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Skriven 2006-12-04 19:59:08 av Barbara McNay (1:382/48)
   Kommentar till text 8376 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: TRANS-FATS
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 >  BM> what's  in the food.  Moreover, the term "meatless" may simply mean
 >  BM> "without pieces of meat" to many people.  I, for instance,

 >    Not to a vegetarian.  I'm reasonably certain that
 > the woman was
 >    asking because she was a vegetarian.

But the people you ask don't necessarily use your definitions, especially if
they don't have any dietary restrictions, or take care of someone who does. 
And sometimes foods contain surprises.  Many years ago, when I was reading tuna
labels, I discovered one brand that contained casein.  Not what I'd expect to
find in tuna.

 >  BM> can't eat canned food with many cubes of meat in it, so
 >  BM> that's what would matter to me; meat broths and hash are
 >  BM> fine, however.

 >   Can you eat self prepared food with cubes of meat?
 > E.g. beef stew?

I haven't had much problem with food I cook; if it's something I've cooked in
the slow cooker, it tends to fall apart, and is mixed with rice and vegetables,
so I don't get much meat in any forkful.

 >   Is it something in the processing of canned meat
 > that bothers you?
 >   I'm curious.

Canned meat is Very Well Done, and as such has the characteristic dry texture
of overdone meat.  Years of taking aspirin got to my stomach, to the point that
eating a large chunk of overdone meat would cause a scrubbing sensation in my
stomach, and if I didn't heed the warning soon enough, I would get a painful
spasm of the sphincter for about 15 to 30 minutes, preventing me from
swallowing any more, even liquids to soothe the irritation.   At one point, it
was so bad that I threw out cans of tuna, as I couldn't stand to look at them. 
It's much better, now, as I take a different medication, but it, too, has the
potential to irritate my stomach.  I favor thighs and drumsticks, and rare
meats, all of which I have never had a problem with.

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