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[victorian fan]

So, the question is - who is counting the amount of rodent hair in the spices we just bought - imported from China?

A little ingested ground rodent hair never hurt anyone.

[VicHockeyFan]

A little ingested ground rodent hair never hurt anyone.

Seriously. Exactly, eating all that **** does no harm. So why worry?

[Holden West]

Maple Leaf recalls thousands of weiners

Not like I'm a hot dog consumer anyway.

You know, if you substitute "Maple Leaf" with "Madonna" you get a good selling point for her autobiography.

[mat]

Maple Leaf recalls thousands of weiners

Not like I'm a hot dog consumer anyway.

You know, if you substitute "Maple Leaf" with "Madonna" you get a good selling point for her autobiography.

Thanks Holden - I choked on my sandwich laughing over that post!

[North Shore]

Seriously. Exactly, eating all that **** does no harm. So why worry?

True, seeing as we all eat it without too many ill-effects. Shame about that Melamine contamination, tho..

[mat]

True, seeing as we all eat it without too many ill-effects. Shame about that Melamine contamination, tho..

and, hmmmm let's think... lead in wild game, pigs and free range poultry; mercury in fish (especially Tuna), listiriosus -

I'm going on a fast

[mat]

The UK was known for decades as one of the worst countries for 'quick' food - bland, expensive, greasy bacon butties, weak tea, awful coffee; uninspired menus and bad ingredients. During the late '90's that changed with chains like Prét a Porté, Starbucks and others; even the rail companies had semi-decent platform food and catering car options.

Now M&S has come out with something so ridiculous it makes me wonder at reality. A 75P jam sandwich.



Times UK article

I'm at a loss for words

[Phil McAvity]

Spicy food.

I'll never understand why people want to burn their mouths when they eat.

[gumgum]

^You're crazy. Spicy food is the point of life.

[mat]

It does depend on the 'heat' or amount of spice - here I semi-agree with Phil, who might have been subjected to outrageously hot dishes. That could put anyone off.

gumgum - I do agree. Flavour in food is what we are after, and spices, especially the chilies, cumin et al do make a dish.

When I lived in Europe, and travelled allot for meetings in the UK - there was (still is apparently) a 'guys' thing of going out for drinks, and then the hottest food you can handle. Like a right of passage - never could understand it - it was never the food itself, only how much chili level you could handle. Not my kind of enjoyable food experience.

If you ever get a chance - there is a tequila produced in Mexico that has slow roasted H5 (hot) chilies infused. It's a red/orange colour, and MAN packs a whallop.