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Uh-oh, now things are getting really, really serious

By Gina Spadafori

June 7, 2007

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A recall of Chinese chocolate. From the FDA:

Tristar Food Wholesale, 115 Amity Street, Jersey City, NJ 07304 is recalling Ferrari Chocolate because it contains undeclared peanuts. People who have severe sensitivity to peanuts run the risk of serious or life threatening allergic reactions if they consume this product. The candy also contains aflatoxins in excess of the Food and Drug Administration’s action level of 20 parts per billion. Aflatoxins are by products of certain fungi and, with chronic exposure, are potential carcinogens.

The recalled Ferrari Chocolates, a product of China, is distributed in 280g and 240g per box. The Ferrari chocolate was sold in New York City and in New Jersey.

The recall was initiated after routine sampling by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors and subsequent analysis by the Department’s food laboratory personnel revealed the presence of undeclared peanuts and aflatoxins in the product. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.

I’m sorry, but if I have to worry about my chocolate I will have to take up drinking.

Filed under: 2007 food recall — Gina Spadafori @ 10:25 am

94 Comments »

  1. http://tinyurl.com/2tj3ja

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 11:03 am

  2. Sorry didn’t mean to clink submit. This is an article in Jan 2007 where Hershey and Lotte (from So. Korea) are doing a joint venture to make chocolate in China.

    Wonder where the raw ingredients will come from?

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 11:05 am

  3. Wonderful, just wonderful……….. if they take my chocolate away from me they will have one wacked out woman to deal with!

    Comment by Terri — June 7, 2007 @ 11:07 am

  4. Bottoms up, Gina!

    The NY State Food Lab personnel are more successful at finding toxins than the FDA. Perhaps they would be willing to test our pet food (and anything else from China).

    Comment by Nadine Long — June 7, 2007 @ 11:09 am

  5. aflatoxin in chocolate? fungi, mold, in chocolate? nothin’ grows on chocolate…how’d they do that? maybe somthin’ that went into the chocolate?

    too weird, what’s next??

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 7, 2007 @ 11:10 am

  6. Linda - probably from the Ganges River.

    Comment by Nadine Long — June 7, 2007 @ 11:11 am

  7. glad to know that fda is doing *something* productive with their time, since they seem to be moving at a snail’s pace on the acetaminophen in the pet food.

    Comment by explodinghed — June 7, 2007 @ 11:13 am

  8. “Wonder where the raw ingredients will come from?”

    Probably from the Ganges River.

    Comment by Nadine Long — June 7, 2007 @ 11:13 am

  9. China loves Chocolate:
    http://chinesefood.about.com/b/a/251274.htm

    And a Swiss Candy company is focusing on China too! Yummy!

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 11:15 am

  10. If Brach leaves - wonder what will fill its place?

    http://tinyurl.com/38rggc

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 11:18 am

  11. Why oh why do I suspect this Chinese chocolate was not only sold in New York and New Jersey? Other brand names? Other importers? Hope the other state food safety agencies are as on the ball as NY’s seem to be.

    Comment by elizabeth R. — June 7, 2007 @ 11:31 am

  12. I am so glad I don’t eat chocolate from China. I eat chocolate from See’s Candies. I do have an allergy toward peanuts and I don’t like chocolate with peanuts in it any way.

    Comment by Jill — June 7, 2007 @ 11:38 am

  13. Aflatoxin is a common mold that grows on nuts & grains. I can attack the liver.

    http://www.aflatoxin.info/aflatoxin.asp

    Comment by Kat — June 7, 2007 @ 11:41 am

  14. Ghirardelli is a U.S. company and makes yummy chocolate….I wonder where the raw ingredients come from?

    http://tinyurl.com/2b7tbm

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 11:45 am

  15. We have salmonella, Acetamenaphin(sp, melamine, cyanuric acid etc. in pet food, and now aflatoxin in chocolate. But don’t worry, Paris Hilton is out of jail! The media sucks!! Wonder if being neutered is a job requirement.

    Comment by Sandy — June 7, 2007 @ 11:55 am

  16. Heavens, hold the chocolate, pass the tequila. Your best bet is probably one of the fair traded chocolates, econuts have not been proven allergenic or hazardous to your health. Is the suggestion by the FDA that they might allow substitution of some of the cocoa butter by other (lord only knows what) fats a way of opening the door to more Chinese chocolate brands?

    Comment by Nancy Nielsen — June 7, 2007 @ 12:11 pm

  17. Aflatoxin is one of the most carcinogenic substances there is. Glad I stay away from chocolate and peanuts. China cornering the market on peanuts…what more would they need to conquer the world?

    Comment by ango — June 7, 2007 @ 12:23 pm

  18. These people are asking for trouble when they start messing with my basic food triangle. You start screwing around with chocolate & then work your way into wine & tequila, you have a post menopausal woman that relies on these for her sanity. You don’t want to screw with these foods as they keep me calm & sane…..which has been very difficult since 3/16, trust me on that.

    Not only do I have few choices on what I feed my dog, but now they are taking away our choices on food & those simple little pleasures that we all need. D a m n !

    Comment by JanC — June 7, 2007 @ 12:24 pm

  19. I will play hangman with them with enough rope at the end.(just being sarcastic)

    Comment by Jill — June 7, 2007 @ 12:31 pm

  20. Lawmakers ask Bush to consider ban on China food imports

    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Democratic members of a powerful House committee called for President Bush to consider banning all food imports from China until the Food and Drug Administration can prove they are safe. In a Tuesday letter to the FDA’s commissioner, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote that they are concerned about the safety of fish and seafood from China, and cited examples of imports containing banned antibiotics, as well as contaminants such as salmonella. “It is quite disturbing to consider that China lacks effective controls to ensure that their exported foods are safe,” according to the letter. The committee, which is investigating the U.S. food supply, requested information for 2001 to 2006 from FDA about items such as the number of Chinese food samples analyzed by private and FDA labs, and the amount found to have problems.

    http://tinyurl.com/2wr696

    Comment by Steve — June 7, 2007 @ 12:35 pm

  21. A number of the “Lite” dry dog foods contain peanuts and peanut hulls. Concern about aflatoxin is the reason I never purchased it for my dog. Maybe testing some of those pet foods would be a good idea.

    Comment by ango — June 7, 2007 @ 12:38 pm

  22. Comment by Jill — June 7, 2007 @ 11:38 am

    See’s is one of the chocolate makers that’s supporting the push to be able to substitute vegetable fats for cocoa butter. My heart breaks on that one. I grew up on See’s and my parents still send it to me on all the ‘major’ days.

    guess i’ll have to ask them to start sending CA wines instead . . :p

    Comment by straybaby — June 7, 2007 @ 12:44 pm

  23. Makes me wonder how much aflatoxin tainted products have already made it through to the shelves. This is really sickening.

    Comment by ango — June 7, 2007 @ 12:52 pm

  24. Isn’t Cocoa Butter better then Vegetable fats? Or would if be worse to be in the See’s Candies.

    Comment by Jill — June 7, 2007 @ 12:58 pm

  25. Aflatoxin is a common mold that grows on nuts & grains. I can attack the liver.

    http://www.aflatoxin.info/aflatoxin.asp

    Comment by Kat

    Kat—You are a powerhouse—but please stay away from my liver!! haha :-) (I know this is a serious issue and that was a typo but it gave me a laugh, something much needed these days!)

    Comment by Sandy — June 7, 2007 @ 1:07 pm

  26. yes, cocoa butter is what they use now.

    Comment by straybaby — June 7, 2007 @ 1:13 pm

  27. http://www.redorbit.com/news/h.....index.html

    “The FDA to allow a product to be called chocolate even though vegetable fats are substituted for cocoa butter”

    Comment by Terri — June 7, 2007 @ 1:18 pm

  28. You all have got to read this book-
    The Eleventh Plague by John S. Marr., M. D. and John Baldwin
    It even talks about aflatoxin. The book is a novel of Medical Terror.
    It was written in 1998, but you might find it on ebay. I’m reading it for the second time since this all happened.

    Comment by Trudy Jackson — June 7, 2007 @ 1:21 pm

  29. Ooooh, I love books like that. Don’t bet I’ll enjoy it this time though. Fiction? Yeah, we wish. Anyway, it’s in stock at my library - gonna go get it. Thanks Trudy!

    Comment by Kim — June 7, 2007 @ 1:26 pm

  30. You’ll love it.
    I read this all day and read that at night. I must be crazy??

    Comment by Trudy Jackson — June 7, 2007 @ 1:34 pm

  31. “Hershey is taking a different stand than Guittard.
    Spokesman Kirk Saville said, “There are high-quality oils available which are equal to or better than cocoa butter in taste, nutrition, texture and function, and are preferred by consumers.”
    Quality is a “top priority” at Hershey, and “any product change will be driven by consumer preference,” he added. “We expect to conduct extensive testing before changing any of our products.”“

    uh, yeah, we believe that. wonder if they will be adding Milk Protein Concentrate also . . .

    just picked up a 2lbs of raw organic cocoa recently for baking and ice cream making. guess i’ll be looking into candy making now also, funtimes! :)

    Comment by straybaby — June 7, 2007 @ 1:37 pm

  32. Chocolate with no cocoa butter? What the heck is wrong with all of these people?????!!!! I hate these big companies now, I really, really do. And I can’t believe See’s supports this.

    So now we’ll have to read chocolate labels to make sure they contain contain chocolate. Unbelievable. What’s next? Having to read milk cartons to make sure it’s really milk?

    Thank goodness Guittard is taking a stand on this. They’ve got GREAT chocolate too. My favorite. Unfortunately I haven’t found it since I left the Bay Area last year. But I’m going to look harder, they deserve every single penny of my chocolate budget.

    Comment by Kim — June 7, 2007 @ 1:38 pm

  33. But don’t worry, Paris Hilton is out of jail!

    Sandy

    Apparently she had some emotional problems, like she didn’t want to be in jail.

    Oh I hope they set a precedent with this and anyone who has “emotional problems” about being in jail gets released

    db

    Comment by dingbat — June 7, 2007 @ 1:39 pm

  34. I made the mistake of mentioning this chocolate recall to my wife, she is still shaking.

    Withdrawal

    db

    Comment by dingbat — June 7, 2007 @ 1:40 pm

  35. “What’s next? Having to read milk cartons to make sure it’s really milk?”

    yup. i mean after all, kraft can make ‘cheese’ with little to no dairy, so why bother putting milk in a milk carton?!

    Comment by straybaby — June 7, 2007 @ 1:46 pm

  36. here ya go Kim!

    http://guittard-online.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

    i have a friend in here NYC who is also a Californian. We used to do See’s orders online when we had the craving. You know, the more you order, the cheaper it is to ship!

    Comment by straybaby — June 7, 2007 @ 1:49 pm

  37. Could everyone on this list who has lost a pet or gone through all this mess please Email Me? I have a letter I’d like to send out tonight. Please!
    magesticats@net-change.com
    Just send your address so I can get in touch with you.

    Comment by Trudy Jackson — June 7, 2007 @ 1:53 pm

  38. Ghirardelli chocolates explains some things here:

    http://tinyurl.com/2mvpu4

    I have a phone call in to find out from where they buy their cocoa beans and also about using veg. fats in the coco - which their web site says they don’t.

    I don’t think the high end brands will substitute but one never knows these days. For lunch I had to buy some chocolate and eat it - this was imported from Germany (if that means anything - maybe not.)

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 1:55 pm

  39. You have got to be kidding me…………
    What’s next? Coke or Pepsi?

    Comment by sharon — June 7, 2007 @ 2:02 pm

  40. I don’t think I’ll be eating anything any more. Looks like a good time to start a diet!

    Comment by sharon — June 7, 2007 @ 2:05 pm

  41. ‘The committee, which is investigating the U.S. food supply, requested information for 2001 to 2006 from FDA about items such as the number of Chinese food samples analyzed by private and FDA labs, and the amount found to have problems.’

    Hasn’t another ‘entity’ been waiting since January for FDA reports on just the recent incidents? Now this comittee wants 5 yrs of reports….they ‘gonna be waiting long time!

    Comment by Deanna — June 7, 2007 @ 2:14 pm

  42. I just spoke with Ghirardelli Chocolates via my cell phone. They buy no ingredients from China. None. They will never and are not in favor of substituting veg. fat for cocoa butter and they are sending me an e-mail about where they purchase their cocoa beans.

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 2:24 pm

  43. Here’s that letter to the FDA from the House Committee

    http://energycommerce.house.go.....mports.pdf

    Comment by Sandy — June 7, 2007 @ 2:26 pm

  44. Stray @ 1:37

    Good idea making your own ice cream - think I’ll give it a try too….

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 2:49 pm

  45. Didn’t Diamond dry dog food have a serious recall several years ago due to aflatoxin in it? And something like 70 dogs died (?)? I seem to remember that is not all that unheard of in feeds, like in horse grain, we sometimes see mold on corn, or worse, they stick too much of the substance that prevents it in the feed. We horse owners sometimes find out when X number die at one barn, and they look for the common culprit.

    Of course, the Diamond recall was before everything paled in comparison to what we are facing now.

    Comment by TC — June 7, 2007 @ 3:04 pm

  46. Cocoa beans - who grows them etc:

    http://tinyurl.com/2r7w59

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 3:04 pm

  47. Stray @ 1:37
    Good idea making your own ice cream – think I’ll give it a try too….
    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 2:49 pm

    Linda - because of straybaby’s ice cream comment, I bought a Cuisinart ice cream maker (I have a KA mixer, but the Cuisinart was less than the KA attachment here). Yesterday, I made caramel pecan ice cream which is hardening in the freezer; today I am trying a darker chocolate/almond for dh. Previously made choc. for him, and a peaches & cream for me (which I served up with tons of ripe peaches on top).

    This ice cream deal really rocks. Once you get the hang of it, the flavor possibilities are endless. Another thx to stray for putting the idea out there.

    Comment by TC — June 7, 2007 @ 3:09 pm

  48. Ohh, TC: Thanks for the encouragement. Yummy - have four days off to fiddle with ice cream - Cuisianart ice cream maker - will check it out!

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 3:13 pm

  49. Candymaking - could be fun. I had a bad time making the caramel for the ice cream yesterday, embarassing given how easy it actually turned out to be. DH looked at the sites I had online, and made my caramel - that was sweet. Maybe with his help, we can figure get out of first grade here, and make some cool candy.

    I will admit to having some measure of fun cooking since I have been scared snotless out of the grocery aisles:) I am managing to do more with things local and in season, than I ever did before with all those vast choices in front of me at the store. Yeah, been some mistakes, but not many!

    Comment by TC — June 7, 2007 @ 3:14 pm

  50. Comment by TC — June 7, 2007 @ 3:09 pm

    glad you’re enjoying it! tonight is dark choclate with strawberries that I froze at peak last season. gotta make room for this season’s crop!! lol! I think I’m going to do a berry yogurt also. My Dal has a fondness for it ;)

    linda, thanks for the Ghirardelli Chocolates info! would hate to see them go to the ‘other’ side!! fond memories there also!

    Comment by straybaby — June 7, 2007 @ 3:18 pm

  51. ooooo, home made ice cream! Yummy! You’ll have to try frozen yogurt; you will just die! I have a ice cream maker on my list; I can not wait!!

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 7, 2007 @ 3:20 pm

  52. AHHH……Frozen Yogurt - thanks Peggy. Forgot how good that can be too!

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 3:21 pm

  53. Linda: One note - the finished product is more like soft serve ice cream when it comes out of the machine. Once you’ve frozen it for long enough, it becomes much harder. I started with the eggless chocolate in the manual (online they call it Philidelphia style, don’t know why); but ice cream with eggs is much richer, etc. Wait until you see how many recipes are online:)

    Have fun with it!

    Comment by TC — June 7, 2007 @ 3:22 pm

  54. Thanks TC. My mouth is watering and I can hardly wait to get started - first batch - deep rich chocolate with carmel sauce ———

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 3:24 pm

  55. Peggy! I have the ingredients for frozen yoghurt, but can’t get my face out of the ice cream bowl long enough to try it:) Now I will get to that next week for sure.

    Comment by TC — June 7, 2007 @ 3:24 pm

  56. ha! :) It is that good!

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 7, 2007 @ 3:26 pm

  57. We should develop new brands of ice cream for cat and dog lovers:

    Cat Nip Mint for cat lovers - with mint ice cream and bits of licorice and maybe gummy bears.

    for dog lovers - Jaw Bone Heaven - with crunchy bits of red hot candy and pecans….

    This isn’t easy to come up with ideas here…..

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 3:31 pm

  58. Comment by TC — June 7, 2007 @ 3:14 pm

    the farm group i’m getting my produce from sends out recipe ideas when they send you what they are bringing for the week. they also have a forum for recipe sharing and any questions/ideas for cooking and storing. i’m looking forward to expanding my cooking skills and tastes! had fun with green garlic the other night :)

    Comment by straybaby — June 7, 2007 @ 3:33 pm

  59. Purr Sweet Icecream: custard ice cream and brulee sauce with sprinkles of cinnamon - yummy

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 3:39 pm

  60. You are making me hungry for Ice Cream.

    Comment by Jill — June 7, 2007 @ 3:44 pm

  61. To all chocoholics -

    Both Guittard and Ghirardelli have web sites waiting to take your orders!

    Comment by Patricia Hill — June 7, 2007 @ 3:56 pm

  62. Linda the cat nip mint sounds great to Me. when are sending it?? Yum.

    Comment by Trudy Jackson — June 7, 2007 @ 4:08 pm

  63. I want one of those ice cream makers! Yummmmm.

    Comment by Sandy — June 7, 2007 @ 4:34 pm

  64. I will give everyone something to laugh about. Paris Hilton has to go back to Jail. It was on the News tonight because the Judge was not happy with the Decision.

    Comment by Jill — June 7, 2007 @ 5:17 pm

  65. Comment by Sandy — June 7, 2007 @ 1:07 pm

    I just got a chuckle! I didn’t even notice the typo! Thanks for pointing that out!

    Comment by Kat — June 7, 2007 @ 5:28 pm

  66. Last night a scorpion dropped from the ceiling right ONTO my laptop keyboard ! ! !

    Maybe there’s one stuck inside making the typos for me!!

    Comment by Kat — June 7, 2007 @ 5:30 pm

  67. Comment by straybaby — June 7, 2007 @ 3:33 pm

    That would be so cool to get recipes from the CSA to “experiment ” with. Our closest one (although still quite a trek) is called The Dancing Cow - am hoping with a name like that, they might be creative types:)

    Right now, it has alternated between 90 some days, then plunging to 27 degrees at night! I had picked up some tomato, zuchini, cuke plants and herbs and don’t dare put them out yet. Shoot, even the horses have been coming inside the barn or being blanketed, because they all lost their winter coats, but now need them! High desert living is a challenge in many ways:)

    Linda - maybe there will have to be an ice cream section at the new petfoodrecipes website (peggy’s site, right? Can’t find the thread!), for their stressed out human companions, but every recipe must have one of those dog/cat appropriate names, lol..

    Comment by TC — June 7, 2007 @ 6:45 pm

  68. One more note re homemade ice cream.

    I had completely quit eating my favorite store bought ice creams, as they were causing me major stomach issues, pain, bloating, etc. Sometimes bloating so badly I was in discomfort all evening. I wondered if I was allergic to dairy or ice cream specifically. I was okay with milk, but not ice cream, so the mystery deepened.

    I don’t know what they are putting into ice cream nowdays, but I have eaten all of the homemade stuff without one symptom recurring. And for the record, same deal with the anise seed I bought for a cheap price online - and my stomach issues ended when I quit using that as well. Watching my improvements has made me even more jumpy about what I buy, because this is for real.

    So just like our pet food, I still think there are major problems in human foods as well. I am getting a glimpse everytime I eliminate one thing or substitute another, and find a health issue of mine clearing up.

    Comment by TC — June 7, 2007 @ 7:22 pm

  69. For all you sweet tooth’s here’s a link to the best almond toffee ever made IMO. I’ve been ordering this for over 25 years…absolutely to die for delicious! Made in Grand Junction, Colorado…and there are recipes on their site too.

    http://www.enstrom.com

    Enstrom’s Story:

    The story of Enstrom’s begins with a hobby and a man named Chet.

    At the age of 14, Chet Enstrom got his start in the candy business when he went to work as a soda jerk at an ice cream and candy factory in Colorado Springs . Between scoops of ice cream, Chet kept an eye on the confectioners as they plied their trade, and quietly learned the candy craftsman’s art.

    In 1929, Enstrom and his new bride, Vernie, packed up their Model T and drove the muddy, rut-filled roads west to Grand Junction , Colorado to begin a new life. Soon, he and a partner opened the Velvet Ice Cream Company, a business he pursued for the next 30 years.

    Meanwhile, Chet also pursued his favorite hobby: hand-crafting Almond Toffee . Experimenting in his basement at night and on weekends, Chet brewed up small batches of the confection as a gift for family and friends. By 1960, his Almond Toffee had begun to develop a reputation, and at the urging of family and friends, Chet founded Enstrom Candies.

    Chet and Vernie planned to make their new ” Candy Kitchen” a mom and pop operation, but the orders flooded in. Production grew to 1,000 pounds per year by 1965, when Chet sold the business to his son and daughter-in-law, Emil and Mary Enstrom.

    Under the direction of Emil and Mary, Enstrom Candies thrived. By 1979, production had reached over 65,000 pounds and Chet’s granddaughter, Jamee and her husband, Doug Simons joined the company. In 1993, Jamee and Doug purchased the business and continued building the company.

    Today, Enstrom Candies produces over a half-million pounds of Almond Toffee annually, all by hand in small batches of about 70 pounds each. Truly “World Famous,” this fresh dairy confection is shipped in one- to five-pound boxes to connoisseurs in all 50 states and hundreds of foreign countries.

    Enstrom Candies remains a family business. Jamee and Doug oversee operation of the ” Candy Kitchen” in Grand Junction , which includes a retail store. Chet’s grandson, Rick and his wife, Linda, manage the Denver retail outlets. This third generation of confectioners still operates with the philosophy begun by Chet over 60 years ago: that they’re just making a little almond toffee for a few of their friends.

    Comment by Barb — June 7, 2007 @ 8:08 pm

  70. Peggy’s site is getting there. :) Sure, I can add an human stressed out food section.

    I just got the email! http://www.homecookingpetfoodrecipes.com It says “Under construction” right now. I have some pages laid out but I have to look over how to get it uploaded. Hopefully it’ll use FTP in which case I’m set as that is one of those many things they taught me at that school of mine. LOL

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 7, 2007 @ 8:10 pm

  71. TC, oh what a fun idea - 6:45. I’ll look.

    Here’s another one: rough tongue slurp flavor (in honor of doggie kisses)

    Maple ice cream with crushed peppermint swirls with dollops of soft marshmallow cream inside and mocha - toffee topping.

    Comment by Linda — June 7, 2007 @ 8:12 pm

  72. oh, yea; first I wanted to get the email going so everyone can starting sending in their recipes. That’s not one of those many things they taught me at that school of mine. LOL

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 7, 2007 @ 8:13 pm

  73. Hey Peggy…a cute idea for your homepage banner would be kitchen counter with a couple of cats and dogs behind it w/ aprons on mixing up their favorite meal. Ingredients list hanging on the wall behind them…and a big sign saying “Absolutely NOT made in China.”

    Anybody here a graphic designer?

    Comment by Barb — June 7, 2007 @ 8:30 pm

  74. I like idea for the big sign. :) If you come up with a picture I’m sure I can work it in. (I’m not an artist, though.)

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 7, 2007 @ 8:44 pm

  75. Anybody here a graphic designer?

    Comment by Barb — June 7, 2007 @ 8:30 pm

    that would be me! and i have a kinda decent pic of my dear Alex (R.I.P.) stealing food as it’s coming out of the grinder. Wouldn’t be hard to get a decent one of one or more of current kitty crew ‘helping’ me prepare meals ;) but adding the dog in could get dodgie. I do know many illustrators that i might be able to track down for an image, or something more graphic could be done (which i can do on my own with more graphic pet images). Peggy, do a shout out if ya need anything! don’t currently have my site up, or i could direct to my straybaby bakin’ graphics i did for fundraising dog/kitty treats. (note to self: get site back up, deadline approaching!) but i can email you some of my past images/graphics that would relate.

    Comment by straybaby — June 7, 2007 @ 8:49 pm

  76. Hey Kat—Glad you had a chuckle, too … sometimes ‘jokes’ don’t translate so well on paper

    —Sandy

    Comment by Sandy — June 7, 2007 @ 9:23 pm

  77. Peggy, there was a very *very* funny post on here weeks ago with roll on the floor titles for pet food, Pidgeon Pie or some such.
    It was great and maybe the poster, if you can find the post and get permission would let you use it?

    If I can help let me know.

    Comment by E. Hamilton — June 7, 2007 @ 9:27 pm

  78. Kat comment 5:30 pm June 7th:

    Kat, I don’t know much about the scorpions and having so many of these deadly creatures dropping down from all places into all things and biting my pets is a little disconcerting to say the least.

    Is there a scorpion nest in your house? I did a little research on them and as an omen I think they point to self-sacrificing and sense you have so many of them you must be quite the “giver”.

    Maybe there’s something you can do that will draw them away from your house - and I sure hope one doesn’t bite you - they give me a creepy feeling and it seems a little dangerous too to have so many about.

    Comment by Linda — June 8, 2007 @ 6:34 am

  79. straybaby, I have the cat photos covered but I do need Dog Photos! If you would like to do a banner/title for me that would be awesome! 800px across and height not more than 250-300px, wanna use blue and green if you need color choices. (Blue is for healing and green is for growth.) But I don’t want to limit you either and I haven’t really done a lot color wise so just see what you come up with.

    E., if you would like to send some Dog Photos that would be great, too!! The Titles would be great but I kinda need Recipes to go with them. Oh but some recipes may not have names yet, so that would be great for those. E., do you know about getting some advertising and or doing marketing? I didn’t do as well in my e-commerce class and I could use some help getting the word out.

    Thanks for all the offers of help!!

    I have to get the email going, which is my first task today. (after checking for any recalls, new toxins etc, which is what I was doing here, lol)

    For today I need a puppy, an adult dog, a senior dog and a special dog, to get things fleshed out, (I’ve got the cat pics covered what with the big group I have and all)

    Then I can use any and all photos after that, cats too and other pets; I’ll manage to fit them in somehow. Can’t ever have to many pictures of cute pets. I’ll do the editing and stuff, don’t worry about that.

    Thanks again, everyone! Your support is awesome!! I’ll post the email shortly.

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 8, 2007 @ 7:33 am

  80. oh, like duh, I need the recipes, too…

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 8, 2007 @ 7:42 am

  81. Peggy (and others):

    For Dogs:

    http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_b....._final.pdf

    Comment by The OTHER Pat — June 8, 2007 @ 7:46 am

  82. For Cats:

    http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_b....._final.pdf

    Comment by The OTHER Pat — June 8, 2007 @ 7:47 am

  83. Here we go, its: Pegnegimous at homecookingpetfoodrecipes dot com
    Eventually I’ll have one specifically for recipes, tips, and webmaster, but they already had this one set this up for me…I didn’t know that. I checked it and it works. So, we’re off to the races!!

    Ahhh, those are sweet, The OTHER Pat; Thanks!

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 8, 2007 @ 8:00 am

  84. I live in near Philadelphia and did a paper on ice cream history my senior year in high school.

    There are two basic types of ice cream:

    French style— with eggs

    Philadelphia style — no eggs

    No eggs is cheaper and keeps a bit better in the nasty humid weather we have here in the summer.

    Comment by Dorene — June 8, 2007 @ 8:05 am

  85. http://earthsave.org/newsletters/chocolate.htm

    Comment by The OTHER Pat — June 8, 2007 @ 8:10 am

  86. Peggy, can you post your e-mail as I have the cutest photo of my Mercy to send you - she’s a black and tan Doberman but I tried clicking on your name and of course - under construction. Thanks.

    Comment by Linda — June 8, 2007 @ 8:23 am

  87. Sorry Peggy - missed the e-mail will be posted shortly.

    Comment by Linda — June 8, 2007 @ 8:31 am

  88. Linda, It’s pegnegimous at homecookingpetfoodrecipes dot com
    You’ll have to smash it together, replacing the words for their symbols, thanks!

    Comment by Peggy (AKA: Big Fat Momma Cat) — June 8, 2007 @ 8:37 am

  89. “What’s next? Having to read milk cartons to make sure it’s really milk?”

    Don’t laugh. Several months ago I needed some heavy cream and went looking for same. I looked at a dozen brands across many stores but always found additives, etc. on the carton.

    I was knocked on my heels when one day I picked up a pint carton at a grocery and the contents read:

    CREAM

    (only that and nothing else)

    How innovative!

    Comment by Jay — June 8, 2007 @ 9:52 am

  90. So much talk about chocolate made me break my chocolate fast today—I bought a bar from whole foods that said organic—delish, so delish. Nothin’s goin’ to fit me if I keep this up.

    Thankful ice cream is not my thing ‘cause I get very sick when I eat it.

    Comment by Evelyn — June 8, 2007 @ 11:56 am

  91. Thanks Peggy - will search out the photo and send later on today or tonight. Borrowing a computer and internet access so I can’t send it right now.

    Comment by Linda — June 8, 2007 @ 11:59 am

  92. Still waiting for the e-mail telling me where Ghirardelli cocoa beans originate ummm…wonder what’s taking so long?

    Comment by Linda — June 8, 2007 @ 12:05 pm

  93. Peggy:

    I just dug through my saved emails & found the perfect pic for your new website. It’s adorable & will fit in perfectly. Hope you get it ok.

    Comment by JanC — June 9, 2007 @ 12:21 pm

  94. It seems like everything that contains GM products, is getting recalled ‘these days’. It wasn’t mentioned in this article, but I would never expect it to be! Remember all we leared re: GM during the pet food scandal? I took that to a whole new level, and really started researching it. I got pi$$ed enough to learn how to put a website up on the crap, and am listing those foods we found, too on it. CHOCOLATE - my dear friends - does indeed contain - Genetically Modified Chit in it. *HEAD SPINS* of course…not labeled… :(

    Comment by shelly — June 10, 2007 @ 8:08 am

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