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by jasonallen 5119 days ago
I want to like this, but it conflicts with Michael Pollan's rules for eating ("don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food").

Their chicken strips contain titanium dioxide. I'm no expert, but wikipedia says we probably shouldn't be eating that. What am I missing?

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"I'm no expert, but wikipedia says we probably shouldn't be eating that. What am I missing?"

I think you answered your own question there.

Oh by the way you've already put TiO2 several times in your mouth

And meat does not contain any chemicals? Here is a 40 page list of stuff you can find in your meat besides antibiotics and growth hormone: http://concordfood.ning.com/forum/attachment/download?id=494...

To list a few: Chlorine dioxide, Lauramide arginine ethyl ester, Potassium diacetate, Sodium hypochlorite, Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, Ammonium hydroxide, Sodium tripolyphosphate, Bacteriophage preparation, Cetylpyridinium chloride

>Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food

Erm, Tripe, blood pudding, sweet breads VS Tiramasu, Sushi, Lobster

Sorry Gran!

Sweet breads vs tiramisu? Is there a competition between fried thymus and pancreas and a cake made out of cookies and marscapone cheese?

BTW my great grandmother would recognize the blood pudding, sweet breads and tripe. She was Irish. I'm pretty sure there's a lot of great gran's who'd recognize the others.

Yes that was rather my point to the glib "don't eat anything your grandmother wouldn't recognise"!

My dear old grandmother never saw Tiramasu, Sushi or a Lobster (at least on a plate) and wouldn't recognise it as food. However some of the stuff she did eat - urgghhhh !