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  1. Original post
    Spitzmaus
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    Amy Sherman, over at KQED's Bay Area Bites blog, lists the following
    ways to eliminate the joy in food. I've been guilty of at least a few
    of these behaviors; how 'bout you all??

    Spitz

    --
    Mind the runner beans!
    *************************************

    1. Be self-righteous about what you eat.
    2. Always clean your plate.
    3. Banish butter.
    4. Eat only crappy fast food.
    5. Refuse to ever eat expensive food.
    6. Undercook your food.
    7. Overcook your food.
    8. Eat while driving in your car.
    9. Feel guilty about what you eat.
    10. Make others feel bad about what they eat.
    11. Eat too much.
    12. Don't eat enough.
    13. Eliminate carbs.
    14. Eat only carbs.
    15. Insist on skipping dessert.
    16. Worry too much about cleanliness.
    17. Pay no attention to where your food comes from.
    18. Pay too much attention to where your food comes from.
    19. Talk on the phone while you eat.
    20. Be a picky eater.
    21. Refuse to share.
    22. Never eat with your friends or family.
    23. Dine with screaming children.
    24. Eat only balanced meals.
    25. Refuse to eat donuts.

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  2. Julia Altshuler
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    I was doing fine until I got to the last one. I refuse to eat doughnuts.

    --Lia

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  3. maxine in ri
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    Julia Altshuler said:

    I was doing fine until I got to the last one. I refuse to eat doughnuts.

    --Lia

    Spoilsport!
    ;-)
    maxine in ri

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  4. OmManiPadmeOmelet
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Julia Altshuler said:

    I was doing fine until I got to the last one. I refuse to eat doughnuts.

    --Lia

    Ditto here...
    They taste bitter to me. :-p
    --
    Peace!
    Om

    "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
    -- Jack Nicholson

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  5. Ranee Mueller
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Julia Altshuler said:

    I was doing fine until I got to the last one. I refuse to eat doughnuts.

    Why? Just out of curiosity.

    Regards,
    Ranee

    Remove do not & spam to e-mail me.

    "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

    http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
    http://talesfromthekitchen.blogspot.com/

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  6. Julia Altshuler
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    Why don't I eat doughnuts? Ahem, they disagree with me. Why they make
    me so sick is one of those mysteries. I know the ingredients, and not
    one of them makes me ill under other circumstances. I have no trouble
    with flour, sugar, fried foods, etc., unless there's a preservative or
    dough conditioner used in commericial doughnuts and not in my home
    that's doing it to me.

    The same mystery persists with regards to pancakes (though the symptoms
    are worse with doughnuts). Take flour, baking powder, oil, eggs, sugar,
    milk, mix them up, bake them at 350 degrees, call them muffins, and I'm
    fine. Take the same ingredients, heat them on a skillet, call them
    pancakes, and I am, to borrow from another thread, doomed-- though not
    for the full day, maybe only 15 minutes to an hour. To add to the
    mystery, waffles are generally fine. Could it have something to do with
    a change in flour at high temperatures? Go figure.

    --Lia

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  7. Spitzmaus
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    Julia Altshuler sez:

    Quoted message said:

    Why don't I eat doughnuts? Ahem, they disagree with me. Why they
    make me so sick is one of those mysteries. I know the ingredients,
    and not one of them makes me ill under other circumstances. I have no
    trouble with flour, sugar, fried foods, etc., unless there's a
    preservative or dough conditioner used in commericial doughnuts and
    not in my home that's doing it to me.

    The same mystery persists with regards to pancakes (though the
    symptoms are worse with doughnuts). Take flour, baking powder, oil,
    eggs, sugar, milk, mix them up, bake them at 350 degrees, call them
    muffins, and I'm fine. Take the same ingredients, heat them on a
    skillet, call them pancakes, and I am, to borrow from another thread,
    doomed-- though not for the full day, maybe only 15 minutes to an
    hour. To add to the mystery, waffles are generally fine. Could it
    have something to do with a change in flour at high temperatures? Go
    figure.

    --Lia


    Have you ever made doughnuts at home, from scratch? Perhaps it's the
    way those commerical establishments prepare them, the type of oil used
    for frying, etc.; the end result can be downright nasty, and as you say,
    loaded with preservatives.

    Pancakes, now, I can understand your issue with them. Done right, a
    pancake can be a feather-light-yet-substantial, perfectly browned,
    cooked-all-the-way-through little miracle; in the wrong hands, it
    becomes a raw dough stomach bomb.

    Spitz
    --
    Mind the runner beans!

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  8. -L.
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    OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Julia Altshuler said:

    I was doing fine until I got to the last one. I refuse to eat doughnuts.

    --Lia

    Ditto here...
    They taste bitter to me. :-p

    I just don't like them. Never have.

    -L.

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  9. Knit Chic
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    "Spitzmaus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Amy Sherman, over at KQED's Bay Area Bites blog, lists the following ways
    to eliminate the joy in food. I've been guilty of at least a few of these
    behaviors; how 'bout you all??

    Quoted message said:

    10. Make others feel bad about what they eat.

    This one is a big one for me and my family. My children are not allowed to
    say yuck, ew, gross, etc. about other ppl food or food they are served. I
    wish some adults would learn to do the same. Really, It's extreamly rude.
    They are allowed to say "no thank you" or "I don't care for that" I have
    never made them eat foods they don't like, yet my kids have a very good diet
    and eat more types of foods than any other kids I know.

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  10. Serene
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    On Fri, 12 May 2006 12:11:14 GMT, "Knit Chic" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:


    "Spitzmaus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Amy Sherman, over at KQED's Bay Area Bites blog, lists the following ways
    to eliminate the joy in food. I've been guilty of at least a few of these
    behaviors; how 'bout you all??

    Quoted message said:

    10. Make others feel bad about what they eat.

    This one is a big one for me and my family. My children are not allowed to
    say yuck, ew, gross, etc. about other ppl food or food they are served. I
    wish some adults would learn to do the same. Really, It's extreamly rude.

    Yes, when did it become okay to insult someone's gift to you?

    serene

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  11. Rusty
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    Julia Altshuler said:

    I was doing fine until I got to the last one. I refuse to eat doughnuts.

    --Lia

    "Mmmm... Donuts! Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?" - Homer
    Simpson

    ;-)

    Rusty

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  12. Ranee Mueller
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Serene said:

    On Fri, 12 May 2006 12:11:14 GMT, "Knit Chic" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:


    "Spitzmaus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Amy Sherman, over at KQED's Bay Area Bites blog, lists the following ways
    to eliminate the joy in food. I've been guilty of at least a few of these
    behaviors; how 'bout you all??

    Quoted message said:

    10. Make others feel bad about what they eat.

    This one is a big one for me and my family. My children are not allowed to
    say yuck, ew, gross, etc. about other ppl food or food they are served. I
    wish some adults would learn to do the same. Really, It's extreamly rude.

    Yes, when did it become okay to insult someone's gift to you?

    We have a similar rule in our house. We explained it to the children
    by asking if they would like it if they made a picture or present for us
    and we said, "Yuck, I don't like that!" They got the point pretty
    quickly.

    Regards,
    Ranee

    Remove do not & spam to e-mail me.

    "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

    http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
    http://talesfromthekitchen.blogspot.com/

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  13. Food Snob
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    Julia Altshuler said:

    I was doing fine until I got to the last one. I refuse to eat doughnuts.


    Doughnuts are possibly the crappiest food on the planet, with the
    exception of Cool Whip.

    Quoted message said:


    --Lia

    --Bryan

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  14. Julia Altshuler
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    Spitzmaus said:

    Have you ever made doughnuts at home, from scratch? Perhaps it's the
    way those commerical establishments prepare them, the type of oil used
    for frying, etc.; the end result can be downright nasty, and as you say,
    loaded with preservatives.

    Pancakes, now, I can understand your issue with them. Done right, a
    pancake can be a feather-light-yet-substantial, perfectly browned,
    cooked-all-the-way-through little miracle; in the wrong hands, it
    becomes a raw dough stomach bomb.
    Spitz

    I'm trying to remember if I've ever tried making doughnuts at home. I
    don't think so. That's probably because I try not to fry at home. I
    don't like dealing with the hot oil, don't do it often enough to make
    storing the oil worth it, one of those things where I don't do it so I'm
    not good at it, and I'm not good at it so I don't do it. Besides,
    restaurants are great at fried food. I believe I may have experimented
    with making beignets from the Cafe du Monde box mix at a friend's once.
    I think I was O.K. with beignets though I don't remember. The bottom
    line is that I haven't figured out what's unique to doughnuts and not to
    other fried foods.

    What you say about pancakes interests me. Are you saying that
    under-done pancakes bring down other people also? It still makes me
    wonder what's doing it. What's different about the uncooked ingredients?

    --Lia

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  15. Spitzmaus
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    Julia Altshuler sez:

    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    What you say about pancakes interests me. Are you saying that
    under-done pancakes bring down other people also? It still makes me
    wonder what's doing it. What's different about the uncooked ingredients?

    --Lia


    Oh, my, YES -- I've practically writhed in agony after consuming
    less-than-ideal pancakes! They *must* be cooked all the way through,
    yet not burnt. Experience also tells me that the leavening can't be out
    of date; properly risen, pancakes can be ethereal, but deflation plus
    underdone dough can cause, dare I say it, a frenzy of flatulation.

    Spitz
    --
    Mind the runner beans!

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  16. SD
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    Julia Altshuler said:

    Spitzmaus wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Pancakes, now, I can understand your issue with them. Done right, a
    pancake can be a feather-light-yet-substantial, perfectly browned,
    cooked-all-the-way-through little miracle; in the wrong hands, it
    becomes a raw dough stomach bomb.
    Spitz

    Quoted message said:

    What you say about pancakes interests me. Are you saying that
    under-done pancakes bring down other people also? It still makes me
    wonder what's doing it. What's different about the uncooked ingredients?

    Underdone pancakes just lay in mystomach like a lump of lead. They are
    a mass of soggy, partially cooked "bread." It gives me indigestion.
    When properly cooked, with no trace of raw batter, so that they are
    light and fluffy, I don't have a problem.

    SD

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  17. kilikini
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    "SD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:


    Julia Altshuler said:

    Spitzmaus wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Pancakes, now, I can understand your issue with them. Done right, a
    pancake can be a feather-light-yet-substantial, perfectly browned,
    cooked-all-the-way-through little miracle; in the wrong hands, it
    becomes a raw dough stomach bomb.
    Spitz

    Quoted message said:

    What you say about pancakes interests me. Are you saying that
    under-done pancakes bring down other people also? It still makes me
    wonder what's doing it. What's different about the uncooked


    ingredients?

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Underdone pancakes just lay in mystomach like a lump of lead. They are
    a mass of soggy, partially cooked "bread." It gives me indigestion.
    When properly cooked, with no trace of raw batter, so that they are
    light and fluffy, I don't have a problem.

    SD

    I used to love pancakes, but underdone or perfectly done, they still just
    sit like lumps in my belly. I wish I could eat things like I could when I
    was a kid. I have lots of old-time favorites, that I just can't eat
    anymore.

    kili

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  18. Spitzmaus
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    kilikini sez:

    Quoted message said:

    I used to love pancakes, but underdone or perfectly done, they still
    just sit like lumps in my belly. I wish I could eat things like I
    could when I was a kid. I have lots of old-time favorites, that I just
    can't eat anymore.
    kili


    What other childhood faves give you a problem? My luck's pretty much
    holding for the nonce, although I *do* have "issues" with melted cheese
    -- HUGE issues. It's durn near indigestible for me these days . . .

    Spitz
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    Mind the runner beans!

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  19. kilikini
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    "Spitzmaus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    kilikini sez:

    Quoted message said:

    I used to love pancakes, but underdone or perfectly done, they still
    just sit like lumps in my belly. I wish I could eat things like I
    could when I was a kid. I have lots of old-time favorites, that I just
    can't eat anymore.
    kili


    What other childhood faves give you a problem? My luck's pretty much
    holding for the nonce, although I *do* have "issues" with melted cheese
    -- HUGE issues. It's durn near indigestible for me these days . . .

    Eggs are one. I can't do those anymore. Oh, fruit! Grapes are a biggie as
    well as bananas. Peanuts are another. I'm just screwed. I can do a
    grilled cheese, but I'm wondering how much longer I can, so I can relate.

    kili

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  20. Spitzmaus
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    kilikini sez:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Eggs are one. I can't do those anymore. Oh, fruit! Grapes are a biggie as
    well as bananas. Peanuts are another. I'm just screwed. I can do a
    grilled cheese, but I'm wondering how much longer I can, so I can relate.

    kili


    Holy [censored] on a crutch!! Eggs? Grapes, bananas, and peanuts?? You
    *poor* thing. I'd check myself into a "food nunnery" should your fate
    befall me! Seriously. What'd be the point of eating, I ask you??!?

    I'd live the cloistered life, forsaking all comestibles save watery
    gruel and rusks . . .

    Spitz
    --
    Mind the runner beans!

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