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“A Finnan haddock has a relish of a peculiar and delicate flavour, inimitable on any other coast than that of Aberdeenshire. Some of our Edinburgh philosophers tried to produce their equal in vain. I was one of a party at dinner where the philosophical haddocks were placed in competition with the genuine Finnan fish. These were served round without distinguishing whence they came; but only one gentleman out of twelve present espoused the cause of philosophy.”

“While the demand for organic food outstrips supply, we happen to know that 77 percent of consumers don't want genetically engineered crops grown in this country. Consumers can choose whether or not to buy organic produce. Genetically modified ingredients will deny us choice in the long run.”

Knows Want Long Country Happens Running Choices Food Produce Demand Percent Deny British Consumers Ingredients Long Runs Crops Organic Food Genetically Modified

Author:Prince Charles

“Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.”

Food Produce Madness Cooking Culinary Liquor Fiery Rum

Book:The Devil's Dictionaries: The Best of the Devil's Dictionary and the American Heretic's Dictionary

Source: The Devil's Dictionaries: The Best of the Devil's Dictionary and the American Heretic's Dictionary

“It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.”

“Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.”

Ifs Trying Culture Food Produce Empty International Excellent Substitutes Cigar Stumps Matchboxes

Author:Norman Douglas

“The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and shelter.”

“In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.”

Half Food Produce Huge Amount Fuel Zone Pollution Fossils Corn Corny Fossil Fuel Contributing Poisoning Erosion Gallons Burning Fossil Fuels Food Poisoning Dead Zone

Author:Michael Pollan

“Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class-involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing-are not sustainable. A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmentally damaging consumption patterns.”

“"I am appalled at the prospect of using water as a vehicle for drugs. Fluoride is a corrosive poison that will produce serious effect on a long-range basis. Any attempt to use the water this way is deplorable." Charles Gordon Heyd, M.D., Past President, American Medical Association.”

Way Long Use Past President Water Effects Food Produce Serious Healthy Drug Bases Medical Range Poison Association Vehicle Fluoride

Author:Charles Bernhard Heyd

“Pounding fragrant things - particularly garlic, basil, parsley - is a tremendous antidote to depression. But it applies also to juniper berries, coriander seeds and the grilled fruits of the chilli pepper. Pounding these things produces an alteration in one's being - from sighing with fatigue to inhaling with pleasure. The cheering effects of herbs and alliums cannot be too often reiterated. Virgil's appetite was probably improved equally by pounding garlic as by eating it.”

Pleasure Effects Food Produce Eating Fruit Seeds Cheer Appetite Vegetables Fatigue Antidote Herbs Berries Peppers Alterations Garlic Basil Parsley

Author:Patience Gray

“When I travel around the world, I see that poor countries sell their grain to the West while their own children starve in their arms. And we feed it to livestock. So we can eat a steak? Am I the only one who sees this as a crime? Every morsel of meat we eat is slapping the tear-stained face of a starving child. When I look into her eyes, should I be silent? The Earth can produce enough for everyone’s need. But not enough for everyone’s greed.”