stephen hollingsworth's Logboek, 13 jan 16

It seems to be to some, Penlan... 

I did have a quick (albeit very quick) look at the history of margarine and the first two sites I read concur that all is not as FatGirlJenny purports when she states "Did you know that margerine was invented to fatten turkeys? When it started killing them, they started feeding it to us. Seriously." The myth is that Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. Nope. Not even remotely true. It's actually a bit absurd. Margarine was invented in France by Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès in 1869, during the Franco-Prussian wars. He invented it in response to a competitive challenge from the French government under Napoleon III, who was looking for a cheap and stable substitute for butter, and offered a big prize to anyone who could pull it off. There is more. I would advise you to check for yourselves and make up your own judgement. Perhaps fatgirljenny was right after all in her self-appraisal' of her research and sharing being a bad habit, if her 'research' is as flawed as this little nugget is. Though to be fair she is talking about margerine, not margarine. All I could find about that was in the lyrics to a Simpson's song.... 

I cannot understand how this has turned so nasty. If someone posts something on a public forum and someone else suggests a possible improvement, how is this bad? Was STEPHEN offended? It's his post, why are other people offended for him?  

Too much fruit. Eat only 1 fresh fruit serving a day. Eat veggies with each meal. 

I appreciate everyone's comments and I am grateful that each and every one of you took the time to express your respective viewpoints . Let's do this!