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Category Archives: Food News
10 Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science
Myths exist in a fact-free vacuum. Seriously, just look at some of the bizarre and often deadly things people use as a personal ethos. Food myths are no less harder to kill with facts.
As if the original article didn’t cover enough ground, Lifehacker today added a follow-up article.
Take all of this, of course, with a grain of salt. Pun intended. Granted, I’m not a kid anymore but I have been around long enough to see eggs be the root of all evil and the savior of humankind at least through two different cycles.
Any and every point made in those articles could be turned on their heads in the next six months. Just saying.
U.S. military rations – The Washington Post
Strange things are afoot concerning military rations. Caffeinated beef jerky anyone? Hell, I’m interested.
Plus, a look at the history of military rations.
10 Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science
No matter how debunked this list is, I know most of us buy into them.
Then again, how many times have eggs been alternately good, then immensely bad for you in your timetime? So, you know, it might not be so bad to stick with a few of these.
A State Without Mexicans? | Mother Jones
In Alabama, like Georgia and North Carolina before them, racism is put above both economic and civil rights concerns as the state basically makes it illegal to be brown.
Sure, there are undocumented and falsely documented workers in this country. Either find a way to get them to work legally or find a way to pay Americans enough to do the work. Because, whatever the current laws are trying to do is just going to make a lot of folks hungry, both the workers not getting paid, the farmers fined or forced out of business, and the rest of us paying more for smaller amounts of food as it rots in the fields.
Short-sighted and cruel conservatives will truly be the undoing of this nation if their agenda can’t be stopped. Or at least turned to productive ends. Laws like the one mentioned sure as hell won’t do the job.
Confessions Of A Sriracha Fanatic : NPR
For the love of sriracha. Some good recipes in there too.
Tamales, Los Angeles’ first street food – latimes.com
I really can’t wait for Gustavo’s book on Latino food in America.
For now, the latest offering is this history of tamale wagons in LA in the late 19th century into the early 20th century.
That taco truck had a predecessor.
A World of Burger
The Troubled History Of The Supermarket Tomato : NPR
Having covered the taste-free banana, I also read this story about our bland tomatoes.
I ponder this as I question whether I can keep the weeds at bay long enough for our little tomato plants to produce any kind of bounty this year. Between the new job’s travels, the rabbits, the rain and humidity, I’m not so sure.
If you enjoy the story, be sure to check out the related stories as well. There is a lot on this subject.
How to Select Fresh, Ripe Produce
Mostly stuff you already probably knew on picking good food, but good advice all the same.