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Default Beijing Steam Buns Include Cardboard

On Jul 12, 7:22 am, Bert Hyman > wrote:
> (rst0wxyz) wrote roups.com:
>
> > On Jul 12, 6:42 am, Bert Hyman > wrote:
> >> () wrote
> >> roups.com:

>
> >> > BEIJING (AP) - Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial
> >> > chemical and made tasty with pork flavoring, is a main
> >> > ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing
> >> > neighborhood, state television said.

>
> >> A high-fiber substitute for pork?

>
> >> Sounds like a healthy choice :-)

>
> > Bert, care to try one?

>
> It would probably be better than the Fiber One cereal I choke down
> every morning :-)
>
> Cellulose-derived fiber is a common ingredient in many "high fiber"
> foods and diet supplements.


Well, Bert, at least you admit the U.S. food makers also do the same
thing, but in cleaner surroundings. Others only condemn China.