May 23rd, 2012
We had a guest come back from a May Grand Canyon trip that prompted me to immediately compose this blog. Not because we have ever had someone suggest this before so it is not a frequent issue, but because of the potential safety concerns involved if you as a reader ever decided that salty snacks are bad for you and that salt tablets are a good option if one must consume salt. The suggestion
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May 9th, 2012
A few weeks ago, the Colbert Report mentioned the use of bugs in Starbucks for food coloring. Apparently, Starbucks is using dried bugs or dried Cochineal to make their Strawberry Fraps "strawberry" colored. I, for one, would much prefer my food coloring to come from a chemical. Carcinogenic red number 40 - yum! But why the uproar? Cochineal has been used for centuries as
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." - Willy Wonka 
