Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist'

Telegraph UK ^ | 7/7/2008 | Rosa Prince

[Seamus Mc Gillicuddy]

On America’s Test Kitchen, they made Beef Stroganoff with Brandy instead of red wine. Would your kid like it?

[Gabz]

My daughter will eat ANYTHING if it contains sour cream!!!!! Doesn’t matter what else is in it, if it contains sour cream or sour cream can be added to it she’s on it like white on rice (another favorite of hers.)

[TypeZoNegative]

>Not really interested in “mock meats”. I’ll stick to the real thing, thanks anyway. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it — why eat fake ribs when I can have REAL ribs?

Think of the cholesterol and fat.

>I do find it curious that vegans say humans are not naturally carnivorous, and then go out of their way to replicate the flavor and texture of meat.

Because we aren’t. Google the word “umami”. I’m a vegetarian for health reasons and also a bit for moral reasons too in that factory farming is a disrespect to the animal’s life.

[Impy]

What if they do smell?

This is one of the most asinine things I’ve ever heard. The conceivers of this should be force fed foods they don’t like until they beg for mercy.

[SnakeDoctor]

>> I’m a vegetarian for health reasons and also a bit for moral reasons too in that factory farming is a disrespect to the animal’s life.

More power to you, I suppose. I disagree, and thus choose otherwise. Freedom is a beautiful thing — people are free to live their lives according to those tenets they deem worthy. God bless America.

“Health reasons” doesn’t really sway me — I’m in reasonably good shape. I just don’t buy that humans have been eating wrong for thousands of years.

Factory farmining/ animal rights stuff doesn’t really sway me either. My father-in-law was a butcher, I am aware of how animals are killed for consumption. I’ve seen a couple of the livestock farms myself (I am an attorney and have represented a couple of farming businesses in tax matters, and thus visited their operation).

I suppose it can be upsetting to the weak-stomached, but such is the nature of eating meat. I see human consumption of cows, chickens, pork, bison, fish, shellfish, etc. as no more disrespectful than a lion eating an antelope. We’re just higher on the food chain than they are — it is the natural order of things. And, we’re more intelligent than most carnivores, and thus able to streamline the meat-production process so as to free most of society from their obligation to hunt/slaughter for themselves (thus freeing their innovation to other areas).

It is the intersection of “health reasons” and “political reasons” that somewhat bothers me. It seems to me the intersection of the two can lead to the skewing of health data to serve a political purpose — which is exactly what I believe has happened to some extent. Meat can absolutely be part of a healthy diet ... as it has been since the earliest humans learned that wild animals and birds tasted good, and began developing effective methods of capturing them.

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[Clintonfatigued]

There’s one way that the British government could uphold this indoctrination: prevent children from leaving school during lunch!

; )

[snugs]

I do remember seeing an email a while back about a website or proposed website being set up for conservative Brits but not sure if it got off the ground or is still going.

I told them due to my commitments on this site it would be unlikely I could participate

[snugs]

Will I do

[snugs]

Come and visit us you find that it is not as bad as the reports suggest and there are many areas that are unaffected by the PC nonsense

[Myrddin]

I've visited Wales in 93, 94, 96 and 99. I have friends and family in Cardiff, Aberystwyth, Pontrhydygroes and Cwmystwyth. Aside from a couple used syringes dumped in an alley along Bridge St in Aberystwyth, I've found my visits to be pleasant and cordial. The exchange rate for pounds vs dollars makes it much more expensive to visit now compared to the 90's. Last weekend I attended the Malad Welsh Festival (in southeast Idaho). That city has the largest number of ethnic Welsh people outside of Wales. We had a great time. The Scots and Irish brought some of their dancers from Boise and Idaho Falls. The culture is alive and well...even outside the UK.

[snugs]

The exchange rate is definitely at present in my favour but with my father's health it is unfortunately impossible for me to take advantage and visit the US. I did visit back in the 90s (1997) and had a wonderful time especially in the White Mountains and traveling through New Hampshire, Vermont and New York State to Niagara.

[Myrddin]

I see you're a Dick Cheney fan. I had a pleasant surprise one Sunday afternoon at the Tyson's Corner Borders book store. I was looking through the computer books and decided to head upstairs to check the engineering books. As I headed to the escalator I passed a guy looking over the magazines. He looked just like Dick Cheney. As I looked up the escalator, I saw a guy in a black suit. Another was posted by the cash register. I looked back at the magazine rack. It was Dick Cheney, in person. The Secret Service black SUV's and limo were parked in front of the store. What a surprise. I would have loved to spend some time chatting with him, but I opted to leave him to what little leisure time he is afforded.