It's on our history, too

Post #283,409 by tonytib 4/30/07 3:45:09 PM Reply	It's on our history, too until laws stopped it, e.g. all Maple syrup was "Vermont maple syrup", even if it was really flavored corn syrup. But the EU and France have taken it to the other extreme (e.g. French wineries have to call syrah Syrah, instead of the now more popular name Shiraz) --Tony
Post #283,500 by scoenye 5/1/07 8:31:41 AM Reply	Still going full speed [link\|http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aPCI9XbinqVI&refer=home\|http://www.bloomberg...binqVI&refer=home] The Chocolate Manufacturers Association, whose members include Hershey, Nestle SA and Archer Daniels Midland Co., has a petition before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to redefine what constitutes chocolate. They want to make it without the required ingredients of cocoa butter and cocoa solids, using instead artificial sweeteners, milk substitutes and vegetable fats such as hydrogenated and trans fats.
Post #283,514 by a6l6e6x 5/1/07 11:26:42 AM 5/1/07 11:35:49 AM Reply	"Better Living Through Chemistry" [image\|/forums/images/warning.png\|0\|This is sarcasm...] [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Living_Through_Chemistry\|Link], if you haven't heard it before. And, there's always Tom Lehrer's It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier 1950's song: Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been shot off in the war. But his savory collations add to our esprit de corps. To think of all the marvelous ways They're using plastics nowadays. It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier! [edit] Add Tom Lehrer reference. Alex When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis Edited by a6l6e6x May 1, 2007, 11:35:49 AM EDT Expand All History

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