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Whoa...I'd never seen meatloaf mix before; I just saw it on New Years Eve (steeply discounted, since they were closed for New Years Day). I guess it is getting hard to find. I've got the KA attachment, and I like it - but I don't grind that much meat. If I needed to grind 20 pounds of meat I don't think I'd like it as much.

My son is an Iron Chef nut. He sent Morimoto a letter and got a very nice reply, along with some cool swag. Sakai (well, Iron Chef French, I think he's Sakai) reminds me of Robert Goulet, which greatly annoys my son.

didja notice that mamster wrote that? I didn't catch that (the email address should've been a giveaway, but I didn't notice it). How cool is that? I read the article a few months ago and it got me hooked on the stuff!

Sounds like banh xeo I know, it doesn't really have anything to do with spelt or gluten-free pizza dough, but it made me hungry for banh xeo. Though, when I was working as a baker at a health food cooperative, someone wanted me to make them a wheat-free bread out of rice flour (we regularly made a wheat-free bread out of spelt, but they couldn't eat that, for some reason). I pictured the result as a glassy, rock-hard loaf - like a glass brick.

I remember that documentary too, here's one from 1927 (not the same one, but it mentions kuru). I've never seen it, but I read a book about BSE a couple of years back that talked about kuru and mentioned it. I didn't know there was an official mad cow site!

KIRO-TV did an investigation on handling of downer (i.e., potentially BSE infected) cattle in Washington state. Not good news for the "voluntary inspections are working" advocates.

Ann Venema (Ag Secretary) is holding a 5:30 press conference to discuss specifics (sad that I had to get this information from Reuters).

I had a friend who would loudly declare himself a "vegetarian who ate chicken and fish." I think he even made up a name for it (like "ovo-vegetarian" or "lacto-vegetarian").

apparently people are researching it.... http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/318/7190/1023 edit - actually waht's more interesting than this article itself, are the sources sited at the end - it may help you with your research. :) Thanks for the link! It's a very interesting article, and I stand corrected. The "paper" here was what I was referring to. It's pretty typical of internet science. The article you cite warns of overzealous early adopters like this.

lectins are plant proteins that basically the serve as protection form the plant being eaten. this is why us humans have to cook most of our plant-based foods before we can digest them - since it deactivates these lectins in one way or the other. also one of the reasons cows have 4 stomachs. one of the problems is that certain lectins look remarkably like proteins in our bodies, and can, if not cause, then aggravate various auto-immune disorders (rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, etc). it's all good if you eat some plant foods, along with some animal foods, and basically eat a balanced diet, but if you swing too much in either direction, their tends to be higher risks of disease of one sort or another. There's no research to support that.

I misunderstood your original post, I apologize for the assumption that you were "anti-vegetarian." I'm like you, I eat very little meat, but I don't let a "vegetarian" tag drive my diet (or my life) - well, not anymore. Pressure on vegetarians to eat meat? I went to a sandwich shop once, and tried to order a turkey sandwich without turkey (I was willing to pay full price, too!) - the owner refused to make it for me. "You have to have the turkey!" he said! I still wonder what he was thinking...sounds like a prominent chef who posts here

I think I missed your point. I googled lectins, and there is one pseudo-scientific paper fulled with a bunch of mumbo-jumbo (as relates to diet, anyway). Is that what you're citing? Can you point me to some serious research? Are these the same people that promote soy == bad? Suzanne F., I think you're thinking of lysine.

Are you claiming that a vegetarian diet is somehow less than healthy? I agree with the the "needs-based" diet approach, but there just isn't a health issue with a vegetarian diet, from a dietary perspective. For example, I had a vegetarian roommate in college who ate nothing but ramen and frozen french fries. He was always sick. Here's a case where correlation did not equal causation - that is, he made poor dietary choices - but the vegetarianism wasn't what was causing his problems. He would have had the same problems if he ate meat.

What is bourbon stout? If it's what I think it is, where can I get some?

haldi is turmeric, right?

In Boise, the Orient Market on Emerald and Orchard (by the bowling alley) is my favorite store. If you want fresh produce (choy sum, thai basil, tia to and things like that), you need to go in on Saturday - same for fish. The owner is really friendly and will patiently answer your questions, no matter how stupid they seem...and the tofu is cheap! Just around the corner (south on Orchard, just past the old Red Eye Hut), is the Indian Market. It's right next to a faux Irish pub and a tattoo parlor, which has got to make for an interesting crowd. Again, the owner is very helpful. Not a lot of fresh produce, but they do have fresh turmeric and the cheapest okra in town. There's a Thai Market (I forget the name, but it says THAI MARKET on the front) on Overland. You might want to lock your doors at this place...I love this place. I got a 25lb bag of jasmine rice for 10 bucks, and it's good stuff! She also has a big tub of live snails "for soup" which freaked my daughter out! Lot's of good stuff here, and she almost always has fresh basil (not just Saturdays), for rock bottom prices (3.95 a pound!) There's another asian market (I think it's called Asian Market) on Fairview and Five Mile by Harbour Freight. It's pretty good, too, but they don't seem to have the selection that Orient Market does. However, I got my Thai mortar and pestle for 15 or 20 dollars, which was half as much as I found them for anywhere else.

Having never licked a goat (old or otherwise), I'll take your word for it.

I used to backpack with a guy who carried a cast iron skillet. He also carried fresh eggs and a double bitted ax. His pack weighed like 80 pounds, but he made really good breakfasts!