Re: The eGG-Roll for 11/10/96/The Habanero Kid
From: Woollers@[email-address-removed]

"Death of Common Sense" says it all. Sometimes, however, the schools are the meat in the sandwich: Especially in places like California, the stereotype goes, the parents of the child who rubbed his eyes could sue the school, the habanero kid and his family, and who knows who else. A practical solution to such situations would probably be to pass sentence if mandatory, so as to follow the rules, then suspend it where there have been no other behaviour problems; and the school would probably want to get some sort of release from the eye-rubbing child's parents (or equivalent, where there is some sort of injury or damage) just to cover their behinds. All in all, though, it is a convoluted response to a silly climate.

RE: habanero kid et al
From: mgchef@MindSpring.COM

i wonder about our disoriented social values when we criticise and so swiftly & decisively penalize our innocents when we can't even decide what is an approprioate response to a "mature" professional baseball player spitting in an umpire's face for all the world to see (including the kids). i don't dispute the fact that the kiddos need guidance when they make mistakes in order to enhance their awareness of consequence through reason & experience. this is what is so special about the relationship between parents, teachers & our most precious resource—children. the baseball player in mention, however, should have gotten the boot!PS—i love your weekly column!

Re: Over-reacting Schools
From: RhoadsF@[email-address-removed]

Actually it is all the lawyers fault.

School districts have been sued, and they are only protecting the taxpayers. Look at the "over reaction" to over-the-counter drugs, sexual harrassment by six year-olds etc.

I don't like what the schools are doing, but the solution is to fix the courts and our over willingness to sue (and collect big fees) on almost everything!

RE: Liquor ads on TV
From: Slagheap@[email-address-removed]

I really enjoy receiving the eggroll each week. as for the liquor industry lifting its own electronic media advertising ban, I believe that children do as they see in their own homes by their parents and other infulential adults who live with them. It is up to those same adults to monitor children in terms of what they watch on television...individual responsiblity is important not governmental control. As such, the liquor industry will most probably base its advertising on mostly cable and highly targeted shows for their demographics...I support the liquor industry in policing itself and having the marketing ability to advertise as it sees fit.Thanks for asking for a soapbox.

Re: The eGG-Roll for 11/24/96
From: AlKelson@[email-address-removed]
In a message dated 11/23/96 11:20:13 AM, you wrote:

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Amazing to me that you guys don't realize that it really IS 98% fat free--by weight. Fat content is confusing to people because they assume that 98% fat free relates to the calorie content, and that fat-free calories aren't fattening. Nutritional components are given by weight, and fat isn't particularly dense. Remember: oil (and congealed fat) floats.

What's REALLY dramatic about 2% milk is that 1 glass of it has as much saturated fat as two strips of bacon.

Re: The eGG-Roll for 10/27/96
From: LNKnChi@[email-address-removed]

I'm a bit behind in my reading, but I wanted to comment on your report regarding Zinc Lozenges. Cold-Eeze (pkg of 18) sells for $7.99 at my local pharmacy. At a recommended dose of 6 per day, this would last you 3 days, while lemon flavored Zinc Lozenges from the local health food store only cost $5.89 for 60. Not only do Cold-Eeze contain lots of unnecessary sugar, they are awfully expensive compared to a simple vitamin supplement designed to do the same thing.

Adenia
Chicago

"Come December 5...a group of six latke lovers will be battling it out, including three professional chefs and a trio of home cooks. Of the amateurs, each brings a unique skill to the James Beard House. David Roth, associate publisher of Fodor's Travel Guides, claims to cook the best roasted chicken in Manhattan. Sam Firer, on the other hand, a partner in the public relations firm Hall Company, believes that a dish isn't worth cooking if it takes more than 20 minutes. And Steve Holzinger, who writes "eGGsalad" for the electronic Gourmet Guide (eGG), boasts --understandably—that he makes the best latkes in the country, if not the world. Our six member panel of culinary experts, of course, will be the judge of that.

-- Excerpted from the Beard Calendar and Newsletter.

Steve "Can't write too much" Holzinger goes on to say...

"As if frying latkes at the Beard House on December 5th is not enough, on Sat. Dec 7, I will be frying latkes at the Jonathan S White Egg Farm Dairy in Peekskill, New York, to be served with his wonderfull rich clabber cream as part of a benefit Latke Fest. All the readers of the eGG are invited to this and the Beard competition, and I will be glad to meet you. Find out more at http://www.creamery.com. On Sunday, I will be frying Latkes for my grandchildren at my beautiful daughter's home on Long Island. Isn't life wonderfull! You can find all my latke recipes in the December eGGsalad.the prof—steve

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