What in the hell am I supposed to eat NOW?!?!?!

[underpants]

I post this here instead of GD because there are so many cooks and gourmands in the Lounge.

In case you missed it in LBN Mexico announced TODAY no more US Poultry.

If you didn't know (it was news to me) in 2002 they banned poultry imports from: NC, Maine, PA, VA, WV,TX,& California. Just this month Delaware and New Jersey. I have seen the number of "chicken houses" in the Shenandoah Valley ain't I don't think VA produces as much as Texas or Cali or even Delaware. Have we heard anything about THAT?!?!?

My wife called me and I mentioned this to her and she said, "THE MEXICANS WON'T EAT OUR FOOD?!?!?" (no offense to Latinos meant).

BEEF- Okay the UK has been struggling with this for years and when it pops up in the US a month later we are told, ~"All is well, continue to consume". Puhlease!!!!!!!!!

FISH-This might have slipped down the memory hole (headlines paraphrased).

Dec.3, 2003 FDA to allow higher levels of mercury in fish ($$$$$$)
A week later
Dec. 10, 2003 Pregnant women warned to eat only limited amounts of fish due to mercury levels --you know cause they can cause birth defects and troubled pregnancies and as a co-worker told me....hair loss in women.

So what the hell is left????

God I hope that Zagnut I just had was okay.

Tonight on Molto Mario"....uh...I .......I dunno...I give up" :shrug:

[bif]

1. Beer.

the staff of life.

[underpants]

3. Right they got some of that at the corner store

:beer:

[bif]

7. Never heard of Mad Beer disease

And I think it's pretty low in mercury.

[underpants]

16. I have to tell you I have seen adverse reactions to it before

Uneven gait, incoherent rambling, you know the rest.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Uhhhh....processed crap?

:shrug:

[Robb]

5. that would be the staph of life.

;)

[underpants]

6. I want the Mexican FDA to approve it first

Because I haven't seen squat to rely on from ours.

[NoPasaran]

4. Velveeta

Maybe SPAM

[underpants]

8. I think Spam pretty much has all those things in it

:puke:

I'd rather starve than eat Spam.

[GOPisEvil]

10. We have a festival for you:

www.spamarama.com

[underpants]

12. Better bring me a bucket

That is the nicest picture I found ;)

[SiobhanClancy]

17. Good old Velveeta...

has been clogging America's arteries since 1928:)

[Habibi]

9. This is a really bad time

to be on Atkins.

[underpants]

14. LOL

Yes yes it must be.

[commander bunnypants]

11. I got some Ramen in mydesk drawer

goes good with beer and Zagnuts


DDQM

[underpants]

13. Not chicken or beef "flavored" I hope

:bounce:

[prolesunited]

15. Become a vegetarian

It really isn't so bad. Plus, you get the added benefit of never worrying about a meat recall again. I just sigh and think to myself, I'm glad I don't eat that stuff anymore.

[GOPisEvil]

18. Yeah, but what do they spray on the veggies? What's in the soil?

:evilgrin:

Go organic, when you can. I have started buying organic, grass-fed beef and organic free-range chicken.

[underpants]

20. That's what a co-worker said

Now if I can get a grass-fed chicken hell I've got me a helluva Friday night.

[underpants]

19. 15 responses it took 15 responses for that to be said

you people are never going to bring in the masses if you don't get the message out....MARKETING DAMN IT!

Beef-it's what is rotting in your colon (bumpersticker in my neighborhood)

[prolesunited]

22. Personally, I'm not trying to market it

Frankly, I don't really care what people eat. Heck, I'll even cook meat for family dinners.

It's just something I've tried and works for me. I've never felt better since I stopped eating meat. I still include dairy and eggs in my diet.

As far as pesticides and what's in the soil, I grow all my own vegetables in the summer, organically of course, and I will buy organic in the store if it's available. I'm certainly not fanatical about it.

[SOteric]

21. Go certified organic.

[Deja Q]

23. Nothing with sugar in it...

Sugar is processed with the aid of cow bones to remove the color and to make it white (more caucasian racism?)... that's possible mad moo contamination right there...

http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj97mar/973sugar.htm (vegetarian e-mag with some good info)

Of course, with petrochemical fertilizers, insecticides, and genetic manipulation, veggies aren't good either.

sigh...

We can't even drink water because of arsenic and other forms of pollution.

Hell, our society's going to dust within 20 years anyway, so who cares? Yum it up!