Josh A
Foodie
218
Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:01 pm
Paristown Point/Germantown
Iggy C wrote:there's a black market for lead paint
Charles W. wrote:I think he was tweaking Robin.
RonnieD
Foodie
1931
Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:09 pm
The rolling acres of Henry County
RonnieD wrote:Wait a minute? What did we do before trans-fats? Was no one able to eat because the food was so horrible? How did mankind make it so long without this freedom granting ingredient? Whatever did we do? How will we live without it? I guarantee that somewhere there was a caveman desperately trying to force extra hydrogen atoms into a wooly mammoth leg just so he could stomach it.![]()
All it does is increase expiration dates and make shelf stable food WAY more shelf stable than it should be. Pretty sure I can live without that. (Hey these cookies expire within my life time!)
Maybe McDonalds will go back to frying in beef tallow, now we're talking.
Oh, and since we are being so absurd as to suggest that banning trans-fats is akin to the loss of freedoms, let me remind you of two things: 1. Everyone seems to love the seat belt law and that bad boy is nothing but a freedom inhibitor, and 2. If we are going to wave the freedom flag, let's go all in and allow food manufacturers just put whatever kinds of deadly and horrible chemicals in our food that they want and print on their packages "caveat emptor!" Let freedom ring!
Gary Z wrote:So... at what point does personal responsibility come into play? If we are incapable of making these choices for ourselves then let's take it to the extreme...
Reinstate Prohibition. Alcohol related deaths are crazy high.
Maybe they should make it so cars don't go faster than 30 miles an hour. That would save lives too right?
Ban tanning beds. Tobacco. Religion. Pit bulls. European soccer events. Asteroids.
I mean, really?
Gary Z wrote:So... at what point does personal responsibility come into play? If we are incapable of making these choices for ourselves then let's take it to the extreme...
Reinstate Prohibition. Alcohol related deaths are crazy high.
Maybe they should make it so cars don't go faster than 30 miles an hour. That would save lives too right?
Ban tanning beds. Tobacco. Religion. Pit bulls. European soccer events. Asteroids.
I mean, really?
Jason G wrote:To me, this is comparing apples and oranges. I mean, if you smoke, you know the dangers. The trans fat thing is kind of a hidden danger that you can easily remove from society without really impacting anyone.
No one is out there consciously making a choice to buy products with trans fats as a life choice, unlike alcohol, tobacco, religion etc.
Also doesn't help that its called "trans-fat". Thats just not very scary. They should have called it like "death poison" or something.
Jason G wrote:To me, this is comparing apples and oranges. I mean, if you smoke, you know the dangers. The trans fat thing is kind of a hidden danger that you can easily remove from society without really impacting anyone.
No one is out there consciously making a choice to buy products with trans fats as a life choice, unlike alcohol, tobacco, religion etc.
Also doesn't help that its called "trans-fat". Thats just not very scary. They should have called it like "death poison" or something.
Josh A wrote:That being said, why not just use lard? It doesn't have transfat when it's not hydrogenated.
Gary Z wrote:Basically what I'm reading here is that we need government regulation of trans fats because people are too stupid to become aware of what they are putting in their bodies.
I'm taking Darwin's side. Let's thin the herd.
Jessica H wrote:When used in traditional buttercream, which is something that we use quite a lot of, it does not set up the way other shortening does. It is not as stable, and can result in sweating cakes, which also causes colors to weep and streak.
Clearly some shortenings can also be replaced with butter, however butter is about 3 times the cost. Which means a big price increase that bakeries will have no choice but to transfer to the customer.
Users browsing this forum: Claudebot and 0 guests