Comments on: Rant for Today http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/03/04/rant-for-today/ Life with three kids, five acres, a dog and only two, semi-sane adults. (...the nervous twitch is barely perceptible!) Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:40:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Liesel http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/03/04/rant-for-today/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Liesel Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:46:55 +0000 http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/03/04/rant-for-today/#comment-507 Hahahaha! You guys crack me up about your Mom's pantry...Its really that bad huh? Mom and Dad have to ration out their canned goods, especially when it comes to their pickles and marionberry jam. yummmmm. No worrying about dates on those jars :) Eric, I've actually had MREs before, and they were decent... but then again that was when I was in college (an age where you eat anything!) and before I knew that products listed ingredients (also an age of oblivousness). But anyway, of course I would be a good cousin and help you out at anytime (not that you are short on cousins...) Hahahaha! You guys crack me up about your Mom’s pantry…Its really that bad huh? Mom and Dad have to ration out their canned goods, especially when it comes to their pickles and marionberry jam. yummmmm. No worrying about dates on those jars :) Eric, I’ve actually had MREs before, and they were decent… but then again that was when I was in college (an age where you eat anything!) and before I knew that products listed ingredients (also an age of oblivousness).

But anyway, of course I would be a good cousin and help you out at anytime (not that you are short on cousins…)

]]> By: JustMe http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/03/04/rant-for-today/comment-page-1/#comment-506 JustMe Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:23:34 +0000 http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/03/04/rant-for-today/#comment-506 Liesel- did I hit a nerve here? :-) I know- we try to eat healthy but then they sneak stuff in on us. Then the experts wonder why Americans are over weight. We don't buy much processed stuff so I think that helps. I have a pot of black beans going for soup tonight right now (from dried beans). I make our own bread in the bread machine- I don't make it by hand- triple batches at a time, like Mom still does. The bread machine makes it easy- and healthier! Ah Eric, you had to bring up images of Mom- didn't you? I know- I see the dates on some of that stuff and cringe. All that work..... I am so not looking forward to having to clean the place out. I think we'll have to call in some help- like cousins. ;-) Liesel- did I hit a nerve here? :-)
I know- we try to eat healthy but then they sneak stuff in on us. Then the experts wonder why Americans are over weight. We don’t buy much processed stuff so I think that helps. I have a pot of black beans going for soup tonight right now (from dried beans). I make our own bread in the bread machine- I don’t make it by hand- triple batches at a time, like Mom still does. The bread machine makes it easy- and healthier!

Ah Eric, you had to bring up images of Mom- didn’t you? I know- I see the dates on some of that stuff and cringe. All that work…..
I am so not looking forward to having to clean the place out. I think we’ll have to call in some help- like cousins. ;-)

]]> By: Eric http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/03/04/rant-for-today/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Eric Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:53:05 +0000 http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/03/04/rant-for-today/#comment-503 Or, you could be like Mom and spend half your life canning everything that grows, and some things that I am not sure was ever actually alive. Yes you too can make sure you have enough canned "natural" stuff that you can sit out the next ice age and not go hungry. There is stuff out there that I am sure I picked when I was in high school. I do feel your pain, but since I was raised on Army food, I don't pay much attention. As long as it is quick and doesn't make many dirty dishes, it works for me. I mean, what's the point? After 20 years of MRE's, I am sure I have enough preservative in me to outlast even Mom's canned wax beans. Or, you could be like Mom and spend half your life canning everything that grows, and some things that I am not sure was ever actually alive. Yes you too can make sure you have enough canned “natural” stuff that you can sit out the next ice age and not go hungry. There is stuff out there that I am sure I picked when I was in high school.

I do feel your pain, but since I was raised on Army food, I don’t pay much attention. As long as it is quick and doesn’t make many dirty dishes, it works for me. I mean, what’s the point? After 20 years of MRE’s, I am sure I have enough preservative in me to outlast even Mom’s canned wax beans.

]]> By: Liesel http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/03/04/rant-for-today/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Liesel Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:02:03 +0000 http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/03/04/rant-for-today/#comment-502 Sigh... I hear ya. Welcome to my world. I think I spend 50% of the time in the grocery store reading ingredients of products. I especially hate the high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated crap. Of course I have to check labels anyway for dairy ingredients so I might as well make it worth my while. I try to buy as much organic and "natural" as possible, but even in those products they sneak in crap. I am finding it hard to find whole grain bread that doesn't have HFC syrup or hygrogenated crap (and taste good!). Its ridiculous... its crappy... we need to have a food revolution!! So who's with me? Sigh… I hear ya. Welcome to my world. I think I spend 50% of the time in the grocery store reading ingredients of products. I especially hate the high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated crap. Of course I have to check labels anyway for dairy ingredients so I might as well make it worth my while. I try to buy as much organic and “natural” as possible, but even in those products they sneak in crap. I am finding it hard to find whole grain bread that doesn’t have HFC syrup or hygrogenated crap (and taste good!). Its ridiculous… its crappy… we need to have a food revolution!! So who’s with me?

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