-=> Quoting Dale Shipp to Jim Weller <=-

 DD> I (do) not see the benefit of (...) "organic"
 
 JW> Organic foods are pretty much a scam.

 DS> I agree with both of you.  I do not buy organic fruits and vegetables
 DS> unless there is no other choice. (In some of our markets, organic is
 DS> the only choice on some vegetables -- e.g. carrots).  For my most
 DS> frequent purchase (bananas) there is a $0.10 or more upcharge.  I
 DS> refuse to pay that.

I read an article once that said if you're concerned about sprayed
on pesticides but short of money go organic for things like apples
where you eat the skin but don't bother for oranges or bananas you
throw away the peel.

 DS> What about the farmers who get sued because of that cross
 DS> contamination when GMO products are involved.  It is rather hard to
 DS> keep bees from traveling across farm boundaries with pollen from one to
 DS> fertilize the other.

That one farmer who made the news years ago won on appeal. He didn't
have to pay. But he lost his countersuit about Monsanto "trespassing"
on his farm and de-valuing his organic crops for the same reason.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Halloumi and Herb Triangles > Cypriot
 Categories: Turkish, Cheese, Appetizers, Pastry
      Yield: 4 servings
 
      4 oz Cyprus Halloumi cheese,
           Grated
      4 oz Cottage cheese or ricotta
      1    Size 4 egg, beaten
      1    Heaped tbsp finely chopped
           Fresh flat-leaf parsley
      1    Level tbsp chopped fresh
           Mint
    1/2 ts Dried mint
      1 tb Chopped fresh chives
           Freshly milled black pepper
      4    Sheets of filo pastry
      2 oz Butter
           TO GARNISH
           Sprigs of mint
 
  In a small bowl mix together Halloumi cheese and one of the other
  cheeses you choose to use, egg, parsley mint, chive and pepper.
  Blend together with a fork.
  
  Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5. Butter a baking sheet. Lay
  the sheets of filo in a pile on a work surface. Keep covered with
  a damp cloth while working with one sheet at a time, otherwise the
  pastry will dry out. In a small saucepan, melt butter. Brush one
  sheet of filo with butter. Cut into four long strips.

  Place a teaspoon of filling in one corner of filo strip. Fold a
  corner of pastry over filling. Turn triangle over and over to the
  end of the strip. Repeat with remaining pastry. Brush tops of
  triangle with butter. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes until
  crisp and brown. Serve garnished with sprigs of mint.
  
  Argiris Zias
  TASTES OF CYPRUS
  cosmosnet.net
 
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Cheers

Jim


... The turkey is overcooked; you want dark meat or very dark meat?

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