[TheForge] Re: Cast Iron Cookware YAK

[Dave Brown]

At 09:21 03/27/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Turnip aren't obnoxious.  People who cook turnips until they become 
>noxious are the obnoxious ones.  Turnips, cabbage, broccoli, kale, 
>brussels sprouts, collards, cauliflower, and probably a half dozen other 
>vegetables are probably really just cultivars (cultivated varieties) of 
>exactly the same plant.

What about rutabagas?  <grin - just a thought>


>Now some bad news:  You are surrounded by chemicals.  You eat, drink, 
>breathe and ARE chemicals.  Everything you can touch is a chemical.   ...<snip>
><snip> My point in this diatribe is that coldly labeling things as 
>"chemicals" or other such epithets is counterproductive.  LEARN about 
>hazards and deal with them.  The human body is remarkably resiliant.  We 
>eat carcinogenic compounts (of biological origin, I should point out) ALL 
>the time, and shrug them off.
>
>But don't learn half-truths.  <snip more stuff>

Bruce, you just had to do it, didn't you.  You trying to spoil a good 
discussion by inserting facts and truisms?  <grin>

>Bruce
>(A CHEMIST)

I never would have guessed it.  Good stuff to understand though.  Thanks.

Dave Brown