Food maker halts jelly production (bad news for

From: <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2008.10.14 at 22:27:04(18636) ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:33:46 +0900 > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com +More > From: pjm@gol.com > Subject: [Aroid-l] Food maker halts jelly production (bad news for konnyaku) Dear All, This is so stupid that it makes me cringe! !7 children and ''seniors'' in 13 years reportedly die from choking on konnyaku candy. It would be of great interest to see how many died from say choking on whale meat, or a fish bone, or any food product or hard candy, or from eating puffer fish in the same time period. Are ANY of these other items banned? I bet not! I wish that the ''powers'' that be would just stop trying to save me/us from ourselves! Julius WPB, FLORIDA >> Japan Times > > (9th October 2008, front page, a national English-language daily): > > Food maker halts jelly production > > 17 children, seniors choked to death on 'konnyaku' since '95. > > MannanLife Co., Japan's largest maker of "konnyaku" (devil's tongue) > jelly, said it halted production and shipment of all products > Wednesday.... > > Article by M. Matsutani and A. Martin > > +++++++++++ > > My thoughts: those jellies were badly-designed, over-packaged, > over-processed mouth-sized, throat-blocking products. > > Konnyaku (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) itself is a great plant, and > the traditional jelly product comes in safe large blocks or as > noodles that can be used in dozens of ways in ordinary Japanese > cooking. We can find it in every supermarket, and although the mannan > has no direct nutritional role (it is indigestible), the jelly (more > like soft rubber) does fill the belly and helps digestion generally. > It is probably the original slimming product. > > Peter > -- > > > > Peter Matthews (Dr) > Field Sciences Laboratory > Department of Social Research > National Museum of Ethnology > Senri Expo Park, Suita City, > Osaka 565-8511, Japan > > Tel. +81 6 6876-2151 (exchange) > Tel. +81 6 6878-8344 (my office, direct) > Fax +81 6 6878-7503 > > Sites > > The Research Cooperative > http://www.cooperative.ning.com > > National Museum of Ethnology > http://www.minpaku.ac.jp > > Staff page > http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/staff/matthews/ > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: STARSELL at aol.com on 2008.10.15 at 16:30:24(18638) Hi all, I am a member of the Calorie Restriction Society list as well as (newly) this list. Many of the members there buy and use konjac powder in *pounds*. It is used to make konjac jello, pudding and other food items like konjac rice. HTML +More I don't think the konjac business will suffer from one Japanese candy maker. To see the list of konjac foods some of the CR folks make see: http://www.calorierestriction.org/wtaylor/CRfoods/ regards, Alison Robinson In a message dated 10/15/2008 11:23:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ju-bo@msn.com writes: ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:33:46 +0900 > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > From: pjm@gol.com > Subject: [Aroid-l] Food maker halts jelly production (bad news for konnyaku) Dear All, This is so stupid that it makes me cringe! !7 children and ''seniors'' in 13 years reportedly die from choking on konnyaku candy. It would be of great interest to see how many died from say choking on whale meat, or a fish bone, or any food product or hard candy, or from eating puffer fish in the same time period. Are ANY of these other items banned? I bet not! I wish that the ''powers'' that be would just stop trying to save me/us from ourselves! Julius WPB, FLORIDA >> Japan Times > > (9th October 2008, front page, a national English-language daily): > > Food maker halts jelly production > > 17 children, seniors choked to death on 'konnyaku' since '95. > > MannanLife Co., Japan's largest maker of "konnyaku" (devil's tongue) > jelly, said it halted production and shipment of all products > Wednesday.... > > Article by M. Matsutani and A. Martin > > +++++++++++ > > My thoughts: those jellies were badly-designed, over-packaged, > over-processed mouth-sized, throat-blocking products. > > Konnyaku (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) itself is a great plant, and > the traditional jelly product comes in safe large blocks or as > noodles that can be used in dozens of ways in ordinary Japanese > cooking. We can find it in every supermarket, and although the mannan > has no direct nutritional role (it is indigestible), the jelly (more > like soft rubber) does fill the belly and helps digestion generally. > It is probably the original slimming product. > > Peter > -- > > > > Peter Matthews (Dr) > Field Sciences Laboratory > Department of Social Research > National Museum of Ethnology > Senri Expo Park, Suita City, > Osaka 565-8511, Japan > > Tel. +81 6 6876-2151 (exchange) > Tel. +81 6 6878-8344 (my office, direct) > Fax +81 6 6878-7503 > > Sites > > The Research Cooperative > http://www.cooperative.ning.com > > National Museum of Ethnology > http://www.minpaku.ac.jp > > Staff page > http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/staff/matthews/ > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! -------------------------------1224088224----==============43805823671788998=

From: Susan B <honeybunny442 at yahoo.com> on 2008.10.15 at 18:08:51(18640) Amen, Julius. Don't forget to add hot dogs to the list of evil foods. --- On Tue, 10/14/08, ju-bo@msn.com wrote: HTML +More From: ju-bo@msn.com Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Food maker halts jelly production (bad news for konnyaku) To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 6:27 PM ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:33:46 +0900 > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > From: pjm@gol.com > Subject: [Aroid-l] Food maker halts jelly production (bad news for konnyaku) Dear All, This is so stupid that it makes me cringe! !7 children and ''seniors'' in 13 years reportedly die from choking on konnyaku candy. It would be of great interest to see how many died from say choking on whale meat, or a fish bone, or any food product or hard candy, or from eating puffer fish in the same time period. Are ANY of these other items banned? I bet not! I wish that the ''powers'' that be would just stop trying to save me/us from ourselves! Julius WPB, FLORIDA --0-36069104-1224094131=:14104----==============u08790951440746107=

From: Ken Mosher <ken at spatulacity.com> on 2008.10.16 at 03:21:22(18642) Congratulations, Julius, you've discovered that you're a Libertarian. Isn't it a mistake that they claimed konnyaku is Amorphophallus paeoniifolius? The name "konnyaku" is pretty much a giveaway... -Ken +More ju-bo@msn.com wrote: > > ---------------------------------------- > >> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:33:46 +0900 >> To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >> From: pjm@gol.com >> Subject: [Aroid-l] Food maker halts jelly production (bad news for konnyaku) >> > > Dear All, > > This is so stupid that it makes me cringe! !7 children and ''seniors'' in 13 years reportedly die from choking on konnyaku candy. It would be of great interest to see how many died from say choking on whale meat, or a fish bone, or any food product or hard candy, or from eating puffer fish in the same time period. Are ANY of these other items banned? I bet not! I wish that the ''powers'' that be would just stop trying to save me/us from ourselves! > > Julius > WPB, > > FLORIDA > > >>> Japan Times >>> >> (9th October 2008, front page, a national English-language daily): >> >> Food maker halts jelly production >> >> 17 children, seniors choked to death on 'konnyaku' since '95. >> >> MannanLife Co., Japan's largest maker of "konnyaku" (devil's tongue) >> jelly, said it halted production and shipment of all products >> Wednesday.... >> >> Article by M. Matsutani and A. Martin >> >> +++++++++++ >> >> My thoughts: those jellies were badly-designed, over-packaged, >> over-processed mouth-sized, throat-blocking products. >> >> Konnyaku (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) itself is a great plant, and >> the traditional jelly product comes in safe large blocks or as >> noodles that can be used in dozens of ways in ordinary Japanese >> cooking. We can find it in every supermarket, and although the mannan >> has no direct nutritional role (it is indigestible), the jelly (more >> like soft rubber) does fill the belly and helps digestion generally. >> It is probably the original slimming product. >> >> Peter _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: piaba <piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2008.10.19 at 19:03:52(18654) if i remember correctly, a few people die every year in japan from eating mochi (mostly elderly) by suffocating on it just as with the small konyaku jelly cups. i myself love konnyaku products. and julius, how many people will die every year from eating such great foods as mcdonald's, junk food, etc.? lately i have found these japanese fruit jello cups that also have cubes of nata de coco. yummmm... ========= HTML +More tsuh yang --- On Tue, 10/14/08, ju-bo@msn.com wrote: Dear All,This is so stupid that it makes me cringe! !7 children and''seniors'' in 13 years reportedly die from choking onkonnyaku candy. It would be of great interest to see how many died from saychoking on whale meat, or a fish bone, or any food product or hard candy, orfrom eating puffer fish in the same time period. Are ANY of these other itemsbanned? I bet not! I wish that the ''powers'' that be wouldjust stop trying to save me/us from ourselves!Julius __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1849664446-1224443032=:19015----==============…54923487893583973=

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