Hello, Dolly!
Well hello, dolly —or is that your mom? By now we've all heard about Dolly, the first successfully cloned sheep (or mammal for that matter). What a floodgate of controversy this opens up! Scientists say this will help counteract starvation, improve the economy, offer new industries, and more. What do you think? The one thing we all have to admit is that once a technology is created, and is as easy to replicate as this cloning procedure is, it will certainly never be truly controllable. So what are your personal feelings? Do you think it would be desirable to know that the prime rib you serve this week could be exactly identical to the one you bought last month? Are there any potentially dangerous situations or foods that could result from cloning? Is there a moral issue as it pertains to animals vs. humans? As an audience, you are some of the most thought-provoking and opinionated readers around (and we mean that in a nice way!). Tell us what you think. Send email to egg@foodwine.com and mark DOLLY in the subject of your letter.
Is That a Milk Mustache
Or are you just glad to see me?
Girl Scouts—as American as Apple Pie, Mom and Milk. At least that's the connection the California Milk Processors Board is hoping we'll all make this month when Girl Scout troops in California start promoting milk as part of their traditional cookie sales. This is another instance of non-profit groups receiving benefits by promoting an industrial or commercial product. (Remember the eGG-Roll's report on Florida orange juice/Cancer Society endorsements?)
The Scouts are not being paid, but they are hoping to boost cookie sales from billboards (in CA and other states) featuring girl scouts with armfuls of cookie boxes and the slogan "Got milk?" Scouts will be armed with "Got Milk?" buttons on their uniforms during the cookie drive, although they rejected the idea of putting the same slogan on the actual boxes, saying it was "too commercial." The LA Times reports that so far, critics seem to be tolerating the arrangement because the scouts are endorsing a generic product, rather than a brand, and are doing so without making claims about it. (But will they make them sport girlie milk mustaches?) What do you think? Email us your thoughts at egg@foodwine.com and mark SCOUTS in the subject of your letter.