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I recently was made aware of something called Fairy Bread. Basically its bread with butter and sprinkled with Jimmies or Sprinkles. Usually its the hard round sprinkles. But I adore it with the soft long jimmies. Its kids Birthday Party fare in Oz. Why isnt Fairy Bread in the USA? Its unfathomable why the Soccer Moms in the USA havent taken Fairy Bread and expanded upon it and opened Fairy Bread shops, with special breads and Jimmies etc... Its absolutely gorgeous on a plate, piled high... Look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fairy_Bread.jpg Come on people lets bring Fairy Bread to the states!

Chris? its a gorgeously laid out book, Jerrys name got his wife tons of money to make this book. Perhaps my beef is not just the lying aspects of it and the fact that in the end your child isnt really getting much veg in their portion, but also the fact that there are other books just like it years prior but Jessicas last name will earn her the "PATENT"! It kinda upsets me just like all these poor voice actors being put out of business when the studios chose to go with top stars in their animated movies to sell more movies. Does that make sense?

Im sure Gogo No Kocha is indeed pasteurized as its in cans and bottles and shelf stable.

The study Fat Guy is referring to was well controlled for environmental effects though the use of twins. (Side note on how this is done: Statistical analysis of the differences between twins who share all genes (monozygotic, or MZ) versus those who share, on average, half of their genes (dizygotic, or DZ) can differentiate between genetic and environmental effects. The parental food phobias fall into environmental effects, and accounted for 22% of the childrens' food neophobia.) In addition, humans are not the only species that shows this neophobia: warblers, rats, champanzees and capuchin monkeys all show a similar pattern, strongly suggesting an evolutionary basis for refusing to try new foods during the initial stages of environmental exploration. Interestingly, sweet, fatty and starchy foods are influenced much less than fruit and vegetables. This concludes your random science factoid for the day... ← Next year they'll produce a different study. 7 Years ago they said milk causes diabetes, now they say it prevents it. Lets look at it this way. In the field of Psychology isnt CREATIVITY looked at as a mental illness? Could wanting to eat exotic cuisine or have a varied palate be looked at as an offshoot of creativity, thus mental illness? Or at least a disorder. Maybe that is genetic. I mean lets face it, the majority of people are Hot Pocket eaters who dont wanna branch out to lets say "boiled squid and kimbap" (me and my sons dinner tonight) .... Oh and Jenna Bush didnt write that book.

I could be wrong, but isnt Isomalt a mixture of surplus polyols? Or is that HSH? If it is Isomalt then maybe you got a different result this year cause of higher levels of one polyols then the other.

I have been craving a nice ice cold bottle of Gogo No Kocha and drove to ALL the Asian Mkts in the area. NO Gogo No Kocha! A lady at Maida in Narberth, Pa told me its cause of the milk in it and imports... I dont agree! Plenty of milk coffees and Calpico etc on the shelves... Anyone know anything?

Fat Guy, If any of that evolutionary stuff was true, then Japanese kids would not love natto for breakfast. And the only way (IN MY OPINION) that it is inherited is when the PARENTS themselves are subtly biased and their food phobias rub off on the kids. My parents had no food issues themselves and I ate anything (WITH crusts)

Its sad cause I will now NOT be trying the companies other products. The packaging and website are gorgeous though. Id rather eat gum off a NYC sidewalk!

1/2 to 1/4 cup pureed veg in a whole pan of brownies does not a healthy serving make. What does that amount to in one brownie? A few Tablespoons? Anytime you have to lie to a kid to get him to do something is a slippery slope and wrong. If you are trying to get a kid to eat healthy you dont shove brownies, cake, fried nuggets and mac and cheese in their mouth. When kids stop eating veg or refuse veg it isnt a FOOD ISSUE, its a POWER issue. They are asserting their power over YOU! Ignore it. THEY WILL NOT STARVE! At school and or daycare or kindergarten they probably eat veg and fruits all day cause its not YOU, serving it to them. (I learned this from a book on picky eaters) I was SHOCKED when I learned my son ate salads at school, but told ME he hated them!!! This book isnt innovative or new. How do you think Carrot Cake, and Zucchini Bread came about? However I do believe that Oprah is gearing up to give Jessica Seinfeld her own show or something... To her credit, Jessica is heavily involved in childrens issues and has a used baby gear biz. But that doesnt make her a Child Psychologist or Nutritionist. Kids will get more then enough veg and fruit in lots of ways. Soups, Stirfrys, Taking them to Jamba Juice, Korean Kimbap or Sushi, Tempura, Adding whole Broccoli to Mac&cheese, Spaghetti with chunky sauce, nonchalantly handing them sheets of nori, my son LOVES Seaweed Salad with fishsticks! Pumpkin and Fruit Pies! You dont have to LIE to kids. Relax! They are getting enough!

Helen? it was awful! It lingered in my mouth for hours even after I ate a bowl of cereal.

Okay, Andies. Ill take one for the team and taste one... Okay they taste like bacony, untart, unsweet, apply jicama... Unpleasant! I dont see why any company would sink money into bringing them to market.

http://everythingandnothing.typepad.com/mi...rink/index.html I was running a search on something I cant remember this am and came across this site packed with lots of fun stuff... Highlights: "The bhut jokola - or ghost chili - was recognized recently as the spiciest chili in the world by the Guiness World Records." "Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less" "Knock off recipe of Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino" "Voodoo Doughnut in Portland, Oregon, has a cult following because of their wonderfully weird doughnuts. The one that caught my attention is this glazed doughnut rolled in Crunch Berries cereal." "All kinds of Bento Lunch Boxes in new innovative shapes" "The Amazing Ice Cream of the Month Club" "20 ounce Sundia's Watermelon Juice in bottles" "3 fun ice cube trays" "Grits Bits offers bite-size biscuits (and other products) made with grits in flavors like cheddar, jalapeno, vidalia onion and sweet cream butter." "Stainless Steel Chinese Food boxes w/matching chopsticks" "A STRAWBERRY TREE You MUST see to believe" "This Wine Essence kit is based upon international studies that have identified nine principal components of wine. <snip> The kit includes nine essences—sweet, bitter, sour, smooth, acetic, flowery, fruity, oak and tannin—individually bottled" "Professional cheese knife set" And that is only 1/3rd of the pages highlights! Check it out. Its a great page...

http://www.navitasnaturals.com/product-inf...acon-power.html I bought a bag of these at the Health Food Store and the bag says it tastes like a cross between apple and watermelon. I smelled them, I cant bring myself to actually put it in my mouth. Anyone taste these? Brief Description from the site: "Yacón is grown in the Andes, thrives in high mountain valleys and produces a dense root system loaded with minerals, vitamins and complex chemicals. "

Somebody will klep this for a sig line before the day's out!!! And maybe YC will take heed---we'll have something for winter candlelight besides potpourri. I think there are maybe five cans of Vy-eenies in the pantry right now---Chris likes a sandwich now and then. Chicken lips! Yum. ← http://www.gratefulpalate.com/index.php?p=...&parent=Page_47 Bacon Lettuce Tomato votive candles! Happy now?

My mother is a prize winning cook who has apprenticed and cooked with some big chefs, but her private eating habits are like PICA (Wiki it)

I am an unabashed Alton Brown fan but I can weigh on on jarred salsa based upon something he often says about what he will be doing in a given show: "With a little know-how, some basic ingredients and a little time..." It's that "a little time" that is my point. I love to cook but I spend 13 hours away from home weekdays and generally have errands to run in the evening. If we're having a "make your own tacos" dinner, by the time we've reheated the pre-cooked taco meat, shredded the cheese and lettuce, sliced the olives, heated up some beans and heated up the tortillas I've used up about all the time I've have to get dinner on the table. I would have to forgo salsa out of shear lack of time. Beyond that, even though I know what I can make at home is superior, I rather happen to like Pace's chunky salsa. So in the end, it about having enough time, and I'd much rather have freshly grated cheese and store-bought salsa than already-shredded cheese and fresh salsa. I long for the day when time isn't so much the enemy. ← YES! I think we ALL would cook 10 course meals but we have no time... However I think theres a difference between a FOODIE and a GOURMET...

You dont make samiches with it you eat it with a spoon, least I do. ← But the PB&J are touching each other in the jar! They should touch only when smooshed together manually. The jar must remain pure! ← Oh go buy some tomorrow and try it! Bock Bock!

I agree totally. That and cookie dough in a pan... And potatoes in a can.

You dont make samiches with it you eat it with a spoon, least I do.

Can I get a Witness? Those things have no place in my house!

I disagree..........."into your MOUTH" is the reason But, canned mushrooms? ← My mother used to make Weight Watchers Mushroom "NUTS".. Drained canned mushrooms on a cookie sheet, baked till crunchy..

Cause whipping cream in my house never makes it to whipped cream. Ill end up pouring it into coffee or tea...

Some people dont make that much bread...

Its Suzanne Somers' diet

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