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On May 6, 10:43*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
> Okay, this is some 20 years ago... I used to buy Orowheat whole wheat
> hamburger buns around 1988. *This was really before the entire "whole wheat"
> thing had really caught on in grocery stores outside of California. *And
> there I sat in Tennessee. *I was reading the ingredients on the package one
> day and it said, "wood chips". *I'm not making this up. *Wood chips in my
> hamburger buns?!
> [snip]
> Turkey Burgers "Indienne"
>
> I'm not exactly sure what "Indienne" means. *It came from Cooking Light
> Magazine, I remember that. *But what I read on the label of the Orowheat
> hamburger buns, which were the only ones I could find at the time, made me
> shudder.
>

The seasonings for that burger are an attempt to impart some flavor to
the pathetic substitute known as ground turkey, which is marketed to
the low-fat crowd. Very similar to adding cellulose to bread as a
marketing device to the low-carb crowd. Irony strikes again. -aem