colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (02/11/86)
> > >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 UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher@sunyabva