What foods are non-controversial?

[RPM]

Since veal is bad, foie gras is barbaric and chicken is frowned upon by the moderators, what foods won't start an argument? Please suggest a non controversial, yet savory and delicious, dish below.

Double bonus points if you provide the recipe

[The White Tree]

1. Soylent Green

Recipe:

Soylent Green is people.

[RPM]

103. dark meat or white meat

[jmowreader]

110. Soylent Green is noncontroversial because everyone agrees it's bad

Can you imagine what would happen if the Soylent Corporation had to contend with the Internet?

[RPM]

111. true true

i hear ya

on edit: perhaps then we would have PETP - People for the Ethical Treatment of People. There's a group we need.

[jmowreader]

120. PETP would be good

but they waited until after you'd "gone home" to make Soylent Green out of you.

It's not like they were just grabbing people off the streets and butchering them.

Well, except for the Soylent director who figured out what his company was making...

[JVS]

121. I disagree!

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. I've always been a fan of...

baked ziti. That seems pretty non-controversial

[RPM]

6. perhaps - though the cheese may raise issues

poor cows getting their teets pulled thrice daily and all....

[Reverend_Smitty]

10. dammit!

what is the name of those people who go live on a mountain top and don't move and don't eat as to not kill any living creatures. We should become like them so we don't offend anyone

[Redstone]

94. Jainists don't go up mountains, but the serious ones keep their mouths

covered with a piece of cloth so they don't accidentally inhale, and therefore kill, any insects.

Redstone

[hyphenate]

106. Many buddhists

are careful not to kill any living creature. A little too generous for my taste--filthy roaches, flies and ants have to go!!!

[Squatch]

3. Bambi's dad

roasted, with porcini mushrooms and cranberry sauce.

[jobycom]

4. Ketchup. It's made by John Kerry and it's a vegetable, like Bush.

[youthere]

72. That was beautiful man...

reaching to both sides of the aisle like that.
just beautiful.

[Debbi801]

75. ...

[Cocoa]

5. Apple Pie

[jedicord]

7. A big block of tofu boiled in unsalted water.

YUM!

[RPM]

8. Y no NaCl?

just wondering.

[jedicord]

11. Global Warming is causing the salinity in the oceans to go down.

We're in the middle of a salt crisis!!!

[Squatch]

14. LOL...how do you figure?

[jedicord]

31. Actually, it's true, at least according to scientists.

It's from the melting of the glaciers, etc.

I'll look for a link, if you'd like.

[Squatch]

37. Nope, none needed. However...

If you dissolve 1 kg of salt in 10 liters of water, how much salt do you have?

If you add 10 liters of water, how much salt do you have?

[WeRQ4U]

40. That's what I was thinking

The concentration may go down, but not the amount. But I'm not scientist.

[jedicord]

42. Good point! And I was stuck for a second - but then...

OK, I said it wrong. The density of salt in the oceans is going down. Your 20 liters of water is less dense in salt than your 10 liters of water. So we need to pour all our Morton's into the sea, not on our tofu.

<http://www.livescience.com/environment/050629_fresh_wat... >

[Squatch]

45. Actually, the density of salt (NaCl) is constant

the concentration is changing

[jedicord]

46. Whatever! For the love of humanity stop the salt madness!

[Squatch]

48. Ha, ha, ha...I just happen to study this crap.

[jedicord]

78. A salt scientist! I think I'm in love!

I had fun with our debate, BTW. I love to give my mind a little exercise, especially on a day like today!

[Redstone]

96. 1 Kg in both cases.

Redstone

[jmowreader]

112. And your taste buds have been dead for HOW long?

[WeRQ4U]

9. Bald Eagle with Tartar sauce and Filleted Baby Seal on toast

[RPM]

13. with sides of veal and foie gras, no doubt

nummy

[WeRQ4U]

24. I think you can get those in a combo meal at Outback Steakhouse now

[RPM]

39. and a deep fried onion n/t

[BearFlagDemocrat]

12. Lamb

Marinade in red wine, onion, lemon juice, oregano and garlic and throw it on the grill until medium-rare. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. Vegetables

Every nutritionist, every vegetarian and vegan, even the Atkins Diet, approves of vegetables.

I figure that if such a wide variety of sources recommends vegetables, they must be non-controversial.

[Squatch]

18. Wasn't Terri Schiavo a vegetable?

I recall that she was pretty controversial

[RPM]

21. yep - i guess vegetables are out, after all

good catch

[Wcross]

16. Summer Squash! I will share my harvest with you!

Boil until tender- cover with butter. Yummy!
I have a surplus of the squash this year.

[sui generis]

17. garlic

with a drop or two of pressed garlic oil, marinated in garlic juice, sauteed in garlic butter with pieces of roasted garlic served over a bed of garlic.

[terrya]

19. applesauce

[RPM]

20. and it kicks ass too

applesauce, coffee and bananas are the 3 greatest foods

[Squatch]

22. Coffee...on the controversial scale, I give it a 7

[RPM]

26. oh fuck

that issue.

geez - even if you don't have to kill it, then you have to worry about whether it was fairly traded.

Fuck it - i give up - time to starve to death...

[madinmaryland]

41. but don't you have to have pork chops with applesauce? n/t

[skooooo]

23. Bananas

Anyone got a problem with them?

[Squatch]

32. Yep...responsible for a number of invasive species in the US.

bananas...the silent killer.

[RPM]

36. huh

explain?

[skooooo]

43. Banana worms....

Don't keep up with current events, do you? lol

[Mizmoon]

25. Pizza

Everyone on earth loves pizza. Even the freeps.

[RPM]

28. cheese exploits cows

so pizza in its traditional form is out.

[shockra]

128. Pizza Hut soy pizza!

Pizza Hut franchise using Galaxy soy cheese in 44 stores

* 03 October 2002

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne, a franchisee of 44 stores in northern Indiana and western Ohio, is now offering a Lite Bite Menu using Galaxy Nutritional Foods' Veggie Mozzarella.

Orlando, Fla.-based Galaxy Nutritional Foods (Amex: GXY) is a producer of plant-based dairy alternatives for the retail and foodservice markets.

The Fort Wayne franchise company is the first in Dallas-based Pizza Hut’s system to use the cheese alternative, called Veggie Mozzarella. According to a release, the cheese is saturated fat-free, cholesterol-free, trans-fatty-acid-free and lactose-free.

"We've spent considerable time and energy to find a great tasting product that allows our customers the freedom to enjoy our menu items, while cutting their calories, saturated fat and cholesterol," said Ralph Wilson, director of operations of Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne, in a release.

http://www.pizzamarketplace.com/news_story_13720.htm

[arwalden]

27. Communion Wafer Salad

[Misunderestimator]

55. Yum...

But it gives me such cotton-mouth. :blech: Can't get it off the roof of my mouth...

[arwalden]

58. Hmmm... what dressing did you use?

[Misunderestimator]

60. Something red... tasted a bit like wine...

or blood

[youthere]

73. Made with wheat flour...

an offense to celiacs everywhere. How dare you.

[arwalden]

88. The Ones Made From Rice...

... look and taste similar, but they are transubstantiation-free and just won't work. Sorry.

[JVS]

123. Cannibalism

[RPM]

124. only for the catholics....

[JVS]

127. along with Orthodox, Anglicans and Lutherans

But you knew that already

[RPM]

136. lutherans too -

i thought they ditched that stupid doctrine.

or is there a difference between ELCA and Missouri Synod?

[JVS]

137. Neither ELCA, LCMS or WELS have abandoned the "real presence" doctrine

[RPM]

140. real presence itself sounds like a step back from true body

just sayin'

btw - this thread rocks - i am so glad it has been up for so many posts

[johnnie]

29. This?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

33. Saddam doesn't like Fruit Loops!

That's out.

[RPM]

35. that cereal exploits Toucans

cant eat that either...

[northzax]

30. whale

www.eatthewhales.com

ok, maybe it will start and arguement...

[skooooo]

44. "whale blubber"

Where did all the taunting of the overweight come from? That's right, from the whales. They started it.

[northzax]

49. obviously, you've never had whale blubber ice cream

or you wouldn't say such a thing.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

34. chick peas.

nt

[RPM]

38. sexist

i dont like the sexist name - "chick" is not the preferred nomenclature, dude.

[name not needed]

47. Chick peas killed my father.

[JVS]

122. Isn't that some kind of white-bread cover up for "Garbanzo beans"?

Kind of like elvis 'sanitized' rock for white audiences

[XemaSab]

50. Burritos

with organic, vegetarian refried beans, soyrizo, whole wheat tortilla, and all the fixin's. Put the soyrizo in the beans and heat it up.

Also seitan stir fried with bell and jalapeno peppers. Mix together a bullion cube with a cup of hot water. Stir together 1/4 cup of soy sauce, 3 tablespoons of rice vinegar, and 2 tablespoons of corn starch or arrowroot. Add the liquid at the end of the frying, and sprinkle a few drops of sesame oil over the top.

Yummah.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

52. jalapeno peppers? they hurt my brother!

Jalapenos are the terrorist peppers.

[XemaSab]

54. If you think that

don't ever go anywhere near a habanero.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

56. Haha

True

Habanero are the upper level terrorist peppers, Jalapenos are just in training

[XemaSab]

61. Habaneros are the OBL of peppers

Jalapenos are more like the kid who stuck a small pipe bomb on the porch of the mormon meeting house in arcata a few years back. Their door got blown off, their tree caught fire, the FBI and ATF were called out. Good times, good times.

[youthere]

74. Burritos?! Seitan Stir fy?!

Why do you hate America?

[XemaSab]

79. 9-11 changed everything

Terra. Terra. Terra. We were attacked. Terra.

We've got to eat them at home before we eat them abroad.

[youthere]

82. Steadfast food.

[XemaSab]

83. Stay the course

Terra. Terra. Terra. We will not give in. Terra. Terra.

Bring 'em on.

[youthere]

84. The main course?

Freedom fries are on the march.

[XemaSab]

89. As a total aside

I wonder if it's possible to speak without using any words derived from French. Only the good old Anglo-Saxon. Hmmmmmmmmmm.....

[youthere]

90. Touche.

Good point.

[Redstone]

93. Nope. Insulting to burros.

Poor things.

Redstone

[XemaSab]

97. It's an homage to burros.

Like gorditas are an homage to fat chicks.

[RPM]

98. hahahahahah

[northzax]

51. chilled monkey brains

no one can argue with that one.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

53. Monkeys don't have brains.

[name not needed]

57. Did you pee in the refrigerator?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

59. hahah

No, that wouuld be John's friend Randy

[youthere]

81. ROFLMAO

You gotta' warn people next time.

[northzax]

87. maggie, maggie, maggie...

surely someone as edumacated as you can identify that as a lesser variant on the chimpanzee, one that has devolved from the rest of the simian branches.

I was thinking Nepalese Howler Monkeys.

[TXlib]

62. Kitten -- the other white meat

5 2-lb kittens
cider vinegar
vegetable oil
mustard powder
garlic


Swing the kittens by the tail, and dash their skulls on the countertop to stun them.

Submerge them in boiling water for one minute, then peel their skin off.

They should be dead by now, but if any are still gasping for breath, dunk just their heads in the boiling water again, until they stop twitching.

Clean the entrails from the kittens. If any try to bite you, they weren't fully dead. Removing their internal organs will solve this problem.

Combine other ingredients into a marinade, and marinate for 4 hours.

Then toss in the smoker, and smoke for 6 hours at 220 deg F over hickory, basting with marinade every 30 minutes.

[RPM]

64. HAHAHAHAHAHA

Nutritious and fun to cook!

[Wapsie B]

70. o. m. g.

me thinks you'll need a flame retardent suit for that post.

[hyphenate]

107. You are a sick puppy

[TXlib]

115. Sick puppy -- the OTHER other white meat.

Substitute for kitten in the recipe above.

[Shell Beau]

63. Nothing! Everything is controversial!

[RPM]

65. nothing is not a good option

gotta eat something.

Even Corn Flakes are controversial around here...

[Squatch]

67. High-protein paste?

Unflavored.

[Shell Beau]

69. True! Okay, then I'll say

blackberry cobbler. And if people have a problem with that, well then, they can come see me about it! No recipe. Sorry, it's at home!

[youthere]

76. Is that some kind of racial slur?

[Shell Beau]

86. Are you one of those peach cobbler fanatics?

[youthere]

91. What are you crazy?

Only the french go for that crap. Give me good old american apple pie.

Damn! Now I sound like a libertarian.

[Shell Beau]

95. So your the fruit nazi, huh?

[youthere]

102. Why do you hate America?

Don't you know 9/11 changed everything?

[youthere]

66. Grilled baby seal....

with potato salad.

[Deja Q]

68. Zucchini, potatoes, bananas, melons, cherries, walnuts, dates,

Wait a minute, those ARE controversial... sorry!

[Left Is Write]

71. I don't know about barbaric, but foie gras is just plain gross.

Non-controversial? How about oatmeal? Good old-fashioned oatmeal?

I don't know, though. That might start a fight between the long-cooking and quick-cooking factions, the old-fashioned versus instant factions, and the maple syrup versus brown sugar loyalists.

Better stay away from oatmeal.

Chocolate chip cookies? No, that will start fights too: Milk chocolate or semisweet? Nuts or no nuts? Butter or shortening? Half butter/half shortening? Chewy or crisp? Eat dough or don't eat dough?

It would get ugly very quickly.

[Debbi801]

77. fresh baked whole wheat bread?

Yummm.

[RPM]

80. does that need eggs?

making chickens lay eggs is cruel.

[youthere]

85. More wheat?!

AAAAGH!
You anti-celiac!

[Modem Butterfly]

92. GMO or organic?

Answer right or ELSE.

[Catchawave]

99. Look for 'certified humane' labels

http://www.certifiedhumane.com/index.html

<snip>
What is the Certified Humane Certificate Program?
The Certified Humane Raised & Handled program is an inspection, certification and labeling program for meat, poultry, egg and dairy products from animals raised to humane care standards. The program is a voluntary, user-fee based service available to producers, processors and transporters of animals raised for food. The purpose of the program is to provide independent verification that the care and handling of livestock and poultry on farms enrolled in the program meet high quality humane animal care standards.

What do the standards require?
The Animal Care Standards require that livestock have access to clean and sufficient food and water; that their environment is not dangerous to their health; that they have sufficient protection from weather elements; that they have sufficient space allowance in order for them to move naturally; and other features to ensure the safety, health and comfort of the animal. In addition, the standards require that managers and caretakers be thoroughly trained, skilled and competent in animal husbandry and welfare, and have good working knowledge of their system and the livestock in their care.
<snip>

Too bad the USDA didn't set such standards ?

[RPM]

100. interesting...

yet there are those who proffere solely by virtue of slaughtering the animal, the practice is cruel - even if it is treated well up until killing.

[Midlodemocrat]

101. Definitely. Not. Eggs.

Eggs suck.

[Dukkha]

104. Dirt

it's nature's candy

[youthere]

113. mmmmm...dirt

Wait a minute...What about the microbial life? My GOD! Think about the microbes!

[hyphenate]

105. Chocolate pudding? eom

[Dastard Stepchild]

108. Why don't you just have a nice glass of water?

Most people won't complain about that.

Most.

[RPM]

109. water lacks the caloric sustenance my body needs

plus i may kill an ameoba or two.

[Dastard Stepchild]

114. oh dear....

There is no pat answer to this troubling conundrum.

[barb162]

116. vegetables and fruit are non-controversial

I don't do recipes

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

117. saltines?

Did I miss this somewhere? In my best Seinfeld voice, Really who could have a problem with saltines?

[Zuni]

118. toast

dry toast

[RPM]

119. ahhh - the Elwood Blues diet

sounds good to me, but arent yeast killed when you eat bread. Killing another living organism would be cruel...

[Bouncy Ball]

125. Fruits and veggies!

MMMMMM!!!! Organically grown in your own backyard!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

126. Nope, see above

Terri Schiavo = vegetative

[NMMNG]

129. Just the fruits then

They fall naturally off their vines/trees so there is no killing of anything involved.

Save your seeds and you can plant more, which means you are contributing to the renewal of the resources.

No controversy there.

[snickersnee]

130. lentils, man

just lentils

[Robeson]

131. Beans. The magical fruit.

[liberaltrucker]

132. At this hour

A cold Bud and roasted peanuts. Yeah, I know beer isn't very PC, but I'm from Alabama, for Chrissakes

[Robeson]

133. Well, your Tennessee cousin right here, says its plenty PC.

[liberaltrucker]

134. Ah, Mr Jack's home

Even less PC, but who gives a rat's ass

[Robeson]

135. .....

...

[dajoki]

138. anything you grow yourself

[RPM]

139. grow you own veal is OK then?

i dont think my neigbors will like it...

[dajoki]

141. screw the neighbors

you want to grow veal, go ahead, you have my permission.

[RPM]

142. maybe I'll eat them (the neighbors) too

hee hee hee!

[dajoki]

143. i have a huge...

freezer if you need it.