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       10 things about food 
       By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: November 2, 2023, 12:12 am
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       Interesting article about food and people’s desire believe what
       they want to believe.
       “10 things I know are true about food – that people don’t want
       to believe“
  HTML https://wapo.st/3SqixY6.
       Gift link
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       Re: 10 things about food 
       By: Thetis099 Date: November 2, 2023, 9:54 am
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       [quote author=MidwestmikkiJ link=topic=2280.msg216280#msg216280
       date=1698901946]
       Interesting article about food and people’s desire believe what
       they want to believe.
       “10 things I know are true about food – that people don’t want
       to believe“
  HTML https://wapo.st/3SqixY6.
       Gift link
       [/quote]
       Excellent article, thank you for the gift link.  The part about
       GMOs me remember reading about Golden Rice:
       "Malnutrition represents a silent epidemic in the developing
       world, with millions of children dying each year.
       Biofortification may not be a perfect solution to the problem of
       poverty in these countries, but it has the potential to greatly
       reduce the burden of disease. Much work remains to be done, but
       biofortified crops like Golden Rice may indeed be worth their
       weight in gold when it comes to preventing disease."
  HTML https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/good-as-gold-can-golden-rice-and-other-biofortified-crops-prevent-malnutrition/
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       Re: 10 things about food 
       By: farmgirl Date: November 2, 2023, 9:59 am
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       [quote author=MidwestmikkiJ link=topic=2280.msg216280#msg216280
       date=1698901946]
       Interesting article about food and people’s desire believe what
       they want to believe.
       “10 things I know are true about food – that people don’t want
       to believe“
  HTML https://wapo.st/3SqixY6.
       Gift link
       [/quote]
       Interesting.  But I don't agree with the tilapia comment - I've
       tried to eat it several times and could not.  It tastes like mud
       to me and not in a good way.
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       Re: 10 things about food 
       By: Paloma Date: November 2, 2023, 10:32 am
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       I've rarely read an article that I disagree with so strongly!
       (Just a personal take).
       1.  Tilapia is gross.  I can tell the difference between tilapia
       and other fish in a heartbeat. Often tilapia contains high
       levels of toxic bacteria, contaminants, and antibiotics.
       depends upon farming practices, all of which are not good.
       2.  Organic foods have benefits, too numerous to go into here
       (but include reduced exposure to pesticides, less toxic
       chemicals/cadmium, higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, etc)
       3.  And yeah, I can taste the difference between eggs,
       absolutely
       I guess we can all choose to eat the way we feel comfortable!
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       Re: 10 things about food 
       By: farmgirl Date: November 2, 2023, 11:51 am
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       [quote author=Paloma link=topic=2280.msg216316#msg216316
       date=1698939153]
       I've rarely read an article that I disagree with so strongly!
       (Just a personal take).
       1.  Tilapia is gross.  I can tell the difference between tilapia
       and other fish in a heartbeat. Often tilapia contains high
       levels of toxic bacteria, contaminants, and antibiotics.
       depends upon farming practices, all of which are not good.
       2.  Organic foods have benefits, too numerous to go into here
       (but include reduced exposure to pesticides, less toxic
       chemicals/cadmium, higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, etc)
       3.  And yeah, I can taste the difference between eggs,
       absolutely
       I guess we can all choose to eat the way we feel comfortable!
       [/quote]
       I don't have backyard chickens, so haven't eaten eggs raised
       that way since childhood (when my mom bought her eggs from an
       elderly woman who raised chickens and had a little business on
       the edge of the very small town in our area.)
       But when I moved from Philadelphia to Minnesota, I was struck by
       the difference in taste in the eggs.  In both places they were
       supermarket eggs, I assume the difference is in what the
       chickens were fed.
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       Re: 10 things about food 
       By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: November 2, 2023, 4:47 pm
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       [quote author=Paloma link=topic=2280.msg216316#msg216316
       date=1698939153]
       I've rarely read an article that I disagree with so strongly!
       (Just a personal take).
       1.  Tilapia is gross.  I can tell the difference between tilapia
       and other fish in a heartbeat. Often tilapia contains high
       levels of toxic bacteria, contaminants, and antibiotics.
       depends upon farming practices, all of which are not good.
       2.  Organic foods have benefits, too numerous to go into here
       (but include reduced exposure to pesticides, less toxic
       chemicals/cadmium, higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, etc)
       3.  And yeah, I can taste the difference between eggs,
       absolutely
       I guess we can all choose to eat the way we feel comfortable!
       [/quote]
       I like tilapia just fine. It’s not my favorite but I don’t find
       it muddy tasting at all.
       I agree that eggs can taste different. When we were in India the
       eggs were the best I’ve ever had. I always figured it is because
       they are eating bugs they find.
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       Re: 10 things about food 
       By: Tryp_OR Date: November 5, 2023, 2:34 pm
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       [quote author=MidwestmikkiJ link=topic=2280.msg216430#msg216430
       date=1698961630]
       [quote author=Paloma link=topic=2280.msg216316#msg216316
       date=1698939153]
       I've rarely read an article that I disagree with so strongly!
       (Just a personal take).
       1.  Tilapia is gross.  I can tell the difference between tilapia
       and other fish in a heartbeat. Often tilapia contains high
       levels of toxic bacteria, contaminants, and antibiotics.
       depends upon farming practices, all of which are not good.
       2.  Organic foods have benefits, too numerous to go into here
       (but include reduced exposure to pesticides, less toxic
       chemicals/cadmium, higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, etc)
       3.  And yeah, I can taste the difference between eggs,
       absolutely
       I guess we can all choose to eat the way we feel comfortable!
       [/quote]
       I like tilapia just fine. It’s not my favorite but I don’t find
       it muddy tasting at all.
       I agree that eggs can taste different. When we were in India the
       eggs were the best I’ve ever had. I always figured it is because
       they are eating bugs they find.
       [/quote]
       I am convinced that some of this is due to the fact that
       different people can detect and are displeased by different
       flavors.  I have not experienced muddy tasting tilapia, so I
       like it OK (although it is bland).  I have occasionally tasted
       some muddiness in catfish, so I don't think I'm completely
       oblivious to that flavor.  But it doesn't really offend me.
       It has been a very long time since I've had backyard eggs, but
       it seems pretty likely that the eggs' flavor would vary with hen
       diet.  Although the bright orange color alone is not indicative
       of a taste difference.  I'm not convinced that industrial
       organic eggs would be much different in flavor than
       conventional.
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