congratulations ~~jonnie~~ An on- topic posting!
> >
> > Pity it was such a load of crap.
> >
> > 'Quorn' is an excellent product in every respect. It offers the
vegetarian
>
> "severe vomiting, diarrhea and anaphylactic reactions".
> I'm sure that's just what they want.
>
> > such a wide variety of choice cruelty free food.
>
> Not cruelty free; not even close.
>
> > Most products are also
> > suitable for Vegans.
>
> A kick in the ass is suitable for "vegans".
>
> >
> > It is also a valuable tool for those enlightened people who wish to kick
the
> > meat eating habit. 'Quorn' based products and meat taste almost
dangerously
> > the same.
> >
> > [A fungus based meat substitute] cut the crap and call it a mushroom.
The
> > same way as you call decomposing animal flesh 'Meat'.(Or indeed human
flesh
> > if you live in Canada) www.tinyurl.com/3aao3
> >
> > I did not register, so I could not view the link you provided.
Registration
> > mean 'Spam' which unlike 'Quorn' is a meat based product. www.spam.com .
I
> > get enough spam asking me if I want to grow 3" extra inches to my penis.
>
> Which would get you to the whopping length of 3.75"

I prefer to measure it in mm~~jonnie~~ looks better.
>
> >
> > It's a complete fallacy, it worked for three courses only.
> >
> >
> >
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