January 2012
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Jan 27th
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“No person or entity shall manufacture or knowingly sell food or any other...”
– An actual piece of actual legislation written by an actual Oklahoma state senator, who was later quoted as saying, “I don’t know if it is happening in Oklahoma, it may be, it may not be. What I am saying is that if it does happen then we are not going to allow it to manufacture here.” Why?...
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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'I would rather eat my own diarrhea’ #McDStories... →
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Jan 23rd
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Good morning Don, Do you have any info on cooking time and temp requirements for trigina? I think you’re thinking of  Trichina.
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Jan 21st
“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton, definitively. (via merlin)
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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“Boops boops.”
– Development and Application of Quality Index Method Scheme in a Shelf-Life Study of Wild and Fish Farm Affected Bogue (Boops boops, L.) - Bogdanović - 2012 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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“… really about the American city, and about how we live together....”
– The Wire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, via Melrin,
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“This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this...”
– The Rev. Martin Luther King (via merlin) Ouch.
Jan 16th
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BAD BAD BATZ: ❖ On Cantaloupe and Marketing Orders →
badbatz: “The California cantaloupe industry has never been associated with a foodborne illness outbreak.” — Steve Patricio, California Cantaloupe Advisory Board A good bet: whenever a company, big or small, claims their food has never made anyone sick, they are probably wrong. They just never got… Better than I said it. Well done.
Jan 16th
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badbatz: donschaffner reblogged your photo: “Fig 7-1. (A) Edison’s aerophone, or pneumatic… Food safety research taking you…bit far afield today, batz? I’m working on my new iPhone speaker. It works via blue toot. I’ll get the Kickstarter up and running shortly. Hi! Can I axe you a question? Hi!
Jan 16th
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“On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?”...”
– Seth’s Blog: Straight up
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Jan 15th
“So when you go to the supermarket to buy one of these brands of pre-ground meat...”
– Bacteria 1, F.D.A. 0 - NYTimes.com NYTimes 1: Science 0. {sigh}
Jan 14th
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“Is government inspection better at ensuring safe produce?”
– Don’t bring me down; California cantaloupe growers going government way, want state marketing order | barfblog I think the answer to the question Doug poses is “probably no”, but I think he also misses the point. The California growers are coming together to self-police and...
Jan 14th
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“Now, is it hyperbole to say, as Gruber did, that Jony Ive “leads the design team...”
– The Macalope Weekly: Leave the giant conglomerate alone! | Macworld
Jan 14th
Pet dogs—A transmission route for human... →
Yay science! Good stuff here. Plus we really ought to talk about the two Scallan papers in an upcoming episode.
Jan 14th
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Cry me a river: making people barf can ruin a... →
It’s the lawsuit and the bad press that he says are ruining his business. Not the sick people?
Jan 14th
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Stupid writing is for stupids
badbatz: Note to self: you are too old to work until 3 am on a Saturday. You will pay dearly for this tomorrow. Goodnight. Stupid poopy head 😜
Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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Letters of Note: For Aspiring Editors →
God I love H.L. Mencken.
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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“If you happen to have a Baratza Virtuoso, I like the “8” setting. The dial goes...”
– Stainless steel “Disk” filter for AeroPress – Marco.org These go to fourty one…
Jan 12th
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Zippy's YouTube Video of the Week | NCFR →
Festive sandwich fare!
Jan 12th
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