Dimitri wrote:
>
> points to ponder:
>
> 1. Were chickens in the old days "Free Range or Cage Free"?

On many farms they were. Individual coops cost money; cheaper to let
them roam free and have a place for them to spend the night.

> 2. When did food stop being organic?

Depends on one's definition of organic. Food is made of carbon, oxygen,
nitrogen and hydrogen. Therefore it's all organic n'est-ce pas?

> 3. Were spices used to mask (cover-up) spoiled food?

Never. Our ancestors knew perfectly well that foods past their prime
could cause illness. They didn't know why of course. That's why they
developed methods to preserve foods. Spices were luxuries for a very
long time, used to display one's wealth and status. They would never
have been wasted on food that was obviously 'bad'.

> 4. Does nature genetically modify foods?

Yes of course. Any time pollen from one plant enters the ovum of
another, there is genetic modification. Same when any two random
male-female pairs of the same species mate.

> 5. Why did Ale stop being a breakfast drink?

It hasn't for some of my acquaintances

> 6. Do we really like turkey of just the taste of poultry seasoning?

Not fond of either.

> 7. Was the first person to eat an artichoke starving?

Difficult to say.

> 8. When reading the old testament it occurred to me that God must love
> the smell of barbeque, True?

Now that's just plain silly LOL.

> 9. Did the Dutch really invent the Dutch Oven.

The true 'Dutch Oven', which is a contraption for cooking meat before an
open fire, probably was invented by the Dutch. It is a way of saving
fuel by reflecting heat. The heavy pot that is now known as a Dutch Oven
occurs in a lot of different places and probably isn't any more Dutch
than it is Chinese.


> 10. Does salad really come from the French word for "salted"?
>

It probably does, but from the Latin first, then into French.