On 4/3/2013 10:41 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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 do believe you get it. You're just being contrary. I'm talking abut
home made vs. storebought. Sure, if you "prepare" mashed potatoes,
package them and sell them in quantities in plastic tubs it's going to
require some sort of chemical stabilizer. Read the label on this tub of
potatoes:
http://www.hormel.com/products/Variety.aspx?ID=28&
Oh yum! A Hormel product! That's processed food. Okay?
> People here talk about dehydrating stuff all the time. If you or I
> dehydrate something at home it is "processed"?
>
>
You know better than that. The Betty Crocker dehydrated potato slices
crap has been sitting in a warehouse for who the hell knows how long?
If you dehydrate it yourself, you prepared it. Fresh. That's the
difference.
Jill