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Message no. 1
From: roun <roun@***.NET>
Subject: soy in food now (was Re: Growing new parts)
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 21:12:01 PDT
| Eric Jameson wrote on Thursday:
| > There should be a better explanation
| > as to why everything is soy-based (other than the fact that it sounds
| > futuristic and cyberpunkish, which is probably the real reason).
|
| IMHO food referred to as "soy" in SR lingo is not necessary made out of
| soy. It may be used as a general expression for low grade, sort of
| artificial food: mushroom/fungi, soy, corn/grain, natural gas & mineral
| oil (yes!) based, preservative laden stuff.
| "It tastes like shit but is nutritious". (Crocodile Dundee)
|
| How about this?
|
| KoBold

i was eating chef boyardee mini-ravioli (comes in a can) today and i
started reading the label. besides "beef and/or mechanically separated
beef[translation: lips, assholes and hooves]" it has "toasted wheat
crumbs.....textured soya protein, soya protein isolate". so in addition to
the sawdust and cardboard that makes up 25% of a cows diet (it is mixed in
with the food) we have all this other stuff in the meat as well. it seems
to look as if the beef they put in the ravioli is lacking in the protein it
should have and so they add soy for the protein and as cheap filler.
i wonder how many other food products also have soy in them as a
substitute/filler to make it more healthy by having protein added in
through soy.

comments??

roun aka david
roun@***.net

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Message no. 2
From: Greg Symons <gsymons@******.TEMPLE.EDU>
Subject: Re: soy in food now (was Re: Growing new parts)
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 13:00:06 -0400
[snip]
>
>i was eating chef boyardee mini-ravioli (comes in a can) today and i

Mmm... yummy. I still don't understand how anyone can eat that crap...
but hey, they're your tastebuds:)

>started reading the label. besides "beef and/or mechanically
separated

That's not necessarily a wise decision on your part:)

>beef[translation: lips, assholes and hooves]" it has "toasted wheat
>crumbs.....textured soya protein, soya protein isolate". so in
addition to
>the sawdust and cardboard that makes up 25% of a cows diet (it is
mixed in
>with the food) we have all this other stuff in the meat as well. it
seems
>to look as if the beef they put in the ravioli is lacking in the
protein it
>should have and so they add soy for the protein and as cheap filler.
> i wonder how many other food products also have soy in them as a
>substitute/filler to make it more healthy by having protein added in
>through soy.

Quick List:

McDonalds' hamburgers
Pizza Hut's "beef topping"
Everything else by Chef Boyardee (probably:)
Hormel Chili?
Those little microwaveable cans o' food?

I personally don't have a problem with the fact that everybody in SR
eats soy. We do it now. We just don't realize it because no one says
"Hey, this is a soy-protein product!", at least not with a big sign.
Why not? 'Cause no one would buy it. We love to think we're eatin'
real meat, but, sorry to say, we ain't.

Greg



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Message no. 3
From: Machine-gun Kelly <MgkellyMP5@***.COM>
Subject: Re: soy in food now (was Re: Growing new parts)
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 23:29:40 EDT
<SNIP soy and cows>

There was a large beef shortage at one point back in the '70s and a lot of
grocery stores began mixing Soy with what beef they could get their hands on
to help keep the prices down. They even came out with brand names like "Soy-
Mix" for the shit. Regardless, some places still do it today, as does most of
the fast-food industry (C'mon. Go get an "In n' Out" burger and honestly tell
me that it tastes completely like real beef).

Mgkelly

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