Tantie Talk
Is when las' yuh really check out what yuh does be eating? Jes de odder
day Tants was feelin' lil lazy an' didn' want to do no cooking, so I say
I go fix up wid one a dem package soup mix...well I get such a suprise when
I read what in de ting, dat if I wasn' really hungry I woulda throw way
de ting!
Dem foods get process to within a millimetre of de life! I doh know how it
is more people ent jus' dropping dead yes...when yuh read de ingredients
yuh swear yuh back in school in a chemistry class! De soup was supposed
to be "Chicken Flavour Seashell Soup Mix", well I ent really doubting de
'chicken flavour', (mainly because it didn' taste like beef!) but I does
real have problems when on de list of ingredients, "CHICKEN MEAT" does
come in a distant 7th behind: WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, CORN STARCH, MONOSODIUM
GLUTAMATE, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OLEIN) & SUGAR. But wait,
there's more...as dey say on de TV, de rest of de ingredients almost as
bad: ONION POWDER, CHICKEN FAT, TUMERIC, DRIED PARSLEY, SPICES, GARLIC
POWDER, DISODIUM INOSINATE, NATURAL FLAVOURS, TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID
(PRESERVATIVES),. And as if having de gall to have something called
'natural flavours' 15th on de list (I hope allyuh realise dat de position
on de ingredient list does be most to least) of 16 total, de does go on to
add de following: ALLERGY STATEMENT: MADE ON EQUIPMENT THAT ALSO PROCESSES
MILK, EGG, FISH, SHRIMP, SOY. So is what? Yuh mean to tell me dem cyant
wash out de equipment before de make a different batch of dey products?
Tings so tight dey cyant stop de machine(s) running for even a 15 or 20
minutes to flush dem wid at least some hot water? I wonder if dey would
stop de machines and dump a batch if de ketch a rat taking a bath.
But, it ent only soup dat have all kinda ingredient & additives dat nobody
who ent have a degree or two in chemistry go recognise...looking at a tin
of "Chicken Vienna Sausages" I seeing dese ingredients: CHICKEN, WATER,
CEREAL BINDERS, STARCH, SPICES, SALT, SUGAR & SODIUM PHOSPHATE,, SODIUM
ERYTHORBATE & SODIUM NITRITE (PRESERVATIVES), MSG (FLAVOUR ENHANCER).
Is when people did stop eating fresh food? All de fridge in T&T an' de
res' of de world suddenly gone bad why all dem ting need a setta chemical
& preservative? About de only food I seeing dat (according to de ingredient
listing) looking relatively 'natural' is Tuna: WHITE TUNA, WATER, VEGETABLE
BROTH (INCLUDES SOY), SALT, PYROPHOSPHATE ADDED. Me ent know what de have
'pyrophosphate added' for, but it sounding like yuh could light a tin of tuna
an use it as a Molotov Cocktail! I not even going into de "Nitrition facts"
dat dey have on de labels, because dat is a whole nex joke all by itself.
Any time yuh find yuh have nuttin' to do, go find a good strong magnifying
glass and read yuh food labels, jes like me yuh end up wondering exactly who
is de major shareholders in all dem private hospitals dat sprouting up all
over de place, I wonder if de doctors demselves stop and study dat.
Anyways, dis is a nice long holiweek dat coming up, so allyuh enjoy yuhself
try to eat some REAL FOOD for a change and on Corpus Christi see if yuh
could help out Mother T&T by planting a fruit tree at least.
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BACKCHAT: Issue 22
Tants, good rant this week.
I hope the powers that be taking notes of how the people feeling about the
things they doing, and not doing too.
/Trinidad
Take win, especially the part 'bout de Bambi Buckets for Hanuman.
//Trinidad
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