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sweetness_221
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Location: Lawrence, KS
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fondantgrl
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Location: Atlantis
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:07 pm |
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I live here in Sacramento , CA....
I think this is rediculous.. But I'm not in the food business. As a consumer, I think it's stupid.  |
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varika
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:14 pm |
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The biggest cause of coronary disease is having a heart.
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aswartzw
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Location: Galloway, OH
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:33 pm |
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I agree. It's wrong that the government thinks it's their job to govern what people can eat. They would rather pass insignificant laws than actually work on poverty issues and people not having enough money to live on.
My opinion, I would rather eat trans-fats than die from not having enough money to live on. |
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kimsmom
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Joined: Jun 29, 2007
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Location: Southern California
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:03 pm |
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It figures!! First the dragees, now this. |
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Juds2323
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Location: San Jose, CA
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:46 pm |
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I have to agree that I think the government is overstepping. I can see legislation requiring disclosure of use of transfats and education of the public on the dangers, but ultimately it should be my choice. If I feel ok with it then that my prerogative. I think it's insulting that we are starting to be treated like people who have no mind or will of their own.
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KoryAK
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Location: Anchorage, AK
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:11 am |
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hahahaha oh my ... you GUYS... can't they just tax the stuff instead? oh and pot while they're at it. LOTS of problems solved. ME FOR PRESIDENT. |
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woodthi32
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Location: Oneida, NY
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:45 am |
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| aswartzw wrote: | I agree. It's wrong that the government thinks it's their job to govern what people can eat. They would rather pass insignificant laws than actually work on poverty issues and people not having enough money to live on.
My opinion, I would rather eat trans-fats than die from not having enough money to live on. |
I don't think the two are at all mutually exclusive. Unfortunately there is a relationship between poverty and obesity in this country, and we have hardly done anything about either. This law puts something on paper, and likely costs taxpayers nothing. Restaurants were already doing it, and don't seem upset at all. This just makes it official. |
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amoos
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Location: The Netherlands, by way of Louisiana
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:51 am |
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Maybe instead of telling someone they can't have something, we should be teaching our children responsibility and tolerance......isn't the first thing a kid does after hearing "You can't have that" is to figure out a way to get it? I think it would be better to teach control of one's self than to just say, nope sorry....can't have it anymore! |
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leahs
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:54 am |
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Restaurants can make a change to trans fat free (tff) oils pretty easily. Companies have been reformulating frying oils for a couple of years now, and have come up with TFF oils that perform quite well. Not so for the baking world. There are a couple of TFF solid fats available to us, but only at the wholesale level. Those of you who can not purchase 50# blocks of fat and going to be looking at your icing sliding off your cake, because the new Crisco is simply inferior for icing. If you're using IMBC/SMBC that is butter intense, then your customers have simply substituted cholesterol for trans fat. And those icings have other drawbacks as well. |
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Mike1394
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Location: Michigan
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:02 am |
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Does anyone know what that the extra hydrogen actually does to your colon? It's not the heart that Hydrogenated oil effects it's the colon. Hydrogented fats are a big contributer to colon cancer, diverticulosus. How many double up on fiber to flush that stuff through after you have eaten it?
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loriana
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Location: Memphis, TN
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:28 pm |
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OK I have a stupid stipid question.....  I moved to TN from California about 5 years ago and havent kept up with this new regulation.
Those of you who have legal bakeries will have to not use hi-ratio shortenings then? Is this correct?
Those who do not own bakeries and bake at home can still use them, correct?
Again, sorry for the ignorance. Tennessee is FAR from doing anything remotely about our obesity and poverty situation. Did you know Tennessee is 59% overweight? We have one of the highest poverty levels in the country. Take a look at Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Kentucky. |
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bostonterrierlady
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:07 pm |
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I am curious too. What do you all plan to do? I know it has to be a complete phase out by a certain date. |
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lionladydi
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Location: Willow Spgs, MO
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:53 pm |
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I have never operated as a business and only did cakes for friends once in a while. I had great aspirations of going into business and then realized that I just did not have the patience. Also I have COPD and never know when it will be acting up so I didn't dare commit to doing anything as important as wedding cakes. I did a birthday cake occasionally for one of my girlfriends or for my grandkids. When they took the trans fats out of the Crisco, I made my decision to give it up. I have sold almost all of my pans and Wilton books. My daughter took classes and was doing a few but she hasn't done any in a long time. I saved some of my pans for her but I don't plan on doing any more because of this.
I did make myself a chocolate cake/chocolate buttercream for my birthday last month.  When my grandson asked who the cake was for I told him it was Grandma's birthday cake. The look on my daughter's face was priceless.
I still don't approve the government telling me what I can eat and what I cannot eat anymore than I want them telling me what to do with my body.
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MeMo07
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:10 pm |
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| varika wrote: | The biggest cause of coronary disease is having a heart.
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LOL.
I'm sorry, it's not a funny subject, but that gave me a giggle. |
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