Food for Thought
Tommy’s out there, somewhere beyond the sea on his vacation, and just in case he found a way to look at Sticks of Fire after he swore he wouldn’t, I apologize for the tenuous connection to Tampa. But when the cat’s away…
I was perusing online news sites this evening when I found this alarming and urgent missive in the St. Petersburg Times: “Ho’s Trading Inc. is recalling Fortune Star White Fungus because of undeclared sulfites. [etc.]”
Apparently white fungus is something you eat. On purpose. My first sweep of the net informed me that white fungus is closely related to black cloud ear fungus. Mmmm. Your sophisticated foodie will know all this, of course, and I don’t mean to belittle food allergies. Shoot, I’m the walkin’ talkin’ queen of food allergies. That’s why I pay attention to these news items. But your sophisticated foodie might also know that sulfites are used, in part, to inhibit fungal and bacterial growth.
So I ask you, declared or not declared, why are there sulfites on our ear fungus? More importantly, I ask you, what are the best food allergy websites out there and are there any based in Tampa?
Tags: food, health, news, other stuff
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March 23rd, 2006 at 1:47 pm
“So I ask you, declared or not declared, why are there sulfites on our ear fungus?”
why are these sulfites hiding? we must discover what these sulfites are up to or we will have let the terrorists score a major victory against freedom! Discussing methods we use to root out sulfites is contrary to the sacrifice of the american soldier!