"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 4/3/2013 3:54 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 23:58:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I just looked this up because I realized that I really didn't know for
>>> sure.
>>> But it looks to me like if it isn't raw meat, fruit or vegetables, it is
>>> processed.
>>>
>>> Nuts out of the shell are processed. Milk is processed. So are cheese
>>> and
>>> yogurt. If it's frozen? It's processed. Even if it is simply
>>> vegetables
>>> or fruit with nothing added. Flour would be processed. So would rice
>>> and
>>> pasta of all kinds. Anything in a can is processed. Dried foods are
>>> processed. If you cook it? You've processed it.
>>>
>>> So I'd be willing to bet that unless you are a raw vegan whole foodist,
>>> you
>>> are eating processed foods!
>>>
>>
>> I think most people are thinking of foods with additives/preservatives
>> when they think "processed".
>>
> Yep, she's confusing "preparation" with "processing".
>
> Examples: I *prepare* mashed potatoes by boiling them, adding milk and
> butter and mashing them. Using a box of dried potato flakes or a
> container of refrigerated heat & eat mashed potatoes is "processed" food.


So if I "*prepare* mashed potatoes by boiling them, adding milk and butter
and mashing them", put it in the fridge, and then give it to you, it has
become a "refrigerated heat & eat mashed potatoes [that] is "processed"
food"? I don't get it.



>
> I *prepare* au gratin potatoes by slicing fresh potatoes, making a white
> sauce, adding grated cheese, then bake. If I buy a box of Betty Crocker
> Au Gratin Potato mix, sure, the prep method is similar. But the boxed
> stuff contains dehydrated potato slices with a packet of powdered
> "cheese". That's what I think of when I think of "processed" food.

People here talk about dehydrating stuff all the time. If you or I
dehydrate something at home it is "processed"?