On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 10:42:09 AM UTC-4, Pico Rico wrote:
> "jay" > wrote in message
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> > "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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> >> I just looked this up because I realized that I really didn't know for
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> >> sure.
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> >> But it looks to me like if it isn't raw meat, fruit or vegetables, it is
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> >> processed.
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> >> Nuts out of the shell are processed. Milk is processed. So are cheese
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> >> yogurt. If it's frozen? It's processed. Even if it is simply
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> >> vegetables
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> >> or fruit with nothing added. Flour would be processed. So would rice
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> >> pasta of all kinds. Anything in a can is processed. Dried foods are
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> >> processed. If you cook it? You've processed it.
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> >> So I'd be willing to bet that unless you are a raw vegan whole foodist,
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> >> you
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> >> are eating processed foods!
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> > Most learn what "processed" means very early in life.
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> perhaps, but they learn different definitions. I have no idea what any
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> particular person means when they say "processed".

Then I assume you're not slow witted enough to post a definitive definition of the word on a news group about food. However, you do seem to be slow witted enough to not realize that the person you're replying to was merely reacting to such a post.