Broccoli can do no wrong
Published 11:18 pm Monday, November 17, 2008
By Katie Mayer, Herald staff
Put down the burnt toast: A chemical that forms in some foods during cooking at high temperatures may be harmful. Sources include french fries, potato chips, pastries and coffee. Just once we’d like someone to discover something incriminating about Brussels sprouts.
Before food scientists conclude that the only safe things to eat are celery and rutabagas, we’d like to suggest a couple things to distract them from their research:
Follow the exploits of spacecraft on Mars. More than 40,000 people have been getting updates on the recently deceased Mars Phoenix lander using social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Instead of thinking about the fat content of Earthlings’ doughnuts, the scientists could contemplate whether the chemical composition of Martian soil could support lush fields full of broccoli.
Watch the Apple Cup on Saturday. The name ought to appeal to food researchers, even if the matchup between the 0-10 Huskies and the 1-10 Cougars makes other people a little disgusted. As a bonus, maybe the scientists can figure out how much spinach it would take during the offseason to make either team respectable again.
