"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:47:45 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Let's don't forget the Hamburger Helper!
>>
> That's what I was thinking too, but then I read websites like this
> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...3100614AAJu1mL

That's pretty much what all of those other websites said too!