On Dec 20, 1:19*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Manda Ruby wrote:
>
> > The recipe I have does suggest to brush a little oil when baking the
> > chicken. *If I use the anantto in oil to do that, it'd only be on area
> > I brush the oil. I might as well forget it. I used saffron and it was
> > really good. I guess, I'll stick with that.
>
> If you have something that is really good, why switch?
>
> > If Anntto is extracted in oil, then what was in that marinade Chicken
> > Fajita *- has yellow color - *bought from a Mexican store? *It tasted
> > good but didn't taste like Fajita.
>
> I haven't used annatto. *It's possible that it's
> also extractable into water. *Since you've already
> bought it, why not try soaking some overnight in water?
> If water can extract sufficient color, then you're
> in business.
>

OK.

> A bright natural yellow color can be extracted from
> tumeric,
Tumeric stains . Besides, what I really need for Tandoori is yellow
but I am thinking that some color, say yellow, is better than
nothing.


>though I would expect yellow food coloring
> to be used in a commercial setting unless otherwise
> specified. *

> FD&C Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) is the
> last artificial food coloring that FDA is considering
> banning. *

>When the FDA was formed, there were about
> 150 artificial food colorings, some quite dangerous.

Man..sure am glad that they're all banned.

> Today, there's a little over a dozen left, all of
> which are about as safe as table salt, except this one,
> which provokes allergic reactions in a small minority
> of people. *I think it's about 1 in 10,000 or so.

Only yellow cause allergy in some? Red color is safe? Not that I 'd
use it. I just don't buy artificial falvor and coloring to be use din
food.

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>,
Manda Ruby > wrote:

> On Dec 20, 1:19*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> > A bright natural yellow color can be extracted from
> > tumeric,
> Tumeric stains .

So does annatto.

> Besides, what I really need for Tandoori is yellow
> but I am thinking that some color, say yellow, is better than
> nothing.
>
>
> >though I would expect yellow food coloring
> > to be used in a commercial setting unless otherwise
> > specified. *
>
> > FD&C Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) is the
> > last artificial food coloring that FDA is considering
> > banning. *
>
> >When the FDA was formed, there were about
> > 150 artificial food colorings, some quite dangerous.
>
> Man..sure am glad that they're all banned.
>
> > Today, there's a little over a dozen left, all of
> > which are about as safe as table salt, except this one,
> > which provokes allergic reactions in a small minority
> > of people. *I think it's about 1 in 10,000 or so.
>
> Only yellow cause allergy in some? Red color is safe? Not that I 'd
> use it. I just don't buy artificial falvor and coloring to be use din
> food.

I'm allergic to some reds. They bring me out in an itchy rash.

Miche

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Manda Ruby wrote:
>
> Only yellow cause allergy in some? Red color is safe? Not that I 'd
> use it. I just don't buy artificial falvor and coloring to be use din
> food.

Apparently, it's the only one which causes allergic
reactions at a rate high enough to cause concern at
the FDA. I'd be in favor of banning it, but it
seems as though the food industry would find it's
palette of colors too limited without it.

I suspect that a tumeric extract would fill many
of its uses, but that would add a flavor, and it's
probably much more expensive.

I wonder what it must be like to be a chef at a
company that makes synthetic food. It would be
totally different than cooking at home or in a
restaurant. You'd have to master a palette of
artificial colors and flavors, as well as texture
modifiers. You'd spend your whole day, day after
day, working with that crap. The only thing it
would have in common with a restaurant is focus
on the bottom line. "Hmmm. . . I wonder if I
used red #40 and yellow #15 with that new IFF
artificial flavor, maybe we could finally get rid
of the strawberries."

I think you'd have to be a sociopath, or at least
completely amoral, to enjoy doing that kind of work.
"Let's make the product this way, and sell it to
schoolkids! Bwahahahahahaha!"