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Thats why lots of food you wouldn't expect to contain nuts will have a warning 'may contain traces of nut'I have a friend who mends broken food processing machines, apparently using peanut oil means it won't contaminate the food if any drips in
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Thanks for that.  I wondered why everything seems (maybe) to contain traces of nuts... though in true pedantic form, I do feel obliged to make my usual observation: peanuts are not nuts - they're from the pea family.  Although peanut "allergy" is quite rare (though rather extreme when it does occur), nut allergies are even rarer and I've not heard of any poor souls being allergic to both - I feel sorry for the people with a true "nut" allergy who can't eat things that may be contaminated by peanut oil, but can't be sure because the packaging only says "may contain traces of nuts".

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Phil

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... I do feel obliged to make my usual observation: peanuts are not nuts - they're from the pea family. ...
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Phil
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Get Out  :o !!! (Just an expression of surprise folks  ;D)

Kinda like tomatoes not being vegetables but fruit.

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Actually thats because the machines are lubricated using peanut oil.Thats why lots of food you wouldn't expect to contain nuts will have a warning 'may contain traces of nut'I have a friend who mends broken food processing machines, apparently using peanut oil means it won't contaminate the food if any drips in
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Makes sense to me.  My company was making up a beer trunk one day (those are the tubes that connect the kegs to the tower where it is poured at the bar), and ran out of the food-safe lubricant spray we use to make it easy to slide the insulation on over it. It would have been three days to get more shipped and this was a rush job.  We went nuts (no pun intended) trying to find an acceptible substitute that would not contaminate the beer, or go bad and stink up the works.  I forget what we ended up using.  Now the boss makes sure we never run low.

And Philbo you are right about the nut/peanut allergy thing.  My younger brother is deathly allergic to nuts, but he eats peanut butter with no problems.  None of his friends understand it, and they won't believe him that peanuts are closely related to beans.  He was at a party with them and they gave him some cookies and told him that there were no nuts in them, meaning no peanuts.  Ten minutes later they are on the way to the hospital with him as he couldn't breathe.  He's okay, now, but he told us afterwards how good it felt to watch as three doctors and a police officer yelled at these guys for giving him something with walnuts in it.

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I used to eat anything I wanted, I ended up 60lbs overweight So I started Jogging  and eating better (No Fast Food, No Baked Goods,  Whole grain bread, Fat free dairy products).  Now I'm Only 20lbs overwieght.  So it all depends on the person If your thin Then you dont really have to.  If you Overwieght and You don't want any medical problems in the future, then you should watch what you eat.  But the goverment should Not tax Food that they feel is not nutritous.  What he government thinks is healthy for you is not always what is.  Fat is the perfect example, not all fat is bad for you.  Nuts and fish are actually realy Nutritious, but they are high in fat .
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:o :o :oI wonder if that's how the Everly brothers got so fat---I mean when they were young,they were skinny!And they're not big -boned like Bill Clinton,so they're actually fatter than he was.But I mean .llike anyone can get fat if theuy eat enough;there's like so much hysteria about people getting anorexia but kids are a lot more likely to be overweight than anything else because a lot of the fast food is so affordable and they want to get the most for their money!Cheers!

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:o :o :oI wonder if that's how the Everly brothers got so fat---I mean when they were young,they were skinny!And they're not big -boned like Bill Clinton,so they're actually fatter than he was.But I mean .llike anyone can get fat if theuy eat enough;there's like so much hysteria about people getting anorexia but kids are a lot more likely to be overweight than anything else because a lot of the fast food is so affordable and they want to get the most for their money!Cheers!
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What the  ???  :-/

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Should people watch what they eat?
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Probably, if they don't want to get fat.

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I always watch what I eat.....I always look closely to make sure there is no hair, foreign objects or bugs in my food.  :-X


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:P :P :P"Waiter,what is this fly doing in my soup?"A:"The backstroke,sir".Cheers! :P :P :-X :-X :-X :-X

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I watch it all the time.  I'm always hop9ing it'll do something neat (Come on, jump through the hoop! Good corn dog), but so far, nothing has happened.  But the voices in my head continue to assure me it will happen...
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keep trying, TV9, i'm sure someday, something will happen. :)

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keep trying, TV9, i'm sure someday, something will happen. :)
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:D :DYeah,if you want it to do something,putting it in a microwave might help--don't poke holes or nothing will happen.Yturn it on high for about 3 minutes----BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :oCheers!

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People are surprise at how much food I can pack away. I am not that big and I do go to lunch with some friends who are on the heavy side and I eat more than they do. I also eat more than my honey does. People have accused me of having hollow legs. I must admit that I have gained some weight in the last 5 years but I seem to be maintaining my current weight. Most people are surprised when they heard that I gained 20 lbs because they have told me that I carry the extra weight well and that I must have been really thin before I gained it. Personally, I wouldn't mind losing that 20 lbs but I admit-I LOVE FOOD!



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:D :D :DYou ever heard of that Japanese guy who has the world record for hot dog eating?He's been accused of having hollow legs,too(he's skinny).Cheers! ;D ;D

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People are surprise at how much food I can pack away. I am not that big and I do go to lunch with some friends who are on the heavy side and I eat more than they do. I also eat more than my honey does. People have accused me of having hollow legs. I must admit that I have gained some weight in the last 5 years but I seem to be maintaining my current weight. Most people are surprised when they heard that I gained 20 lbs because they have told me that I carry the extra weight well and that I must have been really thin before I gained it. Personally, I wouldn't mind losing that 20 lbs but I admit-I LOVE FOOD!



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I'm kinda the same way.  I watched what I ate (fat/calorie wise) for 9 months and didn't lose a pound (with exercise).  Now, I pretty much eat whatever I want and I stay at the same weight.  People are shocked when they hear how much I weigh.

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If I ate so many hot dogs,I'd be in the bathroom right now.
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:o :o :oYeah,so many hot dogs are definitely not good for you.Probably the nitrates or som ething.Cheers! :P

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:o :o :oYeah,so many hot dogs are definitely not good for you.Probably the nitrates or something.Cheers! :P
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and also when you put sauerkraut topping on it.

Howard  ;D