Food & Drink
Talking turkey (gravy, that is)
By Article courtesy of Consumer Reports. It appears i | Friday Nov 20, 2009
If you’re simultaneously roasting a turkey and baking, sautéing, boiling, or frying all the trimmings, making gravy from scratch may be too much trouble. But can a store-bought gravy be tasty? To find out, ’ trained tasters tried 10 products: four dry mixes (add water, stir, and heat) and six canned or jarred gravies (just heat). Read more...
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Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable?
By Michael J. Crumb
Are cramped chickens crazy chickens? Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and producers.
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Police: Wife Pulls Knife On Husband Over Vodka
Police said a woman threatened her husband with a 7-inch knife after he threw away her bottle of vodka as she slept in their suburban Detroit home. Clawson police Lt. Scott Sarvello told The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak the man returned home from work Sunday night to find his wife sleeping with a bottle of vodka. He threw away the bottle. Read more...
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Kudzu-munching bug also threatens US bean crops
By Kate Brumback
Researchers recently found an insect in north Georgia that has never before been reported in the Western Hemisphere - and its arrival could be both a blessing and a curse.
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