Hey Microwave Entree Lazy Butts...
Mama's been busy, so get off her case. Anyway, I brought ya this bit of information that Mama suggests you copy, print, and file somewhere important, like your insurance or your house papers. Mama got bifocals--translation: Can see far distances but still takes her glasses off to read anything...But she's got some scary news for her myriad fans...
FOODIES BEWARE! No, this isn't a link, folks, but a dire warning. Mama shops wherever she's at in her day and in her location. She prefers the Commissary but sometimes up the road and down the street is a little closer. Anyway, Mama's nearest grocery store is also in the same shopping center as Target, Hollywood Video, a great little diner, and a Teriyaki place; so Mama frequents this supermarket, well, frequently. OK folks...Mama was at the store last night picking up a few groceries after rehearsal. The next time you people look at the store brand of anything make sure you know where it comes from!
Mama buys the store brand apple juice usually, because, really, what could they possibly do to apple juice?
Well, Mama's store brand's apple juice had a brand new little statement on the front of the plastic bottle.
It reads: Apple juice produced in CHINA! Yeah, group jaw dropping! After losing dogs and cats to tainted pet food across our precious land, after recent examples of tainted Heparin, which Mama believes is used as a blood thinner, and numerous news stories of products from China being below standard for USDA and FDA guidelines, and in some cases harmful or toxic to animals or humans...Don't be a dumb-ass and buy anything from them! Mama is also going to ask her pharmacist where her drugs are coming from.
With all the pharmaceutical companies in the United States why are these companies AND our health insurances allowing drugs to come from a country who is only recently pulling itself up out of a political and social quagmire and has few if any regulatory mandates in place for the health and safety of AMERICANS?
Answer: Freakin' PROFITS. Mama is going to do a little investigation of her own. She can't depend upon journalists in the USA, they're too buy trying to get Obama elected. Mama suggests you people do the same. Mama is NOT anti-Chinese people. Mama IS against buying cheaper medical and food sources for Americans all in the name of the almighty PROFIT.
Here's another little "tidbit": Mama doesn't like to cook for herself. When her sweetheart is around; fine. If all the family is in town; great. Well, Mama put a delicious frozen entree of Meat Loaf and Gravy with Creamy Mashed Potatoes & Vegetables. It cooks up in 7 minutes...now that's what Mama calls "lovingly prepared". The Con-Agra folks must think so too: Their slogan: "food from the heart...prepared with love and care. Love, Marie". Well, Mama didn't read the nutrition facts until she opened the box to put the frozen goodness into the microwave. Serving Size: 1 Meal. Calories: 460--not bad, really. Total Fat: 19 grams. Sodium: a whopping 1120mg and Total Carbs: 40 grams which 45-60 carbohydrate grams is allowable even under the American Diabetes Association food guide. But dig the fat and the sodium:
So Mama turned the package over to read the ingredients, which she should have before she put the box in the shopping cart...Typical stuff and in bold print at the bottom...CONTAINS WHEAT, SOY, MILK AND ANCHOVIES...anchovies? ANCHOVIES??? If I'd wanted anchovies I would've purchased a pizza!
Apparently, the anchovies must've provided some of the flavoring for the gravy of the meatloaf, which was very tasty, Mama admits, AND also added a whole lot of unneeded sodium.
Next time, Mama will come home a throw a PB & J on a plate and add a glass of milk...well, and maybe a couple of slices of cheese, um, definitely a piece of fruit and maybe a brownie or two...It may be nutritiously "carb-a-licious", but at least Mama knows it won't be made in China with anchovies...
Mama
Gross. Anchovies for gravy flavoring? MSG sounds more appetizing.
Posted by: Gina | May 06, 2008 at 09:25 PM