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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in
message ... Marina wrote: "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which injects dye into chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the chicks come out in various colours, such as green, pink, blue and the like. The article is at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3615191.stm The bit I find hilarious is towards the end it says, "The dye, which the farm insists does not contain chemicals, is injected into ordinary chicken eggs a few weeks before Easter." Err, just what do the farm people think a dye is made of? *Everything* is made of chemicals ;-) LOL! Reminds me of the brand of chick peas that I used to buy. The manufacturers solemnly declared on the packet that they had been "grown biologically". Excuse me? Growth is always a biological process, however much e.g. insecticide you spray on the plant. ;o) The term that cracks me up is "organic" - for the same reasons. Especially "organic milk" - so long as it comes from a cow, what else COULD it be but "organic"? But you now find "fat free half-and-half" in the dairy case, too - an oxymoron if ever there was one! (For our non USA readers, "half and half" is a mixture of half cream and half milk - how can you have "fat free" cream?) -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki There's also "fat free" sour cream. I've seen that in the stores, too. I guess that's what they call "spin". Joy |
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The term that cracks me up is "organic" - for the same reasons.
There is actually a *specific* meaning to the term "organic" in relation to food - certainly over here in the UK. It means the food has been produced subject to very strict criteria, such as the animals having no routine dosing with anti-biotics, no growth hormones, only fed on feedstuffs that have had no pesticides and the like on them. Unlike foods produced via "non-organic" means which is basically intensive agriculture. Especially "organic milk" - so long as it comes from a cow, what else COULD it be but "organic"? See above - in relation to how the cow was raised, housed, fed etc., there really is a *specific* meaning to the term. But you now find "fat free half-and-half" in the dairy case, too - an oxymoron if ever there was one! Now that one *is* a decidedly strange one :-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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The term that cracks me up is "organic" - for the same reasons.
There is actually a *specific* meaning to the term "organic" in relation to food - certainly over here in the UK. It means the food has been produced subject to very strict criteria, such as the animals having no routine dosing with anti-biotics, no growth hormones, only fed on feedstuffs that have had no pesticides and the like on them. Unlike foods produced via "non-organic" means which is basically intensive agriculture. Especially "organic milk" - so long as it comes from a cow, what else COULD it be but "organic"? See above - in relation to how the cow was raised, housed, fed etc., there really is a *specific* meaning to the term. But you now find "fat free half-and-half" in the dairy case, too - an oxymoron if ever there was one! Now that one *is* a decidedly strange one :-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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On 11 Apr 2004 05:05:22 GMT, itty (Sherry ) yodeled:
What I'm saying is that another word needs to be found for the relevant set of farming practices so we can quit with the misuse of "organic". Any plant is grown "organically", since plant growth occurs via organic chemical processes. :-) Well, language evolves. What used to be "misuse" of lots of words now have acceptable alternate definitions. Sounds like this is one: Main Entry: [1]or·gan·ic Pronunciation: or-'ga-nik Function: adjective (snipped for brevity) (2) : of, relating to, yielding, or involving the use of food produced with the use of feed or fertilizer of plant or animal origin without employment of chemically formulated fertilizers, growth stimulants, antibiotics, or pesticides organic farming organic produce Sherry I agree with you, Sherry. Anyone in a specialized field just has to live with the expanded and perhaps more imprecise meanings that their terminology might have for the general public. For example, I come from a musical background. For me, the words "song," "crescendo" and "cadence" have very specific meanings which are not grasped by the general public, and also further stretched for literary purposes. If I spent my life trying to correct every lay person's "misuse" of these words, I'd die of exhaustion. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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