Re: The wonders of "polishing"
Posted by Pierre on March 23, 2004 at 22:38:44:
In reply to: The wonders of "polishing" posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on March 23, 2004 at 17:05:36:
: Its my belief that the male purveyors of henna assume the the female: consumers are too stupid to see green dye when its right in front of
: them, and to accept a lie about "green = fresh". Gmmmmmmmmmf Over
: here agribusiness seems to believe that we'll believe cucumbers with
: wax are tastier, farmed salmon is delicious with treated with red dye,
: and that tomatoes doused with ethylene to make them unnaturally red
: will be quickly purchased even though they have the flavor and texture
: of racquet balls. I've seen very little green dye outside of the
: Indian processors ... perhaps other countries aren't buying the lie.
How these male purveyors got that idea, I don't understand. Women see shades of
green and red on average better than men. As to wax, when I get a waxed apple,
I carefully scrape the wax off with my bicycle legband before eating it.
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