Review: THIS BOOK MADE ME SICK/THAT'S WHY EVERYONE SHOULD READ IT
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2013
My poor children ! When they were growing up they only got to eat out once or twice a month!! That includes fast food. I cooked!! We gardened!! I canned!! When my 3 were little we made jelly from a certain powdered drink mix. It was an easy recipe that no one else had. Ever had a peanut butter and berry blue jelly sandwich?My kitchen was a clean laboratory that prepared healthy food. Slave driver that I am I made them help and taught them a few things along the way, like using that weird plastic knife on lettuce. Metal knives turn lettuce brown.Or using BT on our growing broccoli. It got rid of the little worms, but a bird could come and eat the worm and not be harmed. It's bacillus thuringenisus. I spelled that phonetically, so I know it's spelled wrong.This book tells you all the nasty things that eating establishments are allowed to use to make foods look better than they really are.We all hear about rat droppings in hot dogs, but chemicals are used to make salads appear crispy and fresher than they really are.Whatever happened to plunging the lettuce into ice water? Too much trouble?Now I wish my restaurant menu would include the chemicals added to my grilled chicken salad.It makes me glad I taught my children to cook, to freeze their flour for a week after they brought it home, to keep their sugar in a container with a screw on top, etc.  That doesn't mean they eat every meal at home, but they might if they read this book.At least you know what you put in your own food and how clean your kitchen is.I know I was lucky to have the time and desire to cook and garden for my family. This book provides information about eating out. It makes me wish for brown bagging.But all diners aren't the same. If you've paid careful attention you might have dropped in for a cup of coffee at a real jewel of a diner, a place that's clean and prepares their food in front of you, where everyone wears a hairnet and keeps meat cold until it's cooked. You just have to pay attention.Please take the time to read this book very carefully so you'll see what the bad habits are.  Steer clear of chemicals that aren't needed. Like I said, all you need for crisp lettuce, to a certain extent, is ice water.