Surprises

[raven_estrella]

Every once in awhile, I'll get a nice little surprise when I look at a food or drink label. Like when Mom bought hot pockets and I saw that the packaging said this: "Now with REAL cheese!" Excuse me? If the cheese wasn't real, what was in there before? Same for a fast-food ad about "real" chicken. Someone please tell me how chicken can be fake! I

Comments

[jessicamariek]

One of these days it's gonna be "Soylent Green - now with REAL people!" Argh.

When I can't pronounce more than half of the ingredients list, I know something's up. And as a former chem major, that's a big thing.

[raven_estrella]

Gosh, that IS bad news if a chem major can't pronounce the names! And I love it when a product is advertised as "natural" but still has the obvious additives and stuff.

Good ol' Soylent Green...

[feste3]

fear the new production system...soon the grass will have real clorophyl too :-p this is why i tend not to buy things i can't readily identify...of course american cheese and velveeta have always just been "cheese products" they dont actually go through the whole cheese process...creepy...

[raven_estrella]

"Cheese products?" Uh...That just sounds so APPETIZING!

I saw another one recently. It was called "parmesan-style grated topping." Why parmesan STYLE and not just parmesan? You're right...Creepy.

[ravelda]

You really don't want to know what's in some stuff... it's amazing what they call "food" sometimes.

[aislinamara]

Actually, coke has caffeine in it. Caffeine is actually a diuretic and dehydrates you. That's part of the reason why drinking to much of it is bad for you.

In case you're wondering who the strange person commenting on your journal is, I saw your call for more LJ friends in the writing group and came to your journal. I am also a 20 year old college student who likes to write, though (in case you can't tell from above) I am a science major. You like to write about nature. I like to analyze how it works. :) Anyway. I'm all for finding more LJ friends.

[raven_estrella]

Great! Thanks for writing--I always appreciate comments whether or not I've talked to the person before.

What science major are you? I thought about being a bio major when I first went to college...I guess I knew Coke had caffeine in it, but I often forget that caffeine actually is a diuretic. I try to stay away from it as much as possible.

[aislinamara]

I'm a biology major with minors in chemistry and (hopefully) ethnic studies and (hopefully) psychology. My senior year will only require two or three more science classes, so I'll be able to pick up stuff then. It'll just depend on what I can fit. :)