#5 From Meth to Meat

AMMONIA: used for EVERYTHING from meth to meat. I don't know about you but I would really like to keep it out of my mouth in ANY form. Tonight while "kid-sitting" a 12 year old he asked what a euphemism is. A euphemism is what makes the difference in imagery when the U.S.D.A. uses "lean finely textured beef,"  as opposed to "pink slime." 

WORDS-NOW GIFT WRAPPED!

A euphemism normally makes a HARSH truth sound polite and often makes the truth easier to accept. Euphemisms are used most often with children. Instead of telling a child that their favorite pet DIED, it is preferable to say that it, "went to a farm" or "swam to the ocean" or "went to a better place." 
The point is not to LIE but to PROTECT. The U.S.D.A. is NOT a loving parent seeking to lessen the burdens of life, they are a department that is RESPONSIBLE for regulating MANY aspects of agriculture in the U.S., long explanation short, the department does not have our best interests at heart. The department helps major food companies turn a profit and that blurs the vision of what is important.

"Until or unless the links that bind public nutrition policy to the interests of agribusiness are broken, we can expect with even greater confidence that there will be something very cheesy about our pizzas, and something a bit fishy about dietary guidance." -Huffington Post

Without being explicit about how appalled I am... I will just be vague and say that if something seems too good to be true, it is. You're not getting a "certified, pre-owned vehicle," ladies and gentlemen, you are getting a LEMON. 

What is in a name? that which we call "lean finely textured beef"  still is the ammonia puréed pink slime.