"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "graham" > wrote in message
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>> "Stan Horwitz" > wrote in message
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>>> In article
>>> >,
>>> Food Snob® > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Apr 30, 6:49 am, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>> > Stan Horwitz wrote:
>>>> > > In article >, "graham"
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > >> Here's one way to get your daily lycopene!
>>>> > >>http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Wo...th+your+cake/1...
>>>> > >> ory.html
>>>> >
>>>> > >> I'd suggest serving this with a side order of fries{;-)
>>>> > >> Graham
>>>> >
>>>> > > Wow! What a great recipe! I am going to stop by Wegmans (a big
>>>> > > supermarket near me) and pick up the ingredients to make this cake
>>>> > > tonight. I intend to bring it to work tomorrow. I am sure everyone
>>>> > > at
>>>> > > work will get a kick out of it.
>>>> >
>>>> > Yes, knowing your fondness for Heinz Ketchup, I am sure they will.
>>>>
>>>> This illustrates why I never eat "home made" stuff that coworkers
>>>> bring to work.
>>>> I really like most them, but the stuff they call food...
>>>
>>> Yup. Your newsgroup handle is appropriate.
>>>
>>> As I was standing in front of the seafood counter at Wegmans on Thursday
>>> night, the woman behind the counter noticed me carrying a copy of the
>>> ketchup cake recipe. I took a copy of the recipe into the store with me
>>> so I could buy the ingredients on it.
>>>
>>> She asked me if I was really going to make that ketchup cake. I handed
>>> her the recipe and I told her, that's why I was there; to buy the
>>> ingredients for the recipe. She read the recipe and crinkled her nose
>>> and said it sounds weird. Then she asked me when I planned to make this
>>> cake. I told her on Sunday. She asked me to bring her in a slice. I told
>>> her she reminds me of those people who drive by a serious car accident
>>> and insist on looking at it. She laughed and said I was right. Then I
>>> proceeded to buy all the ingredients except the eggs and red food dye.
>>>
>>> I will pick up the eggs on Sunday. I couldn't find food dye at Wegmans,
>>> even after asking for it at the customer service desk. Hopefully, the
>>> Shop Rite near me will have the food dye.
>>>
>>> I will let you know how the cake tuns out.
>>
>> If the dye doesn't add to the flavour, why not leave it out? I mistrust
>> those unnecessary chemicals.
>>
>>
> Natural food colorants are no more chemicals than the foods they color.
> If not for the colorants most foods would be shades of grey, and not at
> all appetizing. Most everything you eat and drink contains natural food
> colorants or is itself a natural food colorant.
>
But is that a *natural* food colorant in the recipe?