Well, at least no prions in the beef supply here in N. America.
I wonder how Mad Cow got into the european supply?
Regards, Bob S.
On 4/26/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> so much for not inflammatory!
>
> There are, as usual, several agendas going on. The USA tries to use
> the WTO to force Europeans to take all their crap. Europe is about
> standards, including stuff like food contents, and the standards for
> Europe do not include a lot of the crap that the US food conglomerates
> feed to you unfortunates. Perhaps there is some protectionism going
> on, but the USA is really not in any position to point the finger at
> others in that regard.
>
> But it is certainly true that American meat tends to be more stuffed
> full of that sort of crap than ours - the figures are in the public
> domain. I have personally seen the effects of this on a friend of mine
> who came back from a year in the USA considerably hairier ('down
> South') than she was before she left!
>
> The important thing though is consumer education and awareness and
> forcing the producers and retailers to label things correctly and
> openly. Standards have improved enormously over here in recent years,
> and more and more crap is being removed from our food all the time.
> I've been buying organic food since the early 1980s - you used to have
> to struggle to get it, going to out-of-the-way shops run by beardies
> and hippies, and paying a real premium price for it. Nowadays it is
> readily available on every high street and significantly cheaper than
> it used to be (although still more expensive than the crap).
>
> --
> Bob
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of P. J. Alling
> > Sent: 26 April 2007 15:39
> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> > Subject: Re: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich
> >
> > I wonder how much of that is real health concerns and how
> > much is hidden
> > protectionism.
> >
> > mike wilson wrote:
> > >> From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> Date: 2007/04/25 Wed PM 06:58:06 GMT
> > >> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]>
> > >> Subject: RE: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich
> > >>
> > >> Throw away the bread and have it with Yorkshire puddings,
> > gravy, and
> > >> roast potatoes.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Bob
> > >>
> > >
> > > Better still, feed it to someone you don't like. American
> > beef is so full of hormones and antibiotics it can't be
> > imported to the EU and as for British beef........
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > >>> Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff
> > >>> Sent: 25 April 2007 13:31
> > >>> To: PDML
> > >>> Subject: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich
> > >>>
> > >>> OK gang, this may be one of the strangest questions asked on
> > >>> the PDML in
> > >>> quite a while, and might give the list a few chuckles. Apart
> from
> > >>>
> > >> one
> > >>
> > >>> sandwich in 1957, I've never had a roast beef sandwich. I've
> > >>> eaten a wide
> > >>> variety of food in many different countries, but never a
> > roast beef
> > >>> sandwich. Yesterday I was gifted with a half pound of very
> > >>> nice looking
> > >>> roast beef, nicely sliced, and ready to go between two slices
> > >>> of bread.
> > >>> However, I haven't a clue about a dressing. I recall that
> > >>> roast beef goes
> > >>> well with horseradish, maybe mustard, but beyond that I
> > >>> haven't a clue.
> > >>> What dressings and accompaniments might you suggest for a
> > >>> nice, tasty roast
> > >>> beef sandwich.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for any and all ideas,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Shel
> > >>>
> > >>>
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