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Have you had...
blake murphy wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:20:49 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
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>>On Thu 17 Jul 2008 02:57:16p, Jean B. told us...
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>>> Miche wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:15:30 +0000 (UTC),
>>>>>> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jean B. > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>> [ Fat-free half & half ]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What is in it?
>>>>>>> Usually corn starch, carageenan, guar gum and/or xanthan gum
>>>>>>> along with nonfat milk. Starch-thickened milk, in other words,
>>>>>>> processed with an agglomulator machine so that it stays in suspension
>>>>>>> for weeks without separating.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you dislike processed foods this is not the product
>>>>>>> for you. It is however nutritionally harmless.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>> I just read Michael Pollan's book In Defense of Food, and this type of
>>>>>> stuff is exactly what he talks about avoiding, in the search for real
>>>>>> food. Makes you think....
>>>>> I do think that a diet like that our ancient ancestors ate is probably
>>>>> the healthiest. And sometimes, I act on that thought.
>>>>
>>>> Local food available in season? Yeah. 
>>>>
>>>> Miche
>>>>
>>> I think so. Also, think about hunting and gathering--the
>>> quantities, what was consumed then. We have strayed pretty far
>>> from that plain fare.
>>>
>>
>>I generally hunt and gather within the confines of the supermarket,
>>farmer's market, and butcher shop. :-)
>
> what kind of bow and arrow do you use?
Well, he *could* just fling rocks.
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