Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
foods while you shop.

It's very interesting and enlightening. I'm really bummed about some
of the levels though.

http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php

On Mar 23, 3:00*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> foods while you shop.
>
> It's very interesting and enlightening. *I'm really bummed about some
> of the levels though.
>
> http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php

RANK FRUIT OR VEGGIE SCORE
1 (worst) Peach 100 (highest pesticide load)
2 Apple 93
3 Sweet Bell Pepper 83
4 Celery 82
5 Nectarine 81
6 Strawberries 80
7 Cherries 73
8 Kale 69
9 Lettuce 67
10 Grapes - Imported 66
11 Carrot 63
12 Pear 63
13 Collard Greens 60
14 Spinach 58
15 Potato 56
16 Green Beans 53
17 Summer Squash 53
18 Pepper 51
19 Cucumber 50
20 Raspberries 46
21 Grapes - Domestic 44
22 Plum 44
23 Orange 44
24 Cauliflower 39
25 Tangerine 37
26 Mushrooms 36
27 Banana 34
28 Winter Squash 34
29 Cantaloupe 33
30 Cranberries 33
31 Honeydew Melon 30
32 Grapefruit 29
33 Sweet Potato 29
34 Tomato 29
35 Broccoli 28
36 Watermelon 26
37 Papaya 20
38 Eggplant 20
39 Cabbage 17
40 Kiwi 13
41 Sweet Peas - Frozen 10
42 Asparagus 10
43 Mango 9
44 Pineapple 7
45 Sweet Corn - Frozen 2
46 Avocado 1
47 (best) Onion 1 (lowest pesticide load)

Note: We ranked a total of 47 different fruits and vegetables but
grapes are listed twice because we looked at both domestic and
imported samples.

In news:rec.food.cooking, ImStillMags > posted on
Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:23:05 -0700 (PDT) the following:


> 19 Cucumber 50

The waxy coating bugs me on cucumbers. I figure it's a magnet for
pesticides. I always wash cucumbers with a soapy dishrag.

> 20 Raspberries 46

I love raspberries, but the berry forms a little "cup" that can hold
foreign objects, mold, and other stuff.

> 35 Broccoli 28

Broccoli is something I like from time to time, but the way it grows makes
it look like it would soak up pesticides like a sponge. I typically buy
frozen broccoli, but I never really feel like I get the fresh stuff clean
enough. It even seems to have a water-resistant film on it that must be
rubbed off, and what's it doing to the tiny, individual pieces on the
florets of the broccoli? That's my favorite part, but with so many small,
exposed and touching pieces, it just looks too much like a pesticide
magnet.

> 38 Eggplant 20

Gross. I don't even like eggplant on pizza.

> 47 (best) Onion 1 (lowest pesticide load)

And one of my favorites!

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

In article
>,
ImStillMags > wrote:

> On Mar 23, 3:00*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> > foods while you shop.
> >
> > It's very interesting and enlightening. *I'm really bummed about some
> > of the levels though.
> >
> > http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php

I'm surprised that cabbage and related veggies are so low on the list.
I have trouble growing those veggies due to cabbage worms. The little
creeps totally killed the one Horseradish plant I had. :-(

I've not tried BT yet, but it's in the plans next time I decide to try
growing a winter garden.
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
"We're all adults here, except for those of us who aren't." --Blake Murphy

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> In news:rec.food.cooking, ImStillMags > posted on
> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:23:05 -0700 (PDT) the following:
>
>
> > 19 Cucumber 50
>
> The waxy coating bugs me on cucumbers. I figure it's a magnet for
> pesticides. I always wash cucumbers with a soapy dishrag.

I peel them.
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
"We're all adults here, except for those of us who aren't." --Blake Murphy

In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
Mar 2010 10:54:23 -0600 the following:

> In article >,
> Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > In news:rec.food.cooking, ImStillMags > posted on
> > Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:23:05 -0700 (PDT) the following:
> >
> >
> > > 19 Cucumber 50
> >
> > The waxy coating bugs me on cucumbers. I figure it's a magnet for
> > pesticides. I always wash cucumbers with a soapy dishrag.
>
> I peel them.

Well, I do that, too. I just don't like my fresh cucumbers or any
vegetables to feel like used, unwashed sex toys when I take them home. And
I peel cucumbers, too, usually, but to make them prettier than just
"peeled cucumbers", I often leave a few green stripes down the side -- as
thin as I can make them with a potato peeler (which I never use to peel
potatoes, by the way).

I also use a tablespoon to scrape out the fleshy seed area in the middle,
carving it out so it looks like a canoe. So my salads contain cucumber
halves with no seeds, and little green stripes on the half-slices.

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
Mar 2010 10:53:32 -0600 the following:

> In article
> >,
> ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > On Mar 23, 3:00+AKA-pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > > Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> > > foods while you shop.
> > >
> > > It's very interesting and enlightening. +AKA-I'm really bummed about some
> > > of the levels though.
> > >
> > > http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
>
> I'm surprised that cabbage and related veggies are so low on the list.
> I have trouble growing those veggies due to cabbage worms. The little
> creeps totally killed the one Horseradish plant I had. :-(

Something similar happened to me last spring. During the late spring or
early summer of last year, I became so optimistic that marijuana was going
to be legalized that I planted one seed in the flower bed. Unfortunately
when the little plant was about four inches tall with four leaves on top,
a bug took a bite out of the stem and it fell over and died. I would have
ended up pulling the plant up, anyway. Pot prohibition didn't end, and I
told my nervous roomie that I would pull the plant up if pot wasn't
legalized. I just wanted to get started on growing some in preparation
for legalization.

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

On Mar 23, 6:00*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> foods while you shop.
>
> It's very interesting and enlightening. *I'm really bummed about some
> of the levels though.
>
> http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php

No. I rarely wash produce either, unless it looks dirty (or I'm
having
guests).

I don't have the metabolism of an insect or weed, so I'm just not that
worried about it.

Cindy Hamilton

In news:rec.food.cooking, Cindy Hamilton >
posted on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:44:19 -0700 (PDT) the following:

> On Mar 23, 6:00+AKA-pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> > foods while you shop.
> >
> > It's very interesting and enlightening. +AKA-I'm really bummed about some
> > of the levels though.
> >
> > http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
>
> No. I rarely wash produce either, unless it looks dirty (or I'm
> having
> guests).

You don't wash it at all? Okay, I know the body handles stuff we eat all
the time, and we're really never none the wiser on a conscious level. At
the same time, I'm all for using the convenient ways of reducing food
contaminants. I mean, a bell pepper can roll across the floor, and no
evidence is on the pepper that it has rolled around on the floor.

And suppose some kid has been picking his nose, then he goes and runs his
hands over all the bell peppers, or runs his fingers through the salad
greens? Or what if someone sneezes on it all and it evaporates. As angry
as people are, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them go into the produce
sections specifically to sneeze all over the produce in hopes of making
everyone else as sick as they are.

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:26:16 -0500, Damaeus
> wrote:

>In news:rec.food.cooking, ImStillMags > posted on
>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:23:05 -0700 (PDT) the following:
>
>
>> 19 Cucumber 50
>
>The waxy coating bugs me on cucumbers. I figure it's a magnet for
>pesticides. I always wash cucumbers with a soapy dishrag.

Wouldn't you peel them?

>> 20 Raspberries 46
>
>I love raspberries, but the berry forms a little "cup" that can hold
>foreign objects, mold, and other stuff.

That "cup" only forms upon harvesting, nothing can get in there before
picking.

>> 35 Broccoli 28
>
>Broccoli is something I like from time to time, but the way it grows makes
>it look like it would soak up pesticides like a sponge. I typically buy
>frozen broccoli, but I never really feel like I get the fresh stuff clean
>enough. It even seems to have a water-resistant film on it that must be
>rubbed off, and what's it doing to the tiny, individual pieces on the
>florets of the broccoli? That's my favorite part, but with so many small,
>exposed and touching pieces, it just looks too much like a pesticide
>magnet.

Modern pesticides have a rather short life, they dissapate within a
few days.

>> 38 Eggplant 20
>
>Gross. I don't even like eggplant on pizza.

You never tried grilled eggplant... deliscious!

>> 47 (best) Onion 1 (lowest pesticide load)
>
>And one of my favorites!

Onion is likely to harbor botulism... and saving cut onion wrapped in
plastic because of lack of oxygen further promotes toxin production.
One should always wash peeled onion before use, peeled garlic cloves
too... and toss all LOs.

In news:rec.food.cooking, brooklyn1 > posted on
Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:25:53 -0400 the following:

> Onion is likely to harbor botulism... and saving cut onion wrapped in
> plastic because of lack of oxygen further promotes toxin production.
> One should always wash peeled onion before use, peeled garlic cloves
> too... and toss all LOs.

Onions... That's one of my favorite and most-often eaten vegetables, and
to my knowledge, I have never gotten sick from them. Not only that, I
often have a glass bowl (covered with a plastic lid) full of diced onions,
and I grab some of the diced onions to eat raw on top of things like
mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, beans, or whatever. Onion is my favorite
topping for many things.

So are the toxins from the onions themselves, or from the botulism?

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

On Mar 24, 2:12*pm, Damaeus > wrote:
> In news:rec.food.cooking, Cindy Hamilton >
> posted on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:44:19 -0700 (PDT) the following:
>
> > On Mar 23, 6:00+AKA-pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > > Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> > > foods while you shop.
>
> > > It's very interesting and enlightening. +AKA-I'm really bummed about some
> > > of the levels though.
>
> > >http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
>
> > No. *I rarely wash produce either, unless it looks dirty (or I'm
> > having
> > guests).
>
> You don't wash it at all? *Okay, I know the body handles stuff we eat all
> the time, and we're really never none the wiser on a conscious level. *At
> the same time, I'm all for using the convenient ways of reducing food
> contaminants. *I mean, a bell pepper can roll across the floor, and no
> evidence is on the pepper that it has rolled around on the floor.
>
> And suppose some kid has been picking his nose, then he goes and runs his
> hands over all the bell peppers, or runs his fingers through the salad
> greens? *Or what if someone sneezes on it all and it evaporates. *As angry
> as people are, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them go into the produce
> sections specifically to sneeze all over the produce in hopes of making
> everyone else as sick as they are.

So? What if I grew my own food and got some worm poop in my mouth?

Cindy Hamilton

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> > > The waxy coating bugs me on cucumbers. I figure it's a magnet for
> > > pesticides. I always wash cucumbers with a soapy dishrag.
> >
> > I peel them.
>
> Well, I do that, too. I just don't like my fresh cucumbers or any
> vegetables to feel like used, unwashed sex toys when I take them home.

You may enjoy this:

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6l8oNwmMHg>

Maybe this is why they are wax coated? <g>

> And
> I peel cucumbers, too, usually, but to make them prettier than just
> "peeled cucumbers", I often leave a few green stripes down the side -- as
> thin as I can make them with a potato peeler (which I never use to peel
> potatoes, by the way).

I don't generally peel potatoes either, but I sometimes peel apples for
cooking and butternut squash.
>
> I also use a tablespoon to scrape out the fleshy seed area in the middle,
> carving it out so it looks like a canoe. So my salads contain cucumber
> halves with no seeds, and little green stripes on the half-slices.
>
> Damaeus

Removing the seeds is supposed to help make them burpless too.
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
"We're all adults here, except for those of us who aren't." --Blake Murphy

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
> Mar 2010 10:53:32 -0600 the following:
>
> > In article
> > >,
> > ImStillMags > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mar 23, 3:00Â*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > > > Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> > > > foods while you shop.
> > > >
> > > > It's very interesting and enlightening. Â*I'm really bummed about some
> > > > of the levels though.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
> >
> > I'm surprised that cabbage and related veggies are so low on the list.
> > I have trouble growing those veggies due to cabbage worms. The little
> > creeps totally killed the one Horseradish plant I had. :-(
>
> Something similar happened to me last spring. During the late spring or
> early summer of last year, I became so optimistic that marijuana was going
> to be legalized that I planted one seed in the flower bed. Unfortunately
> when the little plant was about four inches tall with four leaves on top,
> a bug took a bite out of the stem and it fell over and died. I would have
> ended up pulling the plant up, anyway. Pot prohibition didn't end, and I
> told my nervous roomie that I would pull the plant up if pot wasn't
> legalized. I just wanted to get started on growing some in preparation
> for legalization.
>
> Damaeus

We lived in the mountains of California during the 70's. My neighbor
had a bunch of small pot plants along the unfenced area of his yard and
two HUGE ones in the main front yard. Everybody in the park knew it and
nobody gave a damn. <g>

My goat got out one day and ate all of his pot plants outside the fence
to the ground. They were about 2 ft. high. He was highly "annoyed" and
I had a happy goat for about 3 days. ;-)

Animals love pot plants. The neighbor on the other side of us grew his
pot plants up on one of the lesser known hiking trails near a stream. We
ran across them hiking one day and discovered what had happened to all
of our missing extra chicken wire. He'd stolen it all to protect his
plants from being eaten by deer and rabbits.
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
"We're all adults here, except for those of us who aren't." --Blake Murphy

In article
>,
Cindy Hamilton > wrote:

> On Mar 23, 6:00*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> > foods while you shop.
> >
> > It's very interesting and enlightening. *I'm really bummed about some
> > of the levels though.
> >
> > http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
>
> No. I rarely wash produce either, unless it looks dirty (or I'm
> having
> guests).
>
> I don't have the metabolism of an insect or weed, so I'm just not that
> worried about it.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

I wash all of my produce after once picking up Chilomastix mesnili off
of some unwashed cherries I ate on the way home from the store.

Migrant fruit and veggie pickers use the restroom in the fields and do
not wash their hands. Many people handle the fruits and veggies with
unwashed hands in the stores.

I'm more worried about picking up diseases and parasites that way than
any worries about pesticide residue... especially because it happened
to me once.
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
"We're all adults here, except for those of us who aren't." --Blake Murphy

In news:rec.food.cooking, Cindy Hamilton >
posted on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:12:36 -0700 (PDT) the following:

> On Mar 24, 2:12+AKA-pm, Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > And suppose some kid has been picking his nose, then he goes and runs his
> > hands over all the bell peppers, or runs his fingers through the salad
> > greens? +AKA-Or what if someone sneezes on it all and it evaporates. +AKA-As angry
> > as people are, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them go into the produce
> > sections specifically to sneeze all over the produce in hopes of making
> > everyone else as sick as they are.
>
> So? What if I grew my own food and got some worm poop in my mouth?

Doesn't bother me. It's your mouth.

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
Mar 2010 13:17:00 -0600 the following:

> In article >,
> Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > And I peel cucumbers, too, usually, but to make them prettier than just
> > "peeled cucumbers", I often leave a few green stripes down the side --
> > as thin as I can make them with a potato peeler (which I never use to
> > peel potatoes, by the way).
>
> I don't generally peel potatoes either, but I sometimes peel apples for
> cooking and butternut squash.

I peel potatoes. I just use a paring knife. I don't feel comfortable
using a "potato peeler" on a potato because the potato is so big. At
least with long and skinny vegetables I can lay one end on the cutting
board and hold the other end between two fingers, then run the peeler down
a side. With a potato, they're so big I'd have to hold one fully in my
hand and I've always been afraid of snagging my finger with the peeler.
I've never cut myself in the kitchen while cooking.

> Removing the seeds is supposed to help make them burpless too.

I've heard that, too. Since I think the mouth feel of the seedy area of a
cucumber is not pleasant, if they reduce the burps from cucumbers, it's
just that much better that the scrapings go into the trash.

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
Mar 2010 13:20:29 -0600 the following:

> My goat got out one day and ate all of his pot plants outside the fence
> to the ground. They were about 2 ft. high. He was highly "annoyed" and
> I had a happy goat for about 3 days. ;-)
>
> Animals love pot plants. The neighbor on the other side of us grew his
> pot plants up on one of the lesser known hiking trails near a stream. We
> ran across them hiking one day and discovered what had happened to all
> of our missing extra chicken wire. He'd stolen it all to protect his
> plants from being eaten by deer and rabbits.

I remember watching a movie called Kid Colter. Jim Stafford was in it. In
one part of the movie, before the kid gets lost, Jim says that to survive
in the wilderness, just watch what what the animals eat. Makes sense to
me. So animals love marijuana. There's another point of science Barack
Obama is completely ignoring after saying his policies would be based on
science, not ideology.

Liars are so unattractive. I hope Obama does not get voted back into
office in 2012. Wouldn't it be interesting to discover that many animal
extinctions are due to man's removal of marijuana from the wild. If
animals love it so much, it has probably been benefiting them all this
time, too.

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
> Mar 2010 13:20:29 -0600 the following:
>
> > My goat got out one day and ate all of his pot plants outside the fence
> > to the ground. They were about 2 ft. high. He was highly "annoyed" and
> > I had a happy goat for about 3 days. ;-)
> >
> > Animals love pot plants. The neighbor on the other side of us grew his
> > pot plants up on one of the lesser known hiking trails near a stream. We
> > ran across them hiking one day and discovered what had happened to all
> > of our missing extra chicken wire. He'd stolen it all to protect his
> > plants from being eaten by deer and rabbits.
>
> I remember watching a movie called Kid Colter. Jim Stafford was in it. In
> one part of the movie, before the kid gets lost, Jim says that to survive
> in the wilderness, just watch what what the animals eat. Makes sense to
> me. So animals love marijuana. There's another point of science Barack
> Obama is completely ignoring after saying his policies would be based on
> science, not ideology.
>
> Liars are so unattractive. I hope Obama does not get voted back into
> office in 2012. Wouldn't it be interesting to discover that many animal
> extinctions are due to man's removal of marijuana from the wild. If
> animals love it so much, it has probably been benefiting them all this
> time, too.
>
> Damaeus

I'm told it grows wild all over the Austin area, but I've not seriously
looked for it. It's wild Hemp and otherwise known as "ditchweed" and is
useless for smoking, but great for making rope...

Be careful tho' in watching what animals eat. Some of it is still toxic
to humans. There is a bird that eats Pyracantha (sp?) berries for one,
(I think it's the cedar waxwing and they also eat chinaberries that are
not good for humans) and there is also a bird that eats mistletoe
berries. Those are also toxic to humans.
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
"We're all adults here, except for those of us who aren't." --Blake Murphy

On Mar 24, 12:20*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
>
>
>
>
>
> *Damaeus > wrote:
> > In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
> > Mar 2010 10:53:32 -0600 the following:
>
> > > In article
> > > >,
> > > *ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > > > On Mar 23, 3:00*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > > > > Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> > > > > foods while you shop.
>
> > > > > It's very interesting and enlightening. *I'm really bummed about some
> > > > > of the levels though.
>
> > > > >http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
>
> > > I'm surprised that cabbage and related veggies are so low on the list.. *
> > > I have trouble growing those veggies due to cabbage worms. The little
> > > creeps totally killed the one Horseradish plant I had. :-(
>
> > Something similar happened to me last spring. *During the late spring or
> > early summer of last year, I became so optimistic that marijuana was going
> > to be legalized that I planted one seed in the flower bed. *Unfortunately
> > when the little plant was about four inches tall with four leaves on top,
> > a bug took a bite out of the stem and it fell over and died. *I would have
> > ended up pulling the plant up, anyway. *Pot prohibition didn't end, and I
> > told my nervous roomie that I would pull the plant up if pot wasn't
> > legalized. *I just wanted to get started on growing some in preparation
> > for legalization.
>
> > Damaeus
>
> We lived in the mountains of California during the 70's. *My neighbor
> had a bunch of small pot plants along the unfenced area of his yard and
> two HUGE ones in the main front yard. *Everybody in the park knew it and
> nobody gave a damn. <g>
>
> My goat got out one day and ate all of his pot plants outside the fence
> to the ground. They were about 2 ft. high. *He was highly "annoyed" and
> I had a happy goat for about 3 days. ;-)
>
> Animals love pot plants. The neighbor on the other side of us grew his
> pot plants up on one of the lesser known hiking trails near a stream. We
> ran across them hiking one day and discovered what had happened to all
> of our missing extra chicken wire. *He'd stolen it all to protect his
> plants from being eaten by deer and rabbits.
> --
> Peace! Om
>
> Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
> "We're all adults here, except for those of us who aren't." --Blake Murphy- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

LOL!!! that's a great story. Happy goat indeed.

On Mar 24, 1:58*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
>
>
>
>
>
> *Damaeus > wrote:
> > In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
> > Mar 2010 13:17:00 -0600 the following:
>
> > > In article >,
> > > *Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > > > And I peel cucumbers, too, usually, but to make them prettier than just
> > > > "peeled cucumbers", I often leave a few green stripes down the side --
> > > > as thin as I can make them with a potato peeler (which I never use to
> > > > peel potatoes, by the way).
>
> > > I don't generally peel potatoes either, but I sometimes peel apples for
> > > cooking and butternut squash.
>
> > I peel potatoes. *I just use a paring knife. *I don't feel comfortable
> > using a "potato peeler" on a potato because the potato is so big. *At
> > least with long and skinny vegetables I can lay one end on the cutting
> > board and hold the other end between two fingers, then run the peeler down
> > a side. *With a potato, they're so big I'd have to hold one fully in my
> > hand and I've always been afraid of snagging my finger with the peeler.
> > I've never cut myself in the kitchen while cooking.
>
> Peelers are pretty safe. *I've hit myself with one more than once and
> not cut myself. *Now the Chinese chef's knife is another matter, as is
> my very sharp little paring knife.<g> *I have a couple of good scars
> from kitchen cuts but no major injuries.
>
> I never peel spuds. *I just clean/scrub them well. *I may peel sweet
> potatoes depending on what I am doing with them.
>
>
>
> > > Removing the seeds is supposed to help make them burpless too.
>
> > I've heard that, too. *Since I think the mouth feel of the seedy area of a
> > cucumber is not pleasant, if they reduce the burps from cucumbers, it's
> > just that much better that the scrapings go into the trash.
>
> > Damaeus
>
> Indeed.
> --
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>
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> - Show quoted text -

CBS Sunday Morning had a great story about the Peeler Man in New
York. What a great sales pitch he had about
those wonderful Swiss peelers.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...UpperPromoArea

In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
Mar 2010 14:58:10 -0600 the following:

> Peelers are pretty safe. I've hit myself with one more than once and
> not cut myself. Now the Chinese chef's knife is another matter, as is
> my very sharp little paring knife.<g> I have a couple of good scars from
> kitchen cuts but no major injuries.
>
> I never peel spuds. I just clean/scrub them well. I may peel sweet
> potatoes depending on what I am doing with them.

You don't even peel potatoes for mashed potatoes? I once experimented a
few times with unpeeled mashed potatoes, but decided that I like them
better peeled. The only time I don't peel them is when making a potato
salad with red new potatoes, which has mayonnaise, sour cream, red onions,
dill weed, salt and pepper in it instead of the more "southern" version
with the mayo, mustard, pickles, onions, and hard-boiled eggs. The red
skins left on the potatoes really just adds color to the potato salad. I
noticed (and I won't say how) that the peelings from those potatoes don't
actually seem to digest. But the new potatoes are generally pretty small,
so peeling them isn't much fun, anyway.

I once bought a couple of potatoes that looked like they must have been a
foot long, and almost as big around as a CD. I took them home, peeled
one, and found that the inside of it was hollow with brown trails in it. I
peeled and cut the second one to discover the same thing. So both
potatoes were, as I saw them inedible. A hollow potato? Thanks for the
offer, but I'll have to pass. The worst part about finding a potato
that's rotten in the middle is the fact that it was peeled so beautifully
to be useless.

Damaeus

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-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
Mar 2010 15:03:45 -0600 the following:

> I'm told it grows wild all over the Austin area, but I've not seriously
> looked for it. It's wild Hemp and otherwise known as "ditchweed" and is
> useless for smoking, but great for making rope...
>
> Be careful tho' in watching what animals eat. Some of it is still toxic
> to humans. There is a bird that eats Pyracantha (sp?) berries for one,
> (I think it's the cedar waxwing and they also eat chinaberries that are
> not good for humans) and there is also a bird that eats mistletoe
> berries. Those are also toxic to humans.

I pictured squirrels when he said that, but anyway... I wonder if
mistletoe would be toxic if a human was slowly adapted to them.

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

In article
>,
ImStillMags > wrote:

> > We lived in the mountains of California during the 70's. *My neighbor
> > had a bunch of small pot plants along the unfenced area of his yard and
> > two HUGE ones in the main front yard. *Everybody in the park knew it and
> > nobody gave a damn. <g>
> >
> > My goat got out one day and ate all of his pot plants outside the fence
> > to the ground. They were about 2 ft. high. *He was highly "annoyed" and
> > I had a happy goat for about 3 days. ;-)
> >
> > Animals love pot plants. The neighbor on the other side of us grew his
> > pot plants up on one of the lesser known hiking trails near a stream. We
> > ran across them hiking one day and discovered what had happened to all
> > of our missing extra chicken wire. *He'd stolen it all to protect his
> > plants from being eaten by deer and rabbits.
>
> LOL!!! that's a great story. Happy goat indeed.

Cheers! She was a Saanen named "Sunny".
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In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
> Mar 2010 14:58:10 -0600 the following:
>
> > Peelers are pretty safe. I've hit myself with one more than once and
> > not cut myself. Now the Chinese chef's knife is another matter, as is
> > my very sharp little paring knife.<g> I have a couple of good scars from
> > kitchen cuts but no major injuries.
> >
> > I never peel spuds. I just clean/scrub them well. I may peel sweet
> > potatoes depending on what I am doing with them.
>
> You don't even peel potatoes for mashed potatoes?

Nope! But I don't mash Idahoes. I either use red, white or yukon golds
as the skins are so thin, one hardly notices them and they add color and
texture to the mashed spuds. If I want smooth potato puree, I just use
powdered and yes, I actually LIKE powdered mashed potatoes.

> I once experimented a
> few times with unpeeled mashed potatoes, but decided that I like them
> better peeled. The only time I don't peel them is when making a potato
> salad with red new potatoes, which has mayonnaise, sour cream, red onions,
> dill weed, salt and pepper in it instead of the more "southern" version
> with the mayo, mustard, pickles, onions, and hard-boiled eggs. The red
> skins left on the potatoes really just adds color to the potato salad. I
> noticed (and I won't say how) that the peelings from those potatoes don't
> actually seem to digest. But the new potatoes are generally pretty small,
> so peeling them isn't much fun, anyway.

Potato salad made with unpeeled potatoes are also excellent. I agree.
Ever tried the Yukon golds?

>
> I once bought a couple of potatoes that looked like they must have been a
> foot long, and almost as big around as a CD. I took them home, peeled
> one, and found that the inside of it was hollow with brown trails in it. I
> peeled and cut the second one to discover the same thing. So both
> potatoes were, as I saw them inedible. A hollow potato? Thanks for the
> offer, but I'll have to pass. The worst part about finding a potato
> that's rotten in the middle is the fact that it was peeled so beautifully
> to be useless.
>
> Damaeus

I don't generally purchase really big spuds. They just don't have the
right texture for me, even if they are not the way you found them to be.
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In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
> Mar 2010 15:03:45 -0600 the following:
>
> > I'm told it grows wild all over the Austin area, but I've not seriously
> > looked for it. It's wild Hemp and otherwise known as "ditchweed" and is
> > useless for smoking, but great for making rope...
> >
> > Be careful tho' in watching what animals eat. Some of it is still toxic
> > to humans. There is a bird that eats Pyracantha (sp?) berries for one,
> > (I think it's the cedar waxwing and they also eat chinaberries that are
> > not good for humans) and there is also a bird that eats mistletoe
> > berries. Those are also toxic to humans.
>
> I pictured squirrels when he said that, but anyway... I wonder if
> mistletoe would be toxic if a human was slowly adapted to them.
>
> Damaeus

Most likely dude. I'd not risk it!

Squirrels eat acorns too and the tanins are toxic. They have to be water
processed before eating them. Get a field guide to local edible plants.
It'd be safer!
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Omelet wrote:
> In article
> >,
> > wrote:
>
>> On Mar 23, 3:00 pm, > wrote:
>>> Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
>>> foods while you shop.
>>>
>>> It's very interesting and enlightening. I'm really bummed about some
>>> of the levels though.
>>>
>>> http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
>
> I'm surprised that cabbage and related veggies are so low on the list.
> I have trouble growing those veggies due to cabbage worms. The little
> creeps totally killed the one Horseradish plant I had. :-(

That's easily taken care of by spraying a harmless (to us) bacteria once
a week. Good on all Brassicas (Cabbage, Horseradish, Kale, etc.) In
Australia it is marketed under then name 'Dipel'. A bonus is that being
a bacteria, you can culture your own bacteria from the commercial
product and have a regular supply of your own, if so inclined. It's
crucial that you do spray once a week, though... or the little buggers
will be back before you know it. But at least it works, is organic and
harmless to all mammals (AFAIK).




--
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by those who haven't got it - George Bernard Shaw

Omelet wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> In news:rec.food.cooking, > posted on Wed, 24
>> Mar 2010 10:53:32 -0600 the following:
>>
>>> In article
>>> >,
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 23, 3:00Â pm, > wrote:
>>>>> Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
>>>>> foods while you shop.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's very interesting and enlightening. Â I'm really bummed about some
>>>>> of the levels though.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
>>> I'm surprised that cabbage and related veggies are so low on the list.
>>> I have trouble growing those veggies due to cabbage worms. The little
>>> creeps totally killed the one Horseradish plant I had. :-(
>> Something similar happened to me last spring. During the late spring or
>> early summer of last year, I became so optimistic that marijuana was going
>> to be legalized that I planted one seed in the flower bed. Unfortunately
>> when the little plant was about four inches tall with four leaves on top,
>> a bug took a bite out of the stem and it fell over and died. I would have
>> ended up pulling the plant up, anyway. Pot prohibition didn't end, and I
>> told my nervous roomie that I would pull the plant up if pot wasn't
>> legalized. I just wanted to get started on growing some in preparation
>> for legalization.
>>
>> Damaeus
>
> We lived in the mountains of California during the 70's. My neighbor
> had a bunch of small pot plants along the unfenced area of his yard and
> two HUGE ones in the main front yard. Everybody in the park knew it and
> nobody gave a damn.<g>
>
> My goat got out one day and ate all of his pot plants outside the fence
> to the ground. They were about 2 ft. high. He was highly "annoyed" and
> I had a happy goat for about 3 days. ;-)
>
> Animals love pot plants. The neighbor on the other side of us grew his
> pot plants up on one of the lesser known hiking trails near a stream. We
> ran across them hiking one day and discovered what had happened to all
> of our missing extra chicken wire. He'd stolen it all to protect his
> plants from being eaten by deer and rabbits.


Did you reclaim said chook wire?
I would have gone back home, brought the goat back to his plot (if
practical), and while the goat was busy having another good feed of
hippy tomatoes, rolled up all the wire and brought it home... possibly
on the goat's back maybe?


--
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by those who haven't got it - George Bernard Shaw

ImStillMags wrote:
> Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> foods while you shop.
>
> It's very interesting and enlightening. I'm really bummed about some
> of the levels though.
>
> http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php

I sure do care, which is why I grow as much as possible (climate
permitting) of my own here organically.

Aside from the herbicide/pesticide issue, shop bought veggies just don't
taste the same - even if they were picked only hours earlier. There's
fresh and then there's *fresh*. Nothing beats home grown veggies.

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Damaeus wrote:
<snip>
> Liars are so unattractive. I hope Obama does not get voted back into
> office in 2012.

Problem is, it's just not possible to make it to being the official
rep/dem candidate - let alone president - without being a liar... among
other choice qualities. Which was the last president who wasn't? It's
been quite a while...



--
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by those who haven't got it - George Bernard Shaw

In article >,
Jeßus > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mar 23, 3:00 pm, > wrote:
> >>> Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
> >>> foods while you shop.
> >>>
> >>> It's very interesting and enlightening. I'm really bummed about some
> >>> of the levels though.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
> >
> > I'm surprised that cabbage and related veggies are so low on the list.
> > I have trouble growing those veggies due to cabbage worms. The little
> > creeps totally killed the one Horseradish plant I had. :-(
>
> That's easily taken care of by spraying a harmless (to us) bacteria once
> a week. Good on all Brassicas (Cabbage, Horseradish, Kale, etc.) In
> Australia it is marketed under then name 'Dipel'. A bonus is that being
> a bacteria, you can culture your own bacteria from the commercial
> product and have a regular supply of your own, if so inclined. It's
> crucial that you do spray once a week, though... or the little buggers
> will be back before you know it. But at least it works, is organic and
> harmless to all mammals (AFAIK).

Here it is called "BT". I've planned on trying it as it's also supposed
to be good for tomato hornworms. Just never gotten around to it yet.
Did it work for you?
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In article >,
Jeßus > wrote:

> > Animals love pot plants. The neighbor on the other side of us grew his
> > pot plants up on one of the lesser known hiking trails near a stream. We
> > ran across them hiking one day and discovered what had happened to all
> > of our missing extra chicken wire. He'd stolen it all to protect his
> > plants from being eaten by deer and rabbits.
>
>
> Did you reclaim said chook wire?

Nah. Would have been more work than it was worth. Said plants were at
least a mile from the house.

> I would have gone back home, brought the goat back to his plot (if
> practical), and while the goat was busy having another good feed of
> hippy tomatoes, rolled up all the wire and brought it home... possibly
> on the goat's back maybe?

<lol> Now there is a thought! Never considered training her to be a pack
animal. <g>
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On Mar 24, 7:24*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> *Damaeus > wrote:
> > In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
> > Mar 2010 14:58:10 -0600 the following:
>
> > > Peelers are pretty safe. *I've hit myself with one more than once and
> > > not cut myself. *Now the Chinese chef's knife is another matter, as is
> > > my very sharp little paring knife.<g> I have a couple of good scars from
> > > kitchen cuts but no major injuries.
>
> > > I never peel spuds. *I just clean/scrub them well. *I may peel sweet
> > > potatoes depending on what I am doing with them.
>
> > You don't even peel potatoes for mashed potatoes? *
>
> Nope! *But I don't mash Idahoes. *I either use red, white or yukon golds
> as the skins are so thin, one hardly notices them and they add color and
> texture to the mashed spuds. *If I want smooth potato puree, I just use
> powdered and yes, I actually LIKE powdered mashed potatoes.
>
> > I once experimented a
> > few times with unpeeled mashed potatoes, but decided that I like them
> > better peeled. *The only time I don't peel them is when making a potato
> > salad with red new potatoes, which has mayonnaise, sour cream, red onions,
> > dill weed, salt and pepper in it instead of the more "southern" version
> > with the mayo, mustard, pickles, onions, and hard-boiled eggs. *The red
> > skins left on the potatoes really just adds color to the potato salad. *I
> > noticed (and I won't say how) that the peelings from those potatoes don't
> > actually seem to digest. *But the new potatoes are generally pretty small,
> > so peeling them isn't much fun, anyway.
>
> Potato salad made with unpeeled potatoes are also excellent. I agree.
> Ever tried the Yukon golds?
>
>
>
> > I once bought a couple of potatoes that looked like they must have been a
> > foot long, and almost as big around as a CD. *I took them home, peeled
> > one, and found that the inside of it was hollow with brown trails in it.. I
> > peeled and cut the second one to discover the same thing. *So both
> > potatoes were, as I saw them inedible. *A hollow potato? *Thanks for the
> > offer, but I'll have to pass. *The worst part about finding a potato
> > that's rotten in the middle is the fact that it was peeled so beautifully
> > to be useless.
>
> > Damaeus
>
> I don't generally purchase really big spuds. They just don't have the
> right texture for me, even if they are not the way you found them to be.
> --
> Peace! Om
>
> Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
> "We're all adults here, except for those of us who aren't." --Blake Murphy

I don't peel potatoes either....just scrub them. The skins are the
best part IMHO. I love mashed potatoes with skins in them.

Omelet wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>>> In article
>>> >,
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 23, 3:00 pm, > wrote:
>>>>> Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
>>>>> foods while you shop.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's very interesting and enlightening. I'm really bummed about some
>>>>> of the levels though.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
>>> I'm surprised that cabbage and related veggies are so low on the list.
>>> I have trouble growing those veggies due to cabbage worms. The little
>>> creeps totally killed the one Horseradish plant I had. :-(
>> That's easily taken care of by spraying a harmless (to us) bacteria once
>> a week. Good on all Brassicas (Cabbage, Horseradish, Kale, etc.) In
>> Australia it is marketed under then name 'Dipel'. A bonus is that being
>> a bacteria, you can culture your own bacteria from the commercial
>> product and have a regular supply of your own, if so inclined. It's
>> crucial that you do spray once a week, though... or the little buggers
>> will be back before you know it. But at least it works, is organic and
>> harmless to all mammals (AFAIK).
>
> Here it is called "BT". I've planned on trying it as it's also supposed
> to be good for tomato hornworms. Just never gotten around to it yet.
> Did it work for you?

Absolutely, yes. As it gradually cools here, I'm seeing less and less of
the cabbage moths/grubs appear, but still spraying until if/when they go
altogether. I doubt they could survive our winters though (Moved to
Tasmania early 2008, so still learning how such things work here).

I also use the Dipel cutlure on my cherries, pears - and now - plum and
prune trees to combat sawfly larvae - they look like little leeches.
They sure can make a mess of the foliage on young trees! Anyway, the
Dipel *does* have a significant impact on the sawfly larvae as well,
although by no means completely kills them like it does to the cabbage
grubs.


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by those who haven't got it - George Bernard Shaw

Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>>> In article
>>> >,
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 23, 3:00 pm, > wrote:
>>>>> Here's a cool site that even has a phone app so you can check you
>>>>> foods while you shop.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's very interesting and enlightening. I'm really bummed about some
>>>>> of the levels though.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
>>> I'm surprised that cabbage and related veggies are so low on the list.
>>> I have trouble growing those veggies due to cabbage worms. The little
>>> creeps totally killed the one Horseradish plant I had. :-(
>> That's easily taken care of by spraying a harmless (to us) bacteria once
>> a week. Good on all Brassicas (Cabbage, Horseradish, Kale, etc.) In
>> Australia it is marketed under then name 'Dipel'. A bonus is that being
>> a bacteria, you can culture your own bacteria from the commercial
>> product and have a regular supply of your own, if so inclined. It's
>> crucial that you do spray once a week, though... or the little buggers
>> will be back before you know it. But at least it works, is organic and
>> harmless to all mammals (AFAIK).
>
> Also if you plant a later variety, they don't seem to succumb to the
> worms. Of course, I also live in the north where we get cooler falls
> and winters.

It also gets quite cool here in winter, many mornings around -6°C
(21.2°F), often with heavy frost.
The Brassicas love it, as do the Parsnips, at least



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In article
>,
ImStillMags > wrote:

> I don't peel potatoes either....just scrub them. The skins are the
> best part IMHO. I love mashed potatoes with skins in them.

When I bake potatoes, I save the skin for "dessert". Eat it as is with a
little extra salt. ;-d
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In article >,
Jeßus > wrote:

> > Here it is called "BT". I've planned on trying it as it's also supposed
> > to be good for tomato hornworms. Just never gotten around to it yet.
> > Did it work for you?
>
> Absolutely, yes. As it gradually cools here, I'm seeing less and less of
> the cabbage moths/grubs appear, but still spraying until if/when they go
> altogether. I doubt they could survive our winters though (Moved to
> Tasmania early 2008, so still learning how such things work here).
>
> I also use the Dipel cutlure on my cherries, pears - and now - plum and
> prune trees to combat sawfly larvae - they look like little leeches.
> They sure can make a mess of the foliage on young trees! Anyway, the
> Dipel *does* have a significant impact on the sawfly larvae as well,
> although by no means completely kills them like it does to the cabbage
> grubs.

Very good, thanks!
I want to try growing more chard again and the cabbage worms go after it
too. It's my favorite green.
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In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
Mar 2010 20:25:29 -0600 the following:

> In article >,
> Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > I pictured squirrels when he said that, but anyway... I wonder if
> > mistletoe would be toxic if a human was slowly adapted to them.
>
> Most likely dude. I'd not risk it!

Well, I wasn't planning on it. I was just curious. I have enough variety
of foods in my life that I don't need to go testing berries everyone else
says are poisonous just to add more flair to my cooking.

> Squirrels eat acorns too and the tanins are toxic. They have to be water
> processed before eating them. Get a field guide to local edible plants.
> It'd be safer!

Squirrels evolved eating lots of acorns. If we had eaten them for a time,
they wouldn't be poisonous, but might still taste like crap. I've heard
that we can eat onions, but onions are toxic to cats. I dropped a piece
of white onion on the floor. One of the cats walked up to it, sniffed it,
then squinted her eyes and backed away, even doing her head side to side
like she was saying "No way!"

Damaeus
--
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-Harry Anslinger (1929), Federal Bureau of Narcotics

In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> > Squirrels eat acorns too and the tanins are toxic. They have to be water
> > processed before eating them. Get a field guide to local edible plants.
> > It'd be safer!
>
> Squirrels evolved eating lots of acorns. If we had eaten them for a time,
> they wouldn't be poisonous, but might still taste like crap.

They are bitter as hell. I've tasted them as a child.

> I've heard
> that we can eat onions, but onions are toxic to cats. I dropped a piece
> of white onion on the floor. One of the cats walked up to it, sniffed it,
> then squinted her eyes and backed away, even doing her head side to side
> like she was saying "No way!"
>
> Damaeus

Smart cat. <g>
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Omelet wrote on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:52:27 -0600:

> >> Squirrels eat acorns too and the tanins are toxic. They
> >> have to be water processed before eating them. Get a field
> >> guide to local edible plants. It'd be safer!
>>
>> Squirrels evolved eating lots of acorns. If we had eaten
>> them for a time, they wouldn't be poisonous, but might still
>> taste like crap.

> They are bitter as hell. I've tasted them as a child.

>> I've heard
>> that we can eat onions, but onions are toxic to cats. I
>> dropped a piece of white onion on the floor. One of the cats
>> walked up to it, sniffed it, then squinted her eyes and
>> backed away, even doing her head side to side like she was
>> saying "No way!"
>>
>> Damaeus

> Smart cat. <g>

I'm told there are red oaks and white oaks and one type has very bitter
acorns. The difference does not seem to bother the local tree rats.

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