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Farm Kitchen:  Why I need to start from scratch  |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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 Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 09:11:23 AM
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Okay, I should have known better
My sister and I are very careful to eat organic fruits and veg and stay away from GMOs and additives so I should have known better but.....
I have never made a good meat loaf so I purchased one ready to cook from the meat department of my local market. They assured me it had no artificial anything. Well, they were right, It even contained a HAIR
Yuck!!!!
Let this me a lesson to me to continue to make everything in my own kitchen
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.etsy.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 11:15:49 AM
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Oh yuck! That would be all for me, too. Did you let them know about that? That's awful.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 1:32:24 PM
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Oh gross.....That's nasty. I did something dumb today too. My DH bought some Banquet pot pies and I thought...well it ain't Marie Callendars, but I had a taste for a turkey one. SOOO...first off, it's only 4" across anymore. When did that happen? Then it caved in and allll the gravy(if that's what you call it)ran out. It was doughy on the bottom. (it only gets better...er...worse) It had 5 tiny pieces of gray meat(turkey?...no way) 6 pieces of carrots and 5 peas. I kid you not! I tried to eat the edge crust.Blaaaaaaa I threw it out. My lips still burn...know why? 1040 mg sodium!!! ACCCKKKK!!! NEVER again! Live and learn. Next time I'll just grab a piece of fruit! (sad)
Sister-chick# 905
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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tawandasister
True Blue Farmgirl
65 Posts
Sadiemae
Wolcottville
Indiana
USA
65 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 6:14:37 PM
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Just watched the new documentary out called "FOOD INC" Anyone seen it? I knew that the grocery was bad but I didn't really have an understanding of how bad...shew...so...now we are trying to get everything as organic as possible and made right in our own kitchen..
Whatever happened to that anyway??
Blessings, Sadiemae
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
1676 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
1676 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 7:53:33 PM
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Yuk, Dad and I were talking just the other day about preparing your own foods and growing them. Because you never know what you might find. Keep doing things from scratch.
Hugs,
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 07:18:03 AM
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sadiemae i have seen food inc. i am so glad we grow and make most of what we eat. i am an old hippie. i lived in a health food commune in or. we ground our own wheat berries. we started a food coop so we could have decent food. i was still amazed at how things are grown and made. i honestly did not know how bad it was till the movie. i think for us who sell farm products it will help us. the fact that milk is dehydrated and then reconstituted and called fresh wow how is that even legal. just a thought sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farmgirl #1014
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 07:32:50 AM
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What? Milk is dehydrated then reconstituted? Eww! I have not bought store milk in about 12 years now. I can't even imagine what they do to it now. I am so glad I have goats and soon to be a milk cow. I have not seen the movie. Is there alot of animal abuse? I can't stand to see that. I have seen something where they were shoveling up sick cows to take them to slaughter on the news. Is that on there? I just cry when I see animal cruelty.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 10:35:48 AM
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Me to Kristin. I can't watch that kind of stuff at all. I would dream about for a week, like you and Sn___s!
Sister-chick# 905(Oct.7th2009)
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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SusanScarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
317 Posts
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Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 11:56:16 AM
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| I saw Food Inc. Yikes! It confirmed that I need to make everything myself from the best natural ingredients I can find. It also made me wish I could produce my own beef/chicken/pork on my little suburban lot. I recommend that everyone see it. |
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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
139 Posts
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 07:00:11 AM
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| The biggest reason I process and preserve 75% of the food we eat.My 2 grown sons live in different states now and they have had to suffer with pre processed foods. They certainly stock up from Momma's kitchen when they visit! |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 07:07:47 AM
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| I've never heard that about the milk being dehydrated and reconstituted. My dad works at the milk processing plant that supplies most of our local grocery stores...I'll have to ask him if they do that. |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 10:13:10 AM
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it sure is important to know where your food comes from and how it is made
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
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Laila
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Laila
Kutztown
PA
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 10:29:27 AM
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I am so glad we raise our own beef, chicken and pork. I also do alot of canning in the summertime. It is really scary how our food is produced in this country. My brother was at a meeting last week and the speaker was an organic farmer. He said because of the wet weather we had last summer the corn is full of toxins and can't be used for ethanol production HOWEVER it is being fed to chickens. They are giving the chickens 4 times the antibiotics they normally do because of the toxins in the corn. SCARY!!! Also, he said the reason more people are having hip and knee replacements is because our food doesn't have any calcium in it any more. We have taken all the nutrients out. The general public doesn't know this and maybe doesn't even care. The future seems very scary.
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vintagejenta
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Sarah
Walden
NY
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 1:59:45 PM
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But meatloaf is so easy! A little ground beef (grass fed if you can get it), a little chopped onion, some old fashioned rolled oats, salt and pepper, an egg, and you're done! Pretty good, too. I also use that recipe to make meatballs. Yum!
Salt and sugar are in SUCH high levels of processed foods (not to mention artificial sweeteners and HFCS), that I tend just to shop around the edges of the grocery store and hit the farm markets when I can. Fresh produce and dry goods are the way to go! |
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AlyssaMarie
True Blue Farmgirl
287 Posts
AlyssaMarie
Palouse
Washington
USA
287 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 2:14:05 PM
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We saw the movie Food Inc. And I've been reading the Omnivore's Dilemma (almost done). Makes me so glad we have our few little acres now and can start to grow more of our own stuff. I've been needing to do grocery shopping and have been putting it off until I can find a way to make our meager food budget buy more organic and local ingredients. After seeing the movie I felt grateful for our flock of free range hens that provide us with our eggs.
AlyssaMarie @ Link'd Hearts Ranch
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