I’ve been listening to the Monsanto Annual Shareholders Meeting, just what I wanted to do. Not! I’ve been keeping tabs on various companies for years and you have to get to know them, listen to them, and understand how they think.
David Clevinger spoke from Texas [starting at 52.54], a grower of Monsanto products. You’ve got to listen to this man. Not only is he wrong about glyphosate, it’s harming him and his family. He is just plain wrong headed.
The only way they can afford to sell this GMO crap is because it’s government subsidized. Organic farmers have to pay a price to call themselves ‘Organic’. This, in turn, drives up the price of organic. Organic food should be cheaper to buy than GMO, or at least conventionally-grown, fruits and vegetables. It’s a scam, and if we refused to buy the GMO “simulated” food it would not be long before their whole scam would come crumbling down. Listen to what he says, it’s infuriating!
Monsanto has no integrity… Nothing to watch, but please take an hour and a half and listen to this. You can listen in the bathroom, in the car, while you’re cooking. You can even fast forward through some of it. 🙂
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to listen to their words. Do they convince you of their sincerity and honesty? Buy organic and right the food world. Together, we can do it. Dump GMO!
I signed up for a trial membership of The America’s Test Kitchen Cooking School. I stayed about an hour and tried out two of the lesson plans. Boy was I disappointed.
Oh, they have thought of everything. There was more reading to do than I like. I have to read stuff all day long and the videos work just fine for me. Yes, I admit to being lazy. The lessons include:
The reason I didn’t stay a member? I took the tutorial on Eggs. They had the nerve to say that store bought eggs were just as good as farm fresh eggs. Excuse me? I raise farm fresh eggs and nothing could be further from the truth. They also claim there is no nutritional difference. Saying it does not make it so, you can see the difference. I don’t care what they say. Just crack an egg open.
They are being politically correct and not telling people the truth. Most store bought eggs come from chickens who are eating GMO’s. You can’t talk about food and not hit on this subject and pretend it doesn’t exist. So, I cancelled my free membership, that I had to give a credit card number to get. It’s so not worth it, when you can get good accurate information for free.
I was feeling ambitious yesterday, so I made some Apple Butter, then some Garlic Jelly and what the heck, I still had some time… I decided to make some Apple Sauce. I should have stopped while I was ahead.
When I was done I turned the burner off, or rather I thought I turned it off, and actually turned it to high, where it cooked all night long. 7 hours it boiled on my stove. I was afraid to open the pressure cooker. It was bone dry. Boil might not be the right word, since it wasn’t really liquid anymore.
These jars were actually full when I started out. I used only the best spices and it tasted so good, the texture was perfect. Tomorrow, I get to start all over again. The entire batch ruined.
So, if you ever wondered what would happen if you boiled something all night long, wonder no more. Actually, the apple sauce doesn’t taste too bad as long as you don’t scrape the bottom of the jar.
I can’t wait to try my Garlic Jelly. Not only did I leave the garlic in the jar (instead of straining most of it out) but I used Ultra Gel to thicken the Garlic Jelly. I had made some last week that was incredible but I made it with liquid Pectin. My bad, it’s full of GMO’s! It didn’t even occur to me to check. I mean it’s for canning, it must be all natural, right? Wrong.
This might just be the answer to prayer… I’m going to try it out. By the time I get to the bottom of the package, I’ll either order more or find something else. What’s important to me is it’s GMO free.
Ultra Gel is a gluten-free, non-GMO cornstarch that can be added directed to any liquid, hot or cold, for instant thickening. The Ultra Gel Starter Kit includes one 16-oz pouch of Ultra Gel and one Ultra Gel Answer Book with 150 pages of easily prepared, delicious recipes. From dips and dressings to dessert, the recipes are friendly for chefs of all skill levels and include nutrition information and tips and tricks for special diets and make-ahead preparations.
Of special interest are the sections on Canning and Jams and Jellies. Since Ultra Gel can be refrigerated, canned or frozen without losing quality, there are plenty of recipes for bottled pie fillings and sauces. [Get Ultra Gel]
Did you know you can make your own Pectin? In fact, there are several methods. I’m going to try this method soon: Harvest: Making Your Own Pectin! Be sure to check out other recipes, too.
Homemade apple pectin seemed like such a frugal and healthy idea – an all natural, chemical free alternative to store-bought pectin that I could make from apple scraps I would normally throw away.Brilliant, right?
Imagine my dismay when my experiment was a complete and total flop. Oh, my jam “set” just fine.After I had almost completely boiled it away, that is. And added way more sugar than I usually do.
She recommends using Pomona’s Pectin, but what about those nasty GMO’s? I won’t feed them to my family. We are using Ultra Gel. My jelly setup just fine. So, we shall see.
