the random thoughts thread

by **The Dude** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 20:13:39

The anti-fois gras movement is completely retarded.

by **jemagee** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 23:23:32

The Dude wrote:The anti-fois gras movement is completely retarded.

THere is an anti-foid gras movement? Why? It tastes bad enough to turn most people away

by **The Red Tornado** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 23:38:50

jemagee wrote:
The Dude wrote:The anti-fois gras movement is completely retarded.

THere is an anti-foid gras movement? Why? It tastes bad enough to turn most people away

You obviously havent been served good foid gras before.

by **phatj** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 23:40:05

jemagee wrote:
The Dude wrote:The anti-fois gras movement is completely retarded.

THere is an anti-foid gras movement? Why? It tastes bad enough to turn most people away

I presume you've actually had it? Not everyone likes it, but I think price, availability and ethical concerns (in that order) are bigger reasons than flavor that foie gras isn't eaten more in this country.

by **jemagee** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 23:48:18

Never heard any ethical concerns about it, but i tasted it once a while ago it made me ill.

by **jemagee** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 23:53:36

Well this would discourage me...recent research published in PNAS quoted in wikipedia

In June 2007, a research showed a possible link between foie gras and Amyloidosis-related disorders (including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, type II diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis).[49] Transgenic mice with predisposition to amyloidosis were either fed or injected with amyloid protein extracted from commercial foie gras. Animals in both groups displayed "extensive systemic pathological (amyloid) deposits". After cooking the foie gras per manufacturer specification, mice injected with its extracted amyloid showed reduced but still noticeable effect. The authors conclude that exposure to serum amyloid A in foie gras is the likely cause, and suggest it could be a contributing factor of certain diseases in a susceptible population.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob - mad cow variant

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 15:18:07

jemagee wrote:Well this would discourage me...recent research published in PNAS quoted in wikipedia

In June 2007, a research showed a possible link between foie gras and Amyloidosis-related disorders (including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, type II diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis).[49] Transgenic mice with predisposition to amyloidosis were either fed or injected with amyloid protein extracted from commercial foie gras. Animals in both groups displayed "extensive systemic pathological (amyloid) deposits". After cooking the foie gras per manufacturer specification, mice injected with its extracted amyloid showed reduced but still noticeable effect. The authors conclude that exposure to serum amyloid A in foie gras is the likely cause, and suggest it could be a contributing factor of certain diseases in a susceptible population.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob - mad cow variant

Let me see if I've got this right--it might not be a good idea to eat foie gras. However, the mice didn't necessarily eat foie fras, but it was injected into them. And it wasn't foie gras that was injected, but amyloid proteins extracted from foie gras. Any word on amounts? And what does a predisposition to amyloidosis related disorders mean?

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 15:19:54

I believe foie gras is banned, in of all places, chicago.

Basically, fattening a goose liver is done by force feeding a goose by putting a funnel down its throat and pouring corn down the gullet.

by **jemagee** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 15:28:03

Well that's kind of how scientific research is done...you can't use the entirety of the liver mixture because of the number of compounds involved, you only want to test the impact of one, so you isolate it from the frois gras and measure the effect.

It's preliminary research, but since I wasn't a big fan before hand, just another reason to stay away from ti

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 15:39:10

jemagee wrote:Well that's kind of how scientific research is done...you can't use the entirety of the liver mixture because of the number of compounds involved, you only want to test the impact of one, so you isolate it from the frois gras and measure the effect.

It's preliminary research, but since I wasn't a big fan before hand, just another reason to stay away from ti

Oh, I understand it's how scientific research is done. However, I also understand that there's an unscientific bias in science towards positive results--technically, finding no relationship is as important as finding one, but no one gets tenure by finding no relationship between variables.

by **jemagee** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 15:57:07

I understand your point, but this was published in proceedings...the proceedings of the national academy of science, it's kind of a biggy if i recall correctly...i didn't read the whole paper, but i'm pretty sure it went through a tough peer review process before published

by **jemagee** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 16:44:23

Ebays 'compete to win' ad campaign - huh what?

by **The Dude** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 22:59:45

What are those weird explosion noises

by **Bill McNeal** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 15:41:12

Buffalo Chicken Cheese Steak = teh awesome

by **jeff2sf** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 09:45:01

I kind of get a kick out of the dumb Burger King commercial with the spicy chicken sandwich.

SPICY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **jemagee** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:07:55

Uncle Milty wrote:Is it weird to eat lunch in a cemetery?

Is lunch her middle name?

by **Woody** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:09:19

Uncle Milty wrote:Is it weird to eat lunch in a cemetery?

NOT IF YOU'RE DYING TO EAT lolololLOL!!!!!!7

by **BassGuiFloyd** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:24:33

I've been taking daily 20 minute walks in a cemetary around lunch time. I've been thinking about jogging, but I think that would be weird.

by **The Dude** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:51:55

Why does a chicken coup only have 2 doors?

by **JayBallz** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:16:18

http://frostfirezoo.com/a-true-bad-ass

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