So sad I could not join youz for this foray. I have had most of the dishes at SW, love them all. Mr. An is a great guy. Anyway, I went out hunting for sichuan pepercorns today. They are banned in the US right now by the FDA as...

Refined white cane sugar is pure sucrose without vitamins, mineral or flavoring elements. Fructose (fruit sugar), like honey and maple syrup, is a different type of sugar. Stevia has been banned as a food additive in the US by...

' (unless they want to be :). American cheese is to cheddar as ‘natural’ HFCS is to cane sugar and surimi ‘krab’ is to real crab meat. Thanks for NOTHING, FDA!!

of leches is in the cake. In a recent Kraft singles thread, my searches for recipes uncovered the fact that MPC (milk protein concentrate) which is in the cheese is not considered a food product by the FDA. So I’ll have to...

the American palate and negatively affecting our health – the food chemistry industry being in bed with the USDA and FDA, and the factory farming mass production issues are surely bigger than anything else. But next on the...

Pablo, although we agree that all farmed fish are not genetically modified, I’m surprised about the labeling. A few years ago the FDA in the US was sticking to not labeling GM products; but I thought that that had changed,...

Well, if we’re going to nitpick... The FDA states that there is no significant difference between milk from rBGH and non-rBGH cows. Analysis has found that milk from cows treated with rBGH contains higher levels of bovine...

is the moisture, with such a long cook time keeping it moist is the other challenge. Realize, that smoked Brisket is cooked to tenderness and not doneness (as in just hitting 160-170 degrees and the meat is safe to eat according...

“the bottled water industry isn't regulated ” was what jfood was referring to and both your links state that is not quite true as they are governed by the FDA, although not to standards some may want. As far as the...

You should read Marion Nestle’s latest book (What to Eat?) where she skeptically checks the FDA's claim that you can get your servings of fruit & veg for 64c a day. She is very shocked to find that it works out. I think...

I don’t know that it’s so much that it’s only “good” for a week, but the live cultures are more effective the sooner you eat it. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/columnnn/nn051027.html http://www.fda...

There hasn’t been a reported case of trichinosis in well over 20 years. I think the FDA even lowered the recommended temp for pork. Eli