On 1/6/2015 8:01 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:44:44 -0500, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
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>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2015 22:50:07 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
>>> ...
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>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> When the recipe states 'breadcrumbs' should they be fresh or dried?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I use either.
>>>
>>> Ok, thanks.
>>>
>>> For fresh I whiz them up in the food processor to make coarse
>>>> crumbs.
>>>
>>> Yes I do that, but I also make dried crumbs for other things too.
>>
>> I don't buy bread crumbs, those are just floor sweepings, bread past
>> the sell-by date, dumped on the factory floor, swept up and shoveled
>> into the machine.
>
> Those urban myths will never die. Just like the myth that there's
> roadkill in pet food. Way too much work and way too risky.
>

If food hits the factory floor, it is not wasted. Back when I worked
for the seed company, we used to buy the floor sweepings from the
local nut factory who bagged it and sold it as animal feed. So it's
not fit for human consumption, it is just fine to use for feeding
animals, and will be marketed as such. Around here cattle and pig
farmers picked up old/dirty foods from restaurants and manufacturers.

Some of our customers who bought the bagged nuts to feed the wild
birds hadn't much of a yuck reflex and told us they were perfectly
comfortable with snacking on those nuts. I wouldn't, but I could
understand that when a 50-lb sack of shelled peanuts turned out to be
50 lbs of delicious-smelling honey-roasted peanuts, or mixed nuts,
some persons might be tempted to sample them.