On Oct 21, 1:12Â*am, "Ostap S. B. M. Bender Jr."
> wrote:

> Look, Cindy, my real hangup is that I despise junk food and false and
> misleading advertising. Any product with 20 ingredient list like:
>
> Ingredients: Â*Wheat Flour, High Oleic Canola Oil, Corn Flour, Modified
> Food Starch, Spanish Onions, Cornstarch, Distilled Vinegar, Egg White
> Solids, Jalape�o Pepper Powder, Malted Barley Flour, Maltodextrin,
> Salt, Spice, Sugar.

Really? Most of those ingredients are in my kitchen. Granted, I
don't
have any use for "egg white solids", but I don't make shelf-stable
snacks,
either. I don't have a problem with dehydrated eggs, as long as the
mess
hall isn't trying to serve them to me scrambled.

> is crap. And when it claims that these ingredients are "Made from 100%
> real vegetables€� Â*- that's a lie. Pure and simple. And I hate liars.

So, which ingredients aren't made from vegetables? Oh, egg white
solids.
Well, you've got them there. Well spotted.

> If this product is "Made from 100% real vegetables€�, then name me a
> product that isn't.
>
> My other purpose for posting the original article was to start a
> discussion of Top Chef and other cooking competition programs, which I
> have accomplished.
>
> I don't understand why you guys have attacked me and defended these
> chips. Am I intruding on the "in-crowd" here or sometheing? I assure
> oyu that I know quite a lot about food and can contribute quite well.

Well, actually, I've tried the chips, and they were quite good--
although the
better for a minute or two in the toaster oven.

If you interpreted what we've said as an attack, then you're far too
thin-skinned
for Usenet. Most comments have been downright mild.

I, at least, think you're naive about television. There's nothing
real about any
of the images that come out of the box. It's all very carefully
orchestrated.
Expecting reality from reality tv is to ignore everything that
television is.

Maybe you should stick to talking about food.

Cindy Hamilton