tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post8483487848685356672..comments2023-12-25T03:15:00.044-08:00Comments on Rants From The Rookery: China on alert for leather protein in milk supplyellroonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-77941425744205735522011-02-21T13:01:48.068-08:002011-02-21T13:01:48.068-08:00I shudder to think what I've served my kids ov...I shudder to think what I've served my kids over the years, BadTux. Lots of processed foods for convenience's sake.<br /><br />Luckily they are receptive to healthy food...ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-79131282419152716962011-02-18T10:42:41.324-08:002011-02-18T10:42:41.324-08:00I knew about the rumpus over the wine, but didn...I knew about the rumpus over the wine, but didn't know about the rice. I look to see where the item is made, found, harvested when I'm buying. And if I can't tell, if I don't really need it, I'll put it back and do without.ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-33335272738147501012011-02-18T10:40:27.955-08:002011-02-18T10:40:27.955-08:00I don't know if Chinese restaurants are servin...I don't know if Chinese restaurants are serving food from China, but we have Chinese products in a huge amount of processed foods, mixes etc. You can't tell where all the ingredients come from on the box.<br /><br />Need to get digging and planting my garden....ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-47234018688811594972011-02-18T10:39:08.153-08:002011-02-18T10:39:08.153-08:00Here (.pdf) is an explanation of the basmati paten...<a href="http://www.genecampaign.org/Publication/Article/IPR/basmati%20Patent-notMisunderstanding.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here</a> (.pdf) is an explanation of the basmati patent conflict, as of 2000. The dispute centers on whether "basmati" is a specific designator of a particular genetic makeup of rice from India or Pakistan, or a generic term available to anyone, anywhere, who grows that kind of rice, e.g., RiceTec, which produces Texmati rice and calls its rice basmati. <br /><br />You'd think I'd have a dog in this race, but actually I back the other dog. If you can't sell an American wine with a French regional name (e.g., Merlot) in France, you shouldn't be able to do the same with rice.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-78712492187327275272011-02-18T10:26:16.956-08:002011-02-18T10:26:16.956-08:00And on and on it goes.
After reading (upstream) a...And on and on it goes.<br /><br />After reading (upstream) about Chinese rice contaminated with heavy metals, I've told Stella that if she wants to go out for Chinese food, she's on her own... I assume that's the likeliest source of such rice in America. And we still eat Tilda from India at home. I never was all that fond of Heavy Metal...<br /><br />(Texas rice is just fine AFAIK, but they got into a trademark dispute over the use of the word "basmati" which ended by a court's depriving some Indian exporters of the right to use the word... the word they coined thousands of years ago. I was pissed, and I haven't purchased Texas rice since.)Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.com