[pct-l] trail snacks

[Hillary Schwirtlich]

I think to be organic, food can't be irradiated. Not that most of us are
sticking to much of an organic diet during this hike, unless we resupply
solely from home and have the money for it. Nothing's really been proven
long term about health issues related to irradiated food, but people are
pretty sure it removes some of the flavor and beneficial organisms, and
encourages growth of detrimental organisms.


Also, I've heard (and I just looked it up to confirm) that eating dog
food/treats is not a good idea, because they don't regulate for the same
types of bacteria that they do for human food; because cow brains and spinal
cord parts are sometimes used, which are banned in human food because of mad
cow disease; and because they can use animals that have died from
disease. Also, the type of protein used in dog snacks isn't the same caliber
as in human food.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Russell Garner <russell.garner at att.net>wrote:

> Depends on your beliefs concerning irradiation. If you've eaten MREs you've
> had some irradiated foods. If you drink ultra-pasteurized milk (irradiation
> is part of the process), you've consumed irradiated foods.
> Russ Garner
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Kevin
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 7:58 AM
> To: Scott Williams
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; Nikii Murtaugh
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] trail snacks
>
> Why is irradiated meat bad? Isn't that something being advocated for human
> food too? I remember reading articles about it a couple years ago. It
> seemed
> to that the process was safe, but had an unwarranted stigma because it used
> radiation. Does it really add anything to the food? I thought it just
> killed
> anything loving in it.
>
> Not that I'm considering the dog jerky for my hike. I'm just curious. ;)
>
> Misspellings and typos brought to you by iPhone.
>
> On Mar 7, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What a shame.  The kibbles we used to eat when we were kids weren't
> > irradiated.  What's an 8 year old boy to do now days.  It was so
> > daring, and cool to just grab some out of the dog food bag and eat it,
> > and not die.  We didn't even turn into dogs, which was our deepest
> > desire.  But I remember we all liked them.  Damn the neutrinos and
> > just eat that chicken!  It probably has even better shelf life than
> > jerky.  'Course, you'll probably have better shelf life than jerky too if
> you do.
> >
> > Shroomer
> >
> >
> >>
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