Braniff's Profile
Minnesota State Fair foods?
Healthy-eating? There is! Go off the fairgrounds to a restaurant which serves healthy food or to your home. Whenever I've gone to the Iowa State Fair, I usually get my hand stamped and leave to have lunch at a Subway restaurant. Then I return. It'd be nice if the Iowa State Fair people would allow a Subway franchisee to operate during the course of the Iowa State Fair, but I doubt it.
Do Calories on Menus Really Help?
I agree. Those who criticize such restaurant chains as McDonald's and Burger King should be criticizing the independent restaurants (and the chains which provide little or no nutritional information at all) along with the food stands at such events as carnivals and fairs.
HELP--can't find Kellog's All Bran Extra Fiber in LA
Has that brand of cereal been disconnected? As a resident of West Des Moines, Iowa, I have tried to find it at two local Hy-Vee supermarkets, but neither one carries it these days. Moreover, it does not seem to be listed on the Kellogg's website. I'm sure that any information as to what happened to this particular brand would be appreciated.
Attitudes toward restricted diets - your experiences?
People who don't respect their colleagues dietary choices should not be around other people period!!! Those people who push others to eat a food that might trigger a medical condition, or have an allergin or alcohol are the equivalent of drug pushers--at best they only care about themselves, not about the people with whom they deal. The victims (and I mean victims) have every right to call them names or even slap them in the face.
Stand up for yourselves!!! Don't give into food pushers!!!
[MSP] All foods at the State Fair (more or less)
It's too bad the people who run the various state fairs--Minnesota, Iowa and elsewhere--tend not to publicize more the healthy foods that ARE available during fair time or at least provide nutritional guidelines.
As one who visited the Iowa State Fair last week, I avoided the corn dogs and other fried foods, just confining myself to a regular hot dog, a vanilla soft serve and a small diet root beer. I used one of those calorie books for guidance. If the guidelines are correct, I may have consumed less than 530 calories during my visit to the fair.
All county and state fairs should do more to publicize healthy eating both during the year and during the fairs. Why should anyone lay off low-calorie, fat-free foods just because a fair is going on?
Do Calories on Menus Really Help?
I disagree. There are a few restaurants in my area (such as the Cheesecake Factory, the Machine Shed and the food stands at the Iowa State Fair) which I will not patronize because the food items have too many calories and too much fat. If I were to know how much fat or calories their food items had, I'd feel better about going there.
Do Calories on Menus Really Help?
Your comment begs a question: could state universities (i. e. extension services, perhaps) test the food of local restaurants for calories, fat, carbs and the like, perhaps for a small fee? Such services could also provide information about nutrition to restaurants, both local and chain (fast food and otherwise).
"The 10 roads to Fatsville"
Andiereid--where did you live when you made that post? I happen to live in the Des Moines, Iowa area where the "nice" restaurants are known for bringing you HUGE portions of fattening food. Some of the culprits include the local steakhouses, the Iowa Machine Shed, the Cheesecake Factory and Cheddars.
In a way you're better off going to a fast food place such as McDonald's or Burger King. If a typical Burger King or McDonald's knows what it is doing, you'll find nutrition information posted in the restaurant for most of its items (save for the most recent additions, I've found) and you can plan your meal from there. That's more than can be said for a Cheesecake Factory or Cheddars which provide no nutrition information at all.
Even better are the Subway restaurants, which offer a great line of vegetable-intensive sandwiches and information about the ingredients (although some of their information about the calories and fat in some of the sandwiches can be confusing---i.e. what type of bread or cheese). Otherwise, I think it's the best of the bunch.
Popping your own popcorn
Years ago, my father used to have a metal basket-type of contraption which was at the end of a long stick. He would shake it over the flame of our gas range. Compared to the air poppers that I have used since then and the microwavable popcorn bags that I more or less use nowadays, that method was probably the best.
There was one drawback though. I don't think Dad's basket wasn't made of stainless steel. Had any of us rubbed a Brillo pad on it, rust and burned metal would have come off like dirt. It was a miracle that little or none of it ever got on the popcorn.
