On Apr 3, 11:01*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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> > On 4/3/2013 3:54 AM, sf wrote:
> >> On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 23:58:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> >>> 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.
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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
> >>> vegetables
> >>> 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
> >>> 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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> >>> are eating processed foods!
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> >> I think most people are thinking of foods with additives/preservatives
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> > Yep, she's confusing "preparation" with "processing".
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> > 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.
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> Well, you can have milk! *I can't. *I have tried making real mashed potatoes
> that way and while they're fine in Pierogies, they're not so tasty
> otherwise. *Plus currently I am the only person eating potatoes. *And when I
> do eat them it is late at night for a snack. *So it works better for me to
> use the flakes in salted water.
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> > 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.
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> The boxed stuff is nasty. *I tried it once many years ago.
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> > Let's don't forget the Hamburger Helper!
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> I don't eat that either.

We (my Mother and others) make Pierogis. Hungarian/EthnicGerman
style.
We roll out the pasta, and fill them with Potatoes Paprikash that are
a bit mashed up. They are very good.