"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:43:34 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:28:41 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> But it's still processed. I looked this up because someone said to me
>>>> that
>>>> it looked like I bought a lot of processed food. So I said to
>>>> myself...
>>>> Just what is processed food! And it's not what I thought it was. I
>>>> thought
>>>> it was stuff like bologna, hot dogs, Velveeta, Spaghettios. And they
>>>> are
>>>> but so are most of the other things we find in a grocery store. And
>>>> once
>>>> we
>>>> cut into them or cook them, we have processed them too. So that
>>>> business
>>>> about avoiding processed foods is a bunch of hooey.
>>>
>>> So then everything we eat is processed. Since once you start to chew
>>> it, it's processed. Even the water we drink is processed unless we
>>> drink it right from the source.
>>>
>>> You're just being an anal troll, IMO.
>>
>> That's true too according to some sources. So saying to people not to
>> eat
>> processed foods is nonsense. I suppose one could swallow tiny things
>> whole.
>> Like blueberries and little grapes. One might choke and they probably
>> wouldn't digest too well.
>
> So don't you think your argument sounds a little silly, now?

I don't think I am arguing. Merely stating that what *I* thought were
processed foods was not nearly what the real definition of processed foods
really are. And I still think that it is perfectly silly for people to say
never to eat any processed foods.
>
> ObFood: Rubber chicken dinner award ceremony at the highly-rated
> "Mansion at Judges Hill" tonight. 1/3rd chicken breast rubbed with
> ricotta(?) and red pepper puree with 4 fresh green beans and paper
> thin caprese salad (2 tomato slices and 2 cheese slices w/shredded
> basil). Why do restaurants think small portions = fancy? We had to
> stop for Tex-Mex (Maudies Cafe) right afterwards for real, substantial
> food.

One of my favorite appetizers that turned out to be a meal in and of itself
was at the Rustic Cafe on Staten Island. It's closed now. That was the
first meal we ate on Staten Island. I can't remember what it was called but
they made a huge horn of some sort of thin pastry. Inside of it was a cold,
cooked Haricot Verts salad that also had the Caprese ingredients in it.
That was so much food that Angela and I could not even eat our dinner. We
shared that. And she also mentioned that she wanted some black olives so
the waitress brought her a big dish of them.

They had a killer salad bar too, most of the time. Sadly the last time I
went there was with my parents. I can't remember the particulars now but we
had a late lunch and just opted to have the salad bar which also included
soup. They were having some sort of huge Christmas party going on in the
dining room. They seated us in the bar and just told us to quietly go in
and get our salads. I think they had put out a less than standard salad bar
that day for the party. Not so good and not really enough to make a meal of
it. We never went back after that.