Word: meats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...biggest laugh of the week came when 1 read that "Americans spend only 8% of their after-tax income for food" Nov. 4]. I spend 29%, and this is done only by buying day-old bread, not eat-ng any of the better cuts of meat, and 5uying only the "come-on" items at the market. No meat over 89? per pound has graced our table since the price increases 'his year. We use powdered milk for cooking and all the short cuts that...
...nearby lake was overflowing its banks, pushing whole forests down the sides of the mountain. In the Trentino region near Austria, 30,000 persons were left homeless. The torrent uprooted vineyards in Chianti-producing Tuscany and massacred livestock in a region that produces most of Italy's meat. In Venice, it heavily damaged some 7,000 shops, though canal-traveling Venetians were better able to ride out the crisis than the Florentines...
...acquired tastes. "The biggest waste in our society is feeding grain to animals," says Harvard Economist Thomas Schelling. "We lose nine-tenths of the calories in the grain. As for the proteins, we could easily get all we need out of soybeans. But we like the taste of meat, and we can afford to produce it. Is this waste...
...rage for eating raw garlic is so popular among German tenors (a cashew-sized sliver two hours before performing is supposed to strengthen the heart) that one indignant Italian soprano recently went onstage with an aerosol can of deodorant. Tenor Franco Corelli thoughtfully combines his raw-meat and garlic diet with nibbles on a bouquet of parsley between scenes...
...began to probe the matter, he discovered other information to support his theory. "The Russians have conducted very interesting experiments with dogs. For instance, they trained an animal to expect bread at the sound of a bell, but meat if a light were flashed instead. After a while, when both signals were employed at the same time, the animal invariably went for the bread, even though as a rule dogs prefer meat...