Category: WTF?

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Genetically Modified Pig OK to Eat

“It shouldn’t have been approved until they had adequately addressed the allergenicity of the product,” said Jaydee Hanson, policy director for the Center for Food Safety.

FDA approved its first GM pig for consumption, potentially safe for red meat allergy sufferers — https://thecounter.org/fda-approves-first-gm-pig-galsafe-red-meat-allergy/

What’s in that sausage?

Frankenpig. This too shall be placed on my Never to Eat List along with…

Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time – New Scientist

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Election Year – 2020 Version

I got this in the mail today from a local Congresswoman (YES, Congresswoman not Congressperson). I’m not sure what happened to Barbara. Or Eric. I’m guessing this politician is looking for same sex support.

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Social Distance and Dine With Mannequins at This Michelin-Starred Restaurant — VinePair

Walking backstage at a theater, in a toy store, or even in a hair salon, it’s not uncommon to come across costumed mannequins. Now, it won’t be uncommon to see the lifelike dolls in some restaurants either. In an effort to get creative amidst cautious restaurant reopenings, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Virginia is adding mannequin…

via Social Distance and Dine With Mannequins at This Michelin-Starred Restaurant — VinePair

Uh… no thanks.

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Food & Water Watch Wants USDA to Halt Chinese Chicken

Source: Food & Watch Watch Wants USDA to Halt Chinese Chicken

Source: Chinese Chicken Shipments Already Endangering Public Health | Food & Water Watch

This blog started as a repository for family recipes.  Over the years since inception this thing has become a mash up.  I’ve spent the better part of my working life learning about what kills people.  My other blog didn’t feel like the right place for stories like this.  So if we’re passing along article links about food you’ll find plenty here.

I hope readers find this type of information useful.  I’m not going to discourage anyone from eating nasty fried fast food chicken nuggets processed in China from unsanitary chickens raised and slaughtered in Chile.

It’s your personal choice.

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What’s In Your Hot Dog?

Source: What’s in your hot dog? A histological comparative analysis | Medical Journal of Australia

Where do we begin? The results of this study were surprising to these authors. Although the absence of identifiable squamous mucosa definitively refutes the oral and anal mucosa hypothesis, the truth, if possible, seems much worse. The surprising lack of skeletal muscle may have been depressingly expected; however, the wide variety of tissues present and the extensive amount of fat making up the majority of the specimen were not. And as stated before, the origin of the recognisable vegetable matter does not bear thinking about, but one result of this study is that these authors may never eat hot dogs again.