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Skriven 2015-07-18 22:41:55 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 29139 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
Ärende: Eating Habits
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Hi Dave,

 ML> And then there are all those abandoned and stray ones. We
 ML> speaking in the macro sense have a love-hate relationship
 ML> with our animals - as I suppose we do with children in a
 ML> lot of cases.

 RH> Sometimes seems that way. Then you see/hear about people who have so
 RH> many animals that they neglect to the point of them having to be
 RH> confiscated. Unfortunately most of them then have to be put down. There
 RH> was a story in today's paper about one person having about 150 various
 RH> farm animals, as well as a good number of cats and dogs. Authorities
 RH> had tried to work with this person for some time but ended up taking
 RH> the animals this week.

 DD> Nearly every community has at least one "crazy cat lady". Every year
 DD> or so a new one surfaces in our local "news" paper. I went and looked
 DD> at a house for sale - but, turned it down because it was next door to
 DD> one of the cat ladies who got busted and her cats removed. But, it's
 DD> obvious from the aroma and observation that she's restocking her
 DD> menagerie.

Seems that kind of person always goes back to "taking in strays". They
took almost 200 animals from this place I referred to, after several
years of warnings and threats to do so (and more amimals added in the
meantime). It looks like all the animals are healthy enough for adoption
tho.


 RH> feeding our cats dry dog food for years because we couldn't afford dog
 RH> and cat food. The dog(s) also got a fair amount of table scraps to
 RH> suppliment their food.

 DD> Dry kibble is actually better (according to some vets) that table
 DD> scraps for pooches.

Better for their teeth. Sam usually got the dry, with a bit of canned
from time to time or sometimes a little water added to make him think he
had gravy.


 ML> They were all probably reasonably healthy nonetheless.

 RH> Yes, as they were mostly outdoor pets and got a good bit of exercise.
 RH> Cats were also "hired" for mousekeeping so they got extra protein
 RH> there. (G)


(fast food)
 ML> would have been accepted as normal, necessary, and perhaps
 ML> delicious a few generations ago.

 RH> Get rid of the McDs, Subways, Bojangles, etc on every other corner of
 RH> the lower income areas and you'll have a start.

 DD> You have to be kidding, right? Mess with profits?!?!? Why, that's just
 DD> un-American.  Bv)=

It's also unhealthy.


 ML> I would be happy with that course of action, but not for
 ML> nutritional reasons. Anyhow, I'll see your easier said than
 ML> done and raise with an impossible.

 RH> I'll match with a "who are they (we) trying to kid?" reaction from
 RH> those patrons of such places.

 DD> And the owners who are raking in relatively obscene amounts of money
 DD> on the backs of min-wage workers and customers who don't know better
 DD> or don't care.

Sigh!


 ML> Even nutritional labeling isn't going to do any good -
 ML> you won't scare off the clientele even if you talk about
 ML> 1000 Calories and 1000 mg of Na in every dubiously
 ML> delicious sandwich.

 RH> No, but threaten a heart attack or stroke while in their 30s might
 RH> scare them. Then too, some might not live long enough to reach their
 RH> 30s.

 DD> We're all bullet-proof and are going to live forever, right? Think of
 DD> it as Darwin in action.

A generation dying out because of what they ate? Maybe not completely
but they can come pretty close.


 ML> I'm willing to make scrapple pretty much any time.
 RH> We've talked about trying to do it from a Boston butt or doing a
 RH> chicken scrapple but not yet gotten the round tuit. Easier than hunting
 RH> down a fresh killed hog's head.

 ML> You can make scrapple out of lots of things ... but chicken
 ML> I hadn't thought of.

 RH> IIRC, I've got some recipies for it in some of my Mennonite or Amish
 RH> cook books.

 DD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 DD>       Title: Chicken Scrapple
 DD>  Categories: Poultry, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies
 DD>       Yield: 10 servings

I don't think we'll make it with too much heat.


 DD>   Serve with chicken gravy or applesauce.

Syrup or kechup is more traditional but then too, tradition is with
pork, not chicken.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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