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From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: pseudofood
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 10:33:28 EST
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> > >The most reliable rule is still to eat what appeals to you.
> > 
> > I don't agree with this. I know of some chemists who could (and do) whip
> > up some absolutely delicious things with almost zero nutritional value.
> > When people lived in caves this worked, but not any more.
> 
> 	One of my favorite party tricks is to make a parody of a fast food
> restaurant chocolate milk shake using a little Hershey's syrup, a LOT of
> water, and some carrageenan or methyl cellulose.  It looks like a McShake,
> flows like a McShake, just about tastes like a McShake, and has virtually
> no food value...

Parody?  I think that's the genuine recipe, except that you should use
generic chocolate syrup--it cuts costs.

I'll bet Franey could tell it from the real thing, though.


	"He can't be HURT
	'Cause he's made of DIRT!
	 Mudman! Mud-Man! MUD-MAAAAAAN!"
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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