[OT] Food labelling

vernon said:

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On no... We had this one discussed a couple of months ago.
Please don't let it kick off again.

so this isn't the uk.re.cycling forum ? ;-)

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Nutty yours
Bo

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Clive George said:

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The label on the jar of orange marmalade in my fridge informs me that
the contents are kosher, vegetarian, and gluten free. I could never
have guessed.

Which reminds me that cheese doritos aren't vegetarian, but the beef and
onion, prawn cocktail, roast chicken and smoky bacon crisps are.

Many cheeses contain an extract of blood, which helps in the cheese
making process. (I think it help the cheese set).

Yes, rennet.

However vegetarian cheese is made quite happily with non-animal rennet -
indeed I've heard that a great deal more cheese is vegetarian than is
labelled as such, but producers quite like the premium the vegetarian label
gets.

OTOH I believe the non-animal version is often GM (checks - yup). Personally
I don't have a problem with engineering microbes (typically yeast or
bacteria) to produce proteins - indeed I depend on such proteins to stay
alive. (however there are other uses of GM I don't think are great).

http://www.vegsoc.org/info/cheese.html

But I was mostly amused by the list of flavours :-)

cheers,
clive

Tosspot said:

John Hearns said:

Coffee and toast for breakfast this morning.
I read the butter wrapper - "Contains Milk"
I despair...

My favourite, unrelated, but anyone who flys BA, next time look at the
life jacket during the safety demo. "Put Head Through Hole", honest,
you have a look.

I work at East sussex County HAll in Lewes and they thoughtfully
provide some showers. On the INSIDE of the shower cubicle there is a
notice that says "Warning, floor may be wet". I would take a photo but
there isnt enough space.

Stan Cox

Stan Cox said:

Tosspot said:

John Hearns said:

Coffee and toast for breakfast this morning.
I read the butter wrapper - "Contains Milk"
I despair...

My favourite, unrelated, but anyone who flys BA, next time look at the
life jacket during the safety demo. "Put Head Through Hole", honest,
you have a look.

I work at East sussex County HAll in Lewes and they thoughtfully provide
some showers. On the INSIDE of the shower cubicle there is a notice that
says "Warning, floor may be wet". I would take a photo but there isnt
enough space.

LOL. That's precious. I like the use of 'may'. Like your standing in
it dry, perhaps thinking these mew-fangled showers are brilliant, they
don't even use water!

On 22 Oct 2005 17:54:35 -0700, "Bo-En Lo" <[email hidden]>

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vernon said:

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On no... We had this one discussed a couple of months ago.
Please don't let it kick off again.

so this isn't the uk.re.cycling forum ? ;-)

Warning: uk.rec.cycling may be nuts

In Sainsbury's yesterday I saw a bag of nuts labelled "You are what
you eat".

--
Frank Erskine
Sunderland

Tosspot said:

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I work at East sussex County HAll in Lewes and they thoughtfully provide
some showers. On the INSIDE of the shower cubicle there is a notice that
says "Warning, floor may be wet". I would take a photo but there isnt
enough space.

LOL. That's precious. I like the use of 'may'. Like your standing in
it dry, perhaps thinking these mew-fangled showers are brilliant, they
don't even use water!

Haven't you heard? There's a drought.

Do try and keep up ;-)

John B

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On 22 Oct 2005 17:54:35 -0700, "Bo-En Lo" <[email hidden]>
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vernon said:

> On no... We had this one discussed a couple of months ago.
> Please don't let it kick off again.
>
so this isn't the uk.re.cycling forum ? ;-)

Warning: uk.rec.cycling may be nuts

In Sainsbury's yesterday I saw a bag of nuts labelled "You are what
you eat".

CLOFF!

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Saxman said:

Tumbleweed said:

Bollocks, this isnt France with use of 'Le Weekend' or some other
non-approved word or phrase making you liable for a fine. Languages
change, English perhaps more than most, and 'may' may or might also
be used to mean 'might'.

may
¡X USAGE When expressing or asking permission, may is regarded as more
correct. ¡X ORIGIN Old English.

might1
Used to express possibility or make a suggestion.

From the Oxford English dictionary, so BOLLOCKS to you and don't show
your ignorance.

Always a good idea to check more than one source.

From Chambers:

may: auxiliary verb expressing ability, possibility or contingency,
permission or
competence, probability, concession, purpose or result, a wish, or
uncertainty (used with infinitive without to)

From the compact OED

may: modal verb (3rd sing. present may; past might) 1 expressing
possibility. 2 expressing permission. 3 expressing a wish or hope.

Tim

Tim Downie said:

Always a good idea to check more than one source.

From Chambers:

may: auxiliary verb expressing ability, possibility or contingency,
permission or
competence, probability, concession, purpose or result, a wish, or
uncertainty (used with infinitive without to)

From the compact OED

may: modal verb (3rd sing. present may; past might) 1 expressing
possibility. 2 expressing permission. 3 expressing a wish or hope.

Which is further reinforced by the full OED:

7. Expressing present subjective possibility, i.e. the admissibility of
a supposition, in a direct or indirect statement.
From the late Middle English period senses 7a and 7b contrasted with
the use of might expressing both the past subjective possibility of a
situation (sense 18a; originally in indirect statements) and the present
subjective possibility of a past situation (sense 18b; this function was
taken over by sense 7c). Subsequently there arose a use of might in
virtually indistinguishable contexts, but having the possibility of
greater tentativeness (sense 26).

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

Stan Cox <[email hidden]> wrote:
| I work at East sussex County HAll in Lewes and they thoughtfully
| provide some showers. On the INSIDE of the shower cubicle there is a
| notice that says "Warning, floor may be wet". I would take a photo but
| there isnt enough space.

There's a playing field near here -- it might be the St Catherine's
College one -- which has a gate into a lane from Mesopotamia -- not
that one, the one by the new Islamic centre -- with signs on the
gate that say (on each side) "USE THIS GATE". It doesn't tell you
what to use it for, though.

You can tell where Lewis Carroll got the idea from.

Clive George said:

"Martin Dann" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Many cheeses contain an extract of blood, which helps in the cheese
making process. (I think it help the cheese set).

Yes, rennet.

Indeed - it's not from blood though, but calves' stomachs
--
Carol
"This might as well say "bing tiddle tiddle bong".
It's complete gibberish!" - Rodney McKay, Stargate Atlantis

Frank Erskine said:

On 22 Oct 2005 17:54:35 -0700, "Bo-En Lo" <[email hidden]>

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vernon said:

> On no... We had this one discussed a couple of months ago.
> Please don't let it kick off again.
>
so this isn't the uk.re.cycling forum ? ;-)

Warning: uk.rec.cycling may be nuts

In Sainsbury's yesterday I saw a bag of nuts labelled "You are what
you eat".

Heh. Reminds me of that Two Ronnies sketch :- "Your nuts, milord...."

--
Carol
"This might as well say "bing tiddle tiddle bong".
It's complete gibberish!" - Rodney McKay, Stargate Atlantis

Carol Hague said:

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In Sainsbury's yesterday I saw a bag of nuts labelled "You are what
you eat".

Heh. Reminds me of that Two Ronnies sketch :- "Your nuts, milord...."

And the Wallace & Gromit I've just been watching.

-adrian

Adrian Godwin said:

Carol Hague said:

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>
In Sainsbury's yesterday I saw a bag of nuts labelled "You are what
you eat".

Heh. Reminds me of that Two Ronnies sketch :- "Your nuts, milord...."

And the Wallace & Gromit I've just been watching.

-adrian

PC McIntosh: If you ask me, this was arson.
Townspeople: [gasp]
PC McIntosh: Yeah. Someone arsin' around!

An absolutely wonderful film!