RECALL...Hyland's Teething Tablets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles, October 23, 2010 - Standard Homeopathic Company, in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is voluntarily recalling its Hyland's Teething Tablets. The company is initiating this recall in an abundance of caution due to an FDA investigation of its manufacturing facility. Hyland’s Teething Tablets are manufactured in the United States and distributed throughout North America.

The Hyland’s Teething Tablets UPC codes included in the recall are:

1. Hyland’s Teething Tablets, 125 tablets, UPC # 3 54973 75041
2. Hyland’s Teething Tablets, 250 tablets, UPC # 3 54973 75042
3. Hyland’s Teething Tablets, 125 tablets, UPC # 3 54973 75066
4. Hyland’s Teething Tablets, 50 tablets, UPC # 3 54973 75044
5. Hyland’s Teething Tablets, 145 tablets, UPC # 3 54973 75121
6. Hyland’s Teething Tablets, Clip Strip 6x125 tablets, UPC # 3 54973 35109

Adverse events have been reported but the FDA has said that a conclusive link to Teething Tablets has not been determined. The company, in working with the FDA, has identified manufacturing processes of Teething Tablets that can be improved to ensure uniformity in dosage. As a homeopathic product, Hyland’s Teething Tablets have a wide margin of safety that protects consumers from harm.

After in-depth analysis, a comprehensive review of the company’s adverse event report log, and more than 85 years of safe usage, the company is confident that Hyland’s Teething Tablets are safe for infants and toddlers.

In addition to the product recall, Standard Homeopathic Company is refining its production, packaging and testing protocols. Throughout the process, Standard Homeopathic Company will continue to closely monitor and evaluate the situation and consult with FDA.

Consumers that are concerned about the safety of the product may contact Standard Homeopathic Company for instructions on a refund or replacement product. For these instructions or information regarding how to return or dispose of the product, consumers should log on to www.hylandsteething.com/recall9 or call 1-877-496-5044 (Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time, and Saturday-Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time).

Altering Food Tastes

A noisy restaurant can distract you from your dinner conversation. But all that clatter may also drown out the taste of your food, making it more bland. That's according to a study in the journal Food Quality and Preference. Researchers recruited 48 college students, and fitted them with headphones playing either loud white noise, soft white noise, or nothing at all. Then the participants closed their eyes and chomped on snack foods like Pringles and cookies.

Possible Salmonella

North Carolina Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Barbeque Products Due To Possible Salmonella
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL
FSIS-RC-055-2010 HEALTH RISK: HIGH

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2010 - The Murphy House, a Louisburg, N.C. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,920 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pork barbeque products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The following products are subject to recall:

* 1 lb. and 5 lb. plastic tubs of "MURPHY HOUSE Unskinned Pork with Barbeque Sauce-TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN ADDED" written in green lettering on the container's top.
* 1 lb. and 5 lb. plastic tubs of "MURPHY HOUSE PREMIUM PORK BARBEQUE-COOKED, UNSKINNED PORK WITH BARBEQUE SAUCE ADDED " written in red lettering on the container's top.

FDA RECALL...

**CONSUMER ALERT**
Pats Exotic Beverage Recalls "Carrot Juice" Beverage, "Carrot Beet" Beverage, "Carrot Lime" Beverage and "Cucumber" Beverage Due to Possible Health Risk
October 15, 2010 - New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today alerted consumers that Pats Exotic Beverages Inc., located at 2919 Tiemann Avenue, Bronx, New York, is recalling all packages of "Carrot Juice" beverage, "Carrot Beet" beverage, "Carrot Lime" beverage and "Cucumber" beverage, because the products have been determined to be inadequately processed and may contain food borne pathogens. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY

I've found a completely round egg!

By Luke Salkeld

After eight years preparing full English breakfasts, chef James Church knows an all-round good egg when he sees one. Which is why he stopped himself consigning this remarkable specimen to the frying pan. Mr Church, 27, spotted the spherical oddity among a box full of otherwise regularly-shaped free-range eggs delivered to the Hotel Bristol in Newquay, Cornwall by a local supplier. ‘I’ve probably cracked at least 100,000 eggs in my time as a chef but I’ve never seen one like this,’ he said. ‘I stood for a few moments in awe. I called everyone in the kitchen over and they stood around it too, because they had never seen anything like it either.’ He says he will keep it in his fridge indefinitely, despite the risk of it going bad and exploding egg cartoon. ‘I’ve put it in a protective case so I don’t get it mixed up with any others by mistake. ‘I managed to save it from the frying pan so I’m definitely going to keep it.’ John Retson, chairman of the British Free Range Egg Producers’ Association, said he was amazed by the round egg. The 58-year-old, who has 55,000 birds at his farm in Perthshire said: ‘I have never seen a completely round egg in my life.’

Asked what might have caused the phenomenon, he added: ‘It might be that when the egg was forming it got held up in the Fallopian tubes. ‘This can be caused by stress or a variety of other reasons. But if it gets held up it becomes misshapen.’ So was it the chicken or the round egg that came first?

Wow, what is that cooking?

Here is a great recipe my Mother used to make when I was younger. It is so good to come home and be welcomed by the smell of cabbage rolls that have been cooking all day. Make a side of mashed potatoes and have some dark rye bread with this one and you've got a real meal.


MY MAMA’S CABBAGE ROLLS

Cabbage, Parboiled to soften and separate leaves.

1 pkg Seasoned Rice, cooked (Garden Blend works great)
½ lb Sausage ground, browned & drained of excess fat
½ lb Hamburger, browned & drained of excess fat
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves of chopped garlic
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 eggs
1 small can of sauerkraut, drained
3 tablespoons of light brown sugar
2 cans (or ½ qt.Jar) seasoned spaghetti sauce

Mix cooked rice and remaining ingredients, except the brown sugar and sauce, in a large mixing bowl. Fill each softened cabbage leaf with the meat-rice mixture and roll. You may hold them together with a toothpick if necessary. Place in the slow cooker and sprinkle sugar over each layer of cabbage rolls. Pour the sauce over the top when cooker is filled with rolls. Cook on low heat for 6 to 8 hrs. Be careful to remove toothpicks when serving.

Make mine tuna!

Tuna Salad Sandwich






INGREDIENTS
• 1 (6 ounce) can of tuna fish (if packed in water, drain it)
• 1/3 cup of cottage cheese
• 2 Tablespoons of Low Fat Ranch Dressing
• 1/4 purple onion, chopped finely
• 1 celery stalk, chopped finely
• Juice of half of a lemon
• 1 teaspoon grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 Tbsp minced fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
• Slices of French bread, lightly toasted
METHOD
Mix all of the ingredients. Serve on toast, either open faced, or in a regular sandwich with lettuce and tomatoes.

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has partnered with Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution for a $1 million fundraiser designed to highlight the horrors of eating processed food. This Halloween, Sunday, October 31st, visit any Chipotle restaurant between 6 p.m. and closing time dressed as a horrifying processed food product, and Chipotle will treat costumed customers to a burrito made with wholesome, naturally raised ingredients for only $2. Proceeds from the “Boorito 2010: The Horrors of Processed Food” program, up to $1 million, will benefit Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.

Something new for breakfast!

SAUSAGE AND RICE CAKES

2 cups cooked white rice
1 egg
1 pound pork sausage

Mince the sausage, add rice and egg unbeaten. Mix well together and form into flat cakes. Brown lightly in butter, being careful to have fat well heated before adding the cakes. Cook slowly.

The little known spice!

There are many spices used today that most of us have never used or even heard of in the average household. However, some of these spices have been used for hundreds of years in other areas of the world. Here is a fine example of such a spice...TURMERIC.
The name turmeric is believed to have come from the Latin "terra merita" which means merit of the earth. Marco Polo was intrigued by the turmeric he found in Southern China: 'There is also a vegetable which has all the properties of true saffron, as well the smell and color, and yet it is not really saffron'. Lightly aromatic, turmeric smells peppery with a slight aroma of oranges and ginger. It tastes pungent, bitter and musky. Turmeric is much revered by Hindus and is associated with fertility. During Hindu wedding ceremonies, a sacred thread dipped in turmeric paste is tied around the bride's neck by the bridegroom. In Malaysia, a paste of turmeric is spread on the mother's abdomen and umbilical cord after childbirth, not only to ward off evil spirits, but also for its medicinal value as turmeric is known to be antiseptic.