Page 22 RAIN August/September 1978 packed into a casing, which was coated The One-Straw Revolution, Masanobu with a brilliant red artificial coloring, Fukuoka, 1978, $7.95 from: and cooked. The light tan mixture Rodale Press darkened during cooking due to the Emmaus, PA 18049 heat and to the action of sodium niFOOD Chemical Cuisine Poster, $1. 7 5 from: Center for Science in the Public Interest 1775 S Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 £?o you havea sinking feeling every time you go lfltO the stupor-market and have t? c~oose ~h.ich additive-poisons y,ou wl.n risk this time? Help js here. (,et this poster, take it with you, and try to get your grocer to order some to P,ut up in the store for other shoppers. Color coded for safe, questionable and dangerous additives.'Thank you CSPI! - TB ' Eater's Digest, Michael Jacobson, $2.95 from: . Center for Science in the Public Interest 1775 S Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 If you want more details on what the different additives are, why they are harmf~1 and what sorts of deceit they are being used for, also order a copy of tbe updated Eater's Digest. It has a particularJy interesting section in the back on '.'standard" foods that aren't required to list contents on their labels: " Every friend or foe of frankfurters ought to take a tour through a local pac~n.ghouse, if they will let you in. My VlSH to a large Virginia packinghouse was a real eye-opener. The meat that went int? hot dogs (and bologna) onslsted entirely of fat trimmed from hams and chops; the only red meat was bits tbat were accidentally attached to large pieces of fat. The low protein content of such meat is often boosted slightly by the addition of dry milk or oy flour. After the ingredients were pulverized and emulsified, the mixture .of fat, water, protein and additives had t~e color of bread dough and the consistency of mud. The emulsion was then trate and nitrite. In addition, the red dye on the casing colored the·surface of the frankfurter. Additives like sodium erythrobate, sodium ascorbate and sodium acid pyrophosphate sp~d up the development of color. A visit to their local frankfurter factory will cure most persons of their hot dog habit. " Then you will be all set to order your hot dogs (56 percent water), ice cream (50 percent air), or Chicken Noodle Cup-o~Soup (less chicken than salt)! CSPI has other good food publications -Nutrition Action (monthly, $101 year), Building a Grass Roots Food Policy ($2.50), an activities guide for teachers on food ($4.50) and otherswrite for a list. - TB The Book ofKudzu, William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi, 1977, $4.95 from: Autumn Press 7 Littell Rd. Brookline, MA 02146 The Kudzu vine has been blessed and cursed by thousands for its rampant growth that overwhelmed forest and agricultural land in the southeastern states. Shurtleff and Aoyagi's thorough and careful study lays out how to control its spread, recipes for use of its root as a high quality cooking starch, details ~f medicinal use of the plant; its use for livestock fodder, erosion control and soil rejuvenation; instructions for weaving with its fibers, and details for home and cottage industry production of the various products available from the plant. A commendable continuation of these folks' earlier work in the Book of Tofu and Book ofMiso. - TB ~ vision, and a partly-tested one, of a different attitude and way of agriculture based.on wisdom rather than powerknowlflg when and where to seed without plowing, how to co-exist fruitfully with "weeds," interplanting-without the me.ch~nistic trappings we currently ~se to Imitate natural processes. An Important "think and feel" book with applications far beyond agriculture. -TB from The Book of Kudzu CORRECTIONS In the April issue of RAIN we incorrectly stated that the Quarry Association Newsletter is available from the Centre for AJternative Technology for $l/year. Due to postage costs and dollar differences, a donation of not less than $31 year is needed to cover costs. Culture and Horticulture by Wolf Storl, mentioned in the June issue, is all sol~ out but will be published soon by HelflZ Grotzke. Anyone interested could contact Bio-Dynamic Literature Box 253, Wyoming, RI 02898. ' The Energy Adventures of Ernie an' Bud, reviewed in the July issue, is avail ~ble from AERO for 30u an issue (25¢ m bulk of 10 or more), plus 20tl to cover postage. In that same issue, Films on Food and Land, available from Ea:thw~rk, was also listed incorrectly. It IS available for $1.50 for individuals and $2.50 for institutions and co-ops.
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