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- From: pnh@fcs260c2.ncifcrf.gov (Paul N Hengen)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Red Hot Chili Peppers...(was: Colonic irrigations)
- Message-ID: <3657@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 18:49:00 GMT
- References: <2466@tau-ceti.isc-br.com> <15866@pitt.UUCP> <1992Jul28.160309.2789@pixel.kodak.com>
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- In article <1992Jul28.160309.2789@pixel.kodak.com> young@serum.kodak.com writes:
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- > I'm not an anthropologist (and I don't play one....well, you know
- > how it finishes), but I was under the impression that, by and large,
- > the use of spices became popular to hide the spoilage of the food
- > and the resulting off-tastes, in days when refrigeration was
- > unavailable and sterilization of food was unknown.
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- >Rich Young
- >Eastman Kodak Company
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- Rich: The use of spices in the past was not meant to hide the bad taste of
- spoilage, but as a means to prevent spoilage. Many of these have anti-
- microbial activity used for food preservation. Food you buy at the
- supermarket is rarely sterile.
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- BTW, I don't play a microbiologist, I am one.
-
- Paul N. Hengen
- National Cancer Institute
- Frederick, Maryland
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