A whole lot of those old canned fake meat products were eventually bought by Worthington/Loma Linda, who still make a bunch of them. I have no idea who buys them

My uncle LOVES the Fri-Chik.

And then one can argue about mushrooms.

I'm with erin_obscure on the evil. If only because mushrooms + me = anaphylaxis.

Teppy, I have a FB friend who will correct anyone and everyone to understand that corn isn't a vegetable, it's grain. @@@@@@

Consuela, that is ridiculous.

Edited because stupid autocorrect changed Teppy to Reply.

I will point out that classifying foods as starches/carbs, proteins, fats, fruits and veggies is kind of essential to diabetes management. Because while protein and carbs and fat are what foods contain, it is also the case that most foods are primarily a source of one thing or another. For example, fruit is primarily a source of carbs. Not starchy veggies have a high ratio of vitamins and minerals and fiber to calorie containing nutrients. Diabetes management avoids being completely unscientific by referring to exchanges. So corn on the cob is not a "starch" but a "starch exchange", part of a classification system. A lot of other diets borrow from diabetic exchanges but with changed terminology, and often a very problematic relationship to food.

I have no idea the actual truth of the matter, but when I was a kid and obsessed with potatoes, I had a whole sctick about how they have all the nutrients you really need.

Oh Consuela -- these are the bosses that give me a rage attack. Sorry about that.

I want rhubarb. Growing up my mother had three awesome rhubarb plants in the back yard, and it appeared often in pie form on the dinner table. YUM.

All of erin and shrift's mushrooms can come to me. And I don't care what kingdom they belong to.

I am at that point again where enough stuff is past due and thus slipped off today's To Do list that it looks like I don't have a lot on my plate (this is my personal to do list, I manage my work life separately and differently). It sure seems like if I can notice that this is what I do I should be able to use that knowledge somehow. Haven't figured that part out.

People in NYC go see the linked exhibit of totally kick ass origami. I wish I could.

Woo hoo! on Mac's big move from 8th chair to 1st chair trombone.

-t - as second chair flute - did you double on piccolo? My niece is 2nd chair flute and she does.

British bookies are having a blast imagining total Federer family domination of Wimbledon: singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles. In 20 years time no one not named Federer will win any majors.

You know, or something.

There should be a law that says on the first warm, sunny day of the year everyone gets to take off work.