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Default Super Food.... Is there any thing super?

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:17:03 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>>
>> Superfood? Leave it to the EU to come up with a term
>> no one can figure out. I would have thought it was
>> genetically altered at the very least.

>
>I think it arose as a marketing term in the U.S.
>for various dietary supplements, such as dried
>_Spirulina_ algae. Blech!
>
>Since it can mean anything, I'd call red wine
>and dark chocolate (70% or more) superfoods.


the only way you can tell if a food is a genuine superfood is to
expose it to kryptonite. (if you're an experimental-type cook, try
red kryptonite.)

your pal,
lois