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New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
bake sales:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1133725.story

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8

IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

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On 2010-03-21, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.

Ol' Hey-Susses crying rag is getting a real work out, lately. ;)

nb

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On Mar 21, 12:08*pm, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
> bake sales:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...metown-new-yor...
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
>
> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> --
>
> "If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
> if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
> and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
> it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

That's so ridiculously "pc". Most people with allergies know to stay
clear of some things, even little kids!

The only thing I do for bake sales is list whether there are nuts or
not (sometimes they're hard to see), but that's almost more for taste
preferences than anything else.

There are also schools that only want "healthy" treats brought into
school. So if little Sally wants to bring in cupcakes for her birthday
to share with the class, she's out of lucko. What bull.

Just my two cents,
Kris

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Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>
> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
> bake sales:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1133725.story
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
>
> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.

Overthrow the f'n loons and be done with it.

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Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
> bake sales:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1133725.story
>
> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.

I truly don't believe any child will make a decision on what to buy at a
bake sale based on "nutritional values" rather than taste.
This silly rule ignores that homemade foods should set the standard for
flavor and costs are usually less than packaged goods.
Perhaps if kids weren't showered with sweets on such a daily basis, the
occasional sweet treat would be more special and less a problem.

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Goomba wrote:

> I truly don't believe any child will make a decision on what to buy at a
> bake sale based on "nutritional values" rather than taste.
> This silly rule ignores that homemade foods should set the standard for
> flavor and costs are usually less than packaged goods.
> Perhaps if kids weren't showered with sweets on such a daily basis, the
> occasional sweet treat would be more special and less a problem.

Nuts to school bake sales. I made the mistake of contributing to one
when my son was in elementary school. I gladly bought the ingredients
and put in the effort to make several batches of cookies. I was
disappointed to see that they sold them for a fraction of the cost of
the ingredients. If I had known they were going to practically give them
away I would have just given them the money and saved myself the work.

However.... given the low prices... they might be a good way to get
baked goods cheap.

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On 2010-03-21, Goomba > wrote:

> Perhaps if kids weren't showered with sweets on such a daily basis, the
> occasional sweet treat would be more special and less a problem.

Blasphemy! How dast you denigrate capitalism and the American free
market? Good, homemade food!? Pinko commie!! ;)

nb

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"Dave Smith" > wrote
> Nuts to school bake sales. I made the mistake of contributing to one when
> my son was in elementary school. I gladly bought the ingredients and put
> in the effort to make several batches of cookies. I was disappointed to
> see that they sold them for a fraction of the cost of the ingredients. If
> I had known they were going to practically give them away I would have
> just given them the money and saved myself the work.
>
> However.... given the low prices... they might be a good way to get baked
> goods cheap.

The problem with bake sales is that most stuff is cheap and poor quality.
Your cookies were probably an exception and well worth a higher price but
the people in charge had no idea. While I understand the charitable
donation part, I seldom buy at a bake sale because of the poor quality of
the cakes, but sometimes you do find a real winner.

When the kids were in school they had a sale and my wife donated a nice
(from scratch) decorated cake, as did a few others. They were either sold or
raffled for $25 to $50 each. Plain old cakes went for $5 to $10

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"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
> bake sales:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1133725.story
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
>
> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
>
"Fighting obesity?" What a ridiculous thing for them to say. Pop Tarts are
not "baked goods", neither are Doritos. Why are they pushing kids towards
processed foods? Doesn't make much sense. I'd much rather have a good
homemade cupcake than a Pop Tart. And the article correctly points out they
need to look at what is being served in the school cafeterias, not at bake
sales.

(BTW, at this point Ginny and Cathy should jump in and beat you up because
this sort of thing has been discussed on rfc before.)

Jill

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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>

>
> The problem with bake sales is that most stuff is cheap and poor
> quality. Your cookies were probably an exception and well worth a higher
> price but the people in charge had no idea. While I understand the
> charitable donation part, I seldom buy at a bake sale because of the
> poor quality of the cakes, but sometimes you do find a real winner.
>
> When the kids were in school they had a sale and my wife donated a nice
> (from scratch) decorated cake, as did a few others. They were either
> sold or raffled for $25 to $50 each. Plain old cakes went for $5 to $10
>
>
>


That reminds me of the time I bought a beautiful poundcake at a bake
sale, for a fairly high price (for charity) made by a woman who was
usually a very good cook. It was still raw in the middle. :-p

gloria p

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Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
> bake sales:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1133725.story
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
>
> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.

If that makes Jesus weep, what effect would codex alimentarius have on
the poor bloke?

http://www.natural-health-informatio...mentarius.html
http://members.iimetro.com.au/~hubbca/codex.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Alimentarius
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp


--
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
by those who haven't got it - George Bernard Shaw

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In article >,
"gloria.p" > wrote:
> That reminds me of the time I bought a beautiful poundcake at a bake
> sale, for a fairly high price (for charity) made by a woman who was
> usually a very good cook. It was still raw in the middle. :-p
>
> gloria p


And thus was born the Molten Poundcake.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Gumbo 3-11-2010

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On Mar 21, 9:08*am, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
> bake sales (snipped)

> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Our neck of California had pretty much squeezed out bake sales long
before we left so I was surprised to find them alive and well (at
least for the time being) in Oregon.

We're active with our volunteer rural fire dept. which holds a bake
sale fundraiser every year. Although baking isn't my forte, I stayed
up late and cranked out several reliably good Bundt cakes, decadent
brownies, and several batches of cookies...put a lot of effort into
the project.

I was happy to see my goods fly away, but the hands down winners of
the day were the cookies a friend had dropped off early in the day.
All day long people commented on how good they were and came back to
ask for the recipe.
After the sale I spoke with the baker who swore me to secrecy &
confessed that her "old family recipe" were actually Costco bakery
cookies she'd flung on a cookie sheet and sightly burned to make them
look home made. I still kid her about it.

Nancy T

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On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:51:34 -0700 (PDT), ntantiques
> wrote:

>I was happy to see my goods fly away, but the hands down winners of
>the day were the cookies a friend had dropped off early in the day.
>All day long people commented on how good they were and came back to
>ask for the recipe.
>After the sale I spoke with the baker who swore me to secrecy &
>confessed that her "old family recipe" were actually Costco bakery
>cookies she'd flung on a cookie sheet and sightly burned to make them
>look home made. I still kid her about it.
>
>Nancy T

I *love* it, Nancy! I will try to remember that trick at our next
potluck when time is short.
--
Best -- Terry

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On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:34:19 -0700 (PDT) in rec.food.cooking, Kris
> wrote,
>That's so ridiculously "pc". Most people with allergies know to stay
>clear of some things, even little kids!

I was tested for food allergies by my pediatrician before school age,
so I had a memorized list of things I wasn't supposed to eat. Now try
telling the school Lunch Room Monitor you aren't going to eat spinach
because you're allergic to it! Of course, that was a long time ago.

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On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:53:10 -0600, Pete C. wrote:

> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>>
>> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
>> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
>> bake sales:
>>
>> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1133725.story
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
>>
>> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
>> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
>> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.
>
> Overthrow the f'n loons and be done with it.

what? 'you can have my salt when you pry it from my cold, dead hands'?

blake

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"David Harmon" > wrote in message
m...
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:34:19 -0700 (PDT) in rec.food.cooking, Kris
> > wrote,
>>That's so ridiculously "pc". Most people with allergies know to stay
>>clear of some things, even little kids!
>
> I was tested for food allergies by my pediatrician before school age,
> so I had a memorized list of things I wasn't supposed to eat. Now try
> telling the school Lunch Room Monitor you aren't going to eat spinach
> because you're allergic to it! Of course, that was a long time ago.



Lunch room monitors. How funny! (but not really). I remember the one time
I begged my mother to let me buy my lunch in elementary school, in Southern
California. It was Taco day. I was seven years old. She said, "You won't
like them." She was right. They had shredded raw iceburg lettuce (oh
gross!) and diced tomatoes. (I don't recall any sort of cheese.) So I
refused to eat my tacos. The lunch ladies wouldn't let me leave the
lunchroom. I refused to eat. They kept me from going to class and called
my mother. She said heh, she knew I wouldn't like them. I eat tacos with
just meat, spices and cheese. No raw veggies. I think these women expected
me to be punished. Mom never forced us to eat anything. We had to taste
it, but that's it.

Jill

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On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:23:07 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown"
> wrote,
>Lunch room monitors. How funny! (but not really). I remember the one time
>I begged my mother to let me buy my lunch in elementary school, in Southern
>California. It was Taco day. I was seven years old. She said, "You won't
>like them." She was right. They had shredded raw iceburg lettuce (oh
>gross!) and diced tomatoes.

The tacos at my school cafeteria were so good that I asked the cook for
the recipe! That was probably about fourth grade. The exact recipe
isn't important; it turned out that the magic ingredient was cumin.
My mother is from Arkansas and had never used cumin in anything before
that.

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Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
> bake sales:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1133725.story
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
>
> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
I always listed the ingredients, but nutritional value? I can see
some rather barren bake sales coming up.

--
Jean B.

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In article >,
David Harmon > wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:23:07 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown"
> > wrote,
> >Lunch room monitors. How funny! (but not really). I remember the one time
> >I begged my mother to let me buy my lunch in elementary school, in Southern
> >California. It was Taco day. I was seven years old. She said, "You won't
> >like them." She was right. They had shredded raw iceburg lettuce (oh
> >gross!) and diced tomatoes.
>
> The tacos at my school cafeteria were so good that I asked the cook for
> the recipe! That was probably about fourth grade. The exact recipe
> isn't important; it turned out that the magic ingredient was cumin.
> My mother is from Arkansas and had never used cumin in anything before
> that.
>
>

Goodness! Cumin is, like, "the" signature spice in just about any
Mex-american recipes! To me, tacos or chili or encheladas etc. don't
taste right without it. A little goes a long way tho'. I'm not much of
a fan of cumin for anything else.
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." --Dalai Lama

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In article >, "Jean B." >
wrote:

> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> > New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
> > commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
> > bake sales:
> >
> > http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...new-york21-201
> > 0mar21,0,1133725.story
> >
> > http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
> >
> > IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
> > for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
> > banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.
> >
> > Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
> >
> I always listed the ingredients, but nutritional value? I can see
> some rather barren bake sales coming up.

Barren? Did you read the article? The first sentence contains the
phrase:

"Doritos and Pop Tarts are in"

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

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On Mar 21, 11:08*am, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
> bake sales:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...metown-new-yor...
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
>
> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> --
>
> "If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
> if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
> and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
> it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

Here's an idea: Most recipes in women's magazines (and those little
recipe books) will list the nutritional information including
calories, grams of this and that, etc.

Just bake stuff that has that information - no problem.

N.

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Nancy2 wrote:
> On Mar 21, 11:08 am, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

>> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...metown-new-yor...
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
>>
>> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
>> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
>> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.

> Here's an idea: Most recipes in women's magazines (and those little
> recipe books) will list the nutritional information including
> calories, grams of this and that, etc.
>
> Just bake stuff that has that information - no problem.

Great idea!!

nancy

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Nancy2 wrote:

>
> Here's an idea: Most recipes in women's magazines (and those little
> recipe books) will list the nutritional information including
> calories, grams of this and that, etc.
>
> Just bake stuff that has that information - no problem.
>
> N.



Or just make it up, as I suspect many food processors do.

gloria p

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On 3/24/2010 11:46 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> On Mar 21, 11:08 am, Terry Pulliam > wrote:
>> New York, according to an earlier thread, proposed banning salt in
>> commercial kitchens. Now, it appears, they are banning Mom and Dad at
>> bake sales:
>>
>> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...metown-new-yor...
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/yloo6n8
>>
>> IOW, if Mom and Dad can't list the ingredients and nutritional values
>> for, say, their cupcakes or brownies at school bake sales, it's
>> banned. What's next? Lemonade stand bans? Jesus wept.
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>
>> --
>>
>> "If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
>> if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
>> and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
>> it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines
>
> Here's an idea: Most recipes in women's magazines (and those little
> recipe books) will list the nutritional information including
> calories, grams of this and that, etc.
>
> Just bake stuff that has that information - no problem.

Uh, they have an "approved foods" list, at
<http://www.opt-osfns.org/osfns/nutrition/NutritionalGuidelines.pdf>.

All it approves is junk food.

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Nancy2 wrote:

>
> Here's an idea: Most recipes in women's magazines (and those little
> recipe books) will list the nutritional information including
> calories, grams of this and that, etc.
>
> Just bake stuff that has that information - no problem.



Here is a better idea.... I think... it's a bake sale. They are mostly
sweet baked goods. They are full of sugar and fats. They are not good
for you. You cannot sustain a healthy lifestyle by eating only desserts
and sweet snacks. There is no real nutritional value to them. Just put
up a sign saying that they are desserts and they may be tasty but they
are bad for you.

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On Mar 24, 12:05*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
>
> > Here's an idea: *Most recipes in women's magazines (and those little
> > recipe books) will list the nutritional information including
> > calories, grams of this and that, etc.
>
> > Just bake stuff that has that information - no problem.
>
> Here is a better idea.... I think... it's a bake sale. They are mostly
> sweet baked goods. They are full of sugar and fats. They are not good
> for you. *You cannot sustain a healthy lifestyle by eating only desserts
> and sweet snacks. There is no real nutritional value to them. Just put
> up a sign saying that they are desserts and they may be tasty but they
> are bad for you.

A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
products are eating nothing but sweets. They aren't necessarily "bad"
unless you don't limit your intake. My idea was better and would
satisfy the food police.

N.

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"Nancy2" > wrote
> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
> products are eating nothing but sweets. They aren't necessarily "bad"
> unless you don't limit your intake. My idea was better and would
> satisfy the food police.
>
> N.

Screw the food police. Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with chemical
icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake that is absolutely
delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients.

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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote

>> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
>> products are eating nothing but sweets. They aren't necessarily
>> "bad" unless you don't limit your intake. My idea was better and
>> would satisfy the food police.

> Screw the food police. Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with
> chemical icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake
> that is absolutely delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients.

Her idea was to make stuff from recipes in magazines because
the nutritional content is listed, did I miss something?

nancy

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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote
>
>>> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
>>> products are eating nothing but sweets. They aren't necessarily
>>> "bad" unless you don't limit your intake. My idea was better and
>>> would satisfy the food police.
>
>> Screw the food police. Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with
>> chemical icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake
>> that is absolutely delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients.
>
> Her idea was to make stuff from recipes in magazines because the
> nutritional content is listed, did I miss something?
>
> nancy

But what about grannies favorite recipe handed down in the family for a few
generations Can't do it.

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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> "Nancy2" > wrote
>>
>>>> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
>>>> products are eating nothing but sweets. They aren't necessarily
>>>> "bad" unless you don't limit your intake. My idea was better and
>>>> would satisfy the food police.
>>
>>> Screw the food police. Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with
>>> chemical icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake
>>> that is absolutely delicious and wholesome made with pure
>>> ingredients.
>>
>> Her idea was to make stuff from recipes in magazines because the
>> nutritional content is listed, did I miss something?

> But what about grannies favorite recipe handed down in the family for
> a few generations Can't do it.

Oh, hey, I'm not arguing for that rule! Or law, whatever it was.
Not me. Uh uh. Just saying if it is the rule, I thought being able
to provide that info from the magazine was a good one.

I think it's ridiculous. It's a bake sale. You want nutrition, have
a broccoli sale.

nancy

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On 3/25/2010 6:47 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> "Nancy2" > wrote
>>
>>>> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
>>>> products are eating nothing but sweets. They aren't necessarily
>>>> "bad" unless you don't limit your intake. My idea was better and
>>>> would satisfy the food police.
>>
>>> Screw the food police. Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with
>>> chemical icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake
>>> that is absolutely delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients.
>>
>> Her idea was to make stuff from recipes in magazines because the
>> nutritional content is listed, did I miss something?
>>
>> nancy
>
> But what about grannies favorite recipe handed down in the family for a
> few generations Can't do it.

Stuff from magazines and from box mixes is also forbidden. They have a
_list_ of approved products.

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J. Clarke wrote:
> On 3/25/2010 6:47 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>

>>
>> But what about grannies favorite recipe handed down in the family for a
>> few generations Can't do it.
>
> Stuff from magazines and from box mixes is also forbidden. They have a
> _list_ of approved products.
>



Ugh.

That sounds like the end of the bake sale fundraiser as we know it.

gloria p

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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> "Nancy2" > wrote
>>
>>>> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
>>>> products are eating nothing but sweets. They aren't necessarily
>>>> "bad" unless you don't limit your intake. My idea was better and
>>>> would satisfy the food police.
>>
>>> Screw the food police. Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with
>>> chemical icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake
>>> that is absolutely delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients.
>>
>> Her idea was to make stuff from recipes in magazines because the
>> nutritional content is listed, did I miss something?
>>
>> nancy
>
> But what about grannies favorite recipe handed down in the family for a
> few generations Can't do it.


Sure you can; you add up the calories, fat, carbs, and protein of the
raw ingredients and divide by the number of servings. Granny's pound
cake only had 4 or 5 ingredients.

Bob

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On Mar 24, 3:55*pm, zxcvbob > wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
> > On Mar 24, 12:05 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >> Nancy2 wrote:
>
> >>> Here's an idea: *Most recipes in women's magazines (and those little
> >>> recipe books) will list the nutritional information including
> >>> calories, grams of this and that, etc.
> >>> Just bake stuff that has that information - no problem.
> >> Here is a better idea.... I think... it's a bake sale. They are mostly
> >> sweet baked goods. They are full of sugar and fats. They are not good
> >> for you. *You cannot sustain a healthy lifestyle by eating only desserts
> >> and sweet snacks. There is no real nutritional value to them. Just put
> >> up a sign saying that they are desserts and they may be tasty but they
> >> are bad for you.
>
> > A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
> > products are eating nothing but sweets. *They aren't necessarily "bad"
> > unless you don't limit your intake. *My idea was better and would
> > satisfy the food police.
>
> > N.
>
> Your idea was better, but I bet it would not satisfy the food police.
> * (Maybe it would **** them off tho', so it might still be worth it...)
>
> Bob- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Of course, it would satisfy the self-acclaimed food police - the
people who are insisting on having nutritional information listed
along with the ingredients. That was the issue at hand.

N.

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On 3/25/2010 12:25 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> "Nancy2" > wrote
>>>
>>>>> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
>>>>> products are eating nothing but sweets. They aren't necessarily
>>>>> "bad" unless you don't limit your intake. My idea was better and
>>>>> would satisfy the food police.
>>>
>>>> Screw the food police. Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with
>>>> chemical icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake
>>>> that is absolutely delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients.
>>>
>>> Her idea was to make stuff from recipes in magazines because the
>>> nutritional content is listed, did I miss something?
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> But what about grannies favorite recipe handed down in the family for
>> a few generations Can't do it.
>
>
> Sure you can; you add up the calories, fat, carbs, and protein of the
> raw ingredients and divide by the number of servings. Granny's pound
> cake only had 4 or 5 ingredients.

And after you've done that how do you get them to add it to the approved
list?

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On Mar 24, 10:14*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote
>
> > A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
> > products are eating nothing but sweets. *They aren't necessarily "bad"
> > unless you don't limit your intake. *My idea was better and would
> > satisfy the food police.
>
> > N.
>
> Screw the food police. *Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with chemical
> icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake that is absolutely
> delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients.


Where did I say "boxed mix?" I was talking about scratch recipes that
are published in places like Better Homes & Gardens, Food Cuisine, and
such. Nutritional information has been available at the end of the
recipes for a couple decades at least.

Quit putting words in my mouth and polish up your reading
comprehension!

N.

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On Mar 24, 10:56*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > "Nancy2" > wrote
> >> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
> >> products are eating nothing but sweets. *They aren't necessarily
> >> "bad" unless you don't limit your intake. *My idea was better and
> >> would satisfy the food police.
> > Screw the food police. *Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with
> > chemical icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake
> > that is absolutely delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients.
>
> Her idea was to make stuff from recipes in magazines because
> the nutritional content is listed, did I miss something?
>
> nancy

No, you got it right, he's just being a jerk.

N.

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On Mar 25, 5:47*am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >> "Nancy2" > wrote
>
> >>> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
> >>> products are eating nothing but sweets. *They aren't necessarily
> >>> "bad" unless you don't limit your intake. *My idea was better and
> >>> would satisfy the food police.
>
> >> Screw the food police. *Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with
> >> chemical icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake
> >> that is absolutely delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients.
>
> > Her idea was to make stuff from recipes in magazines because the
> > nutritional content is listed, did I miss something?
>
> > nancy
>
> But what about grannies favorite recipe handed down in the family for a few
> generations *Can't do it.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Is that a requirement for bake sales? Anyone making stuff for bake
sales can forego "grannies' favorite recipe" and bake a scratch recipe
that has the nutritional value listed.

Sheesh, get over it, you made an idiotic assumption.

N.

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On Mar 25, 7:27*am, "J. Clarke" > wrote:
> On 3/25/2010 6:47 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>> "Nancy2" > wrote
>
> >>>> A bake sale doesn't automatically mean that people who buy the
> >>>> products are eating nothing but sweets. They aren't necessarily
> >>>> "bad" unless you don't limit your intake. My idea was better and
> >>>> would satisfy the food police.
>
> >>> Screw the food police. Your idea allows you to bake a box mix with
> >>> chemical icing and additives rather than a from scratch pound cake
> >>> that is absolutely delicious and wholesome made with pure ingredients..
>
> >> Her idea was to make stuff from recipes in magazines because the
> >> nutritional content is listed, did I miss something?
>
> >> nancy
>
> > But what about grannies favorite recipe handed down in the family for a
> > few generations Can't do it.
>
> Stuff from magazines and from box mixes is also forbidden. *They have a
> _list_ of approved products.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


There are a lot more scratch recipes used that have been printed in
magazines, than have been handed down through the generations. "Stuff
from magazines" must have a caveat somewhere - or you've
misinterpreted the instructions somehow.

N.