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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:01 PM Original message |
Beetlejuice: Using Bugs as Food Dye Is Legal and Common |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Read "Fast Food Nation" |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep. That book was a real eye-opener. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Some things you're better off not knowing. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. i know. my son gave this conversation to me months ago |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. That should be listed on the label, if it causes health problems... |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I think it's a personal preference. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. How are you about eating prawns and shrimp? |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I call them cockroaches of the sea and try not to think too much about it. |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. You're not drinking the "gooey bug stuff" |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. *Shrug* |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Gotta give the French credit for one thing (at least) |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yup. Guides in a local museum call it, "Dead Red Bug Squish". |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I wonder how they make green... grass stains? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bugs are better than toxic chemicals. |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Some bugs contain toxic chemicals. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. whatever. shrimp aren't that far removed from "bugs" |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. cochineal is an ancient source of dye, it's not the whole beetle |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. Ground up monkey endrino glands act as a brain 'trigger' that... |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yuck!! I don't want that in my food, either. |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Listen, I understand. Me too. But what would all the bio-chemists do... |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I can go you one better. I live in Florida and there are times when the |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Oh? |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I'm looking and I'm not finding it. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. There are a few reasons I doubt this |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Thanks for your doubt; I am soooo NOT a scientist. I shouldn't have said.. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 01:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Do you know what that's called (besides "natural flavoring")? |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. They should list it of course. but there are worse things to use |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Do we know that for a fact? |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. no. I don't know that for a fact. |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Lead was used for thousands of years for everything from cosmetics... |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. As I said, I don't know it for a fact. |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Where do you suppose chemicals come from? |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Everything used in food is tested for safety |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I don't trust government testing. |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. Like there's something wrong with beet juice. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-28-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. Now thjat's just gross |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. Eh, I've known about this for years |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-29-06 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
37. I don't see the problem. |
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