Food For Thought...

 History has always fascinated  me. The History Channel has a show called The Food That Built America.

One episode (I think it was Season 1Episode 6) was really enlightening. It was the history of one of the world's most recognized products. Heinz Ketchup. So, it turns out a German American named Henry John Heinz invented Ketchup based on a Chinese tomato sauce called catsup. 

He made it to help cover up the taste of the meat that he and his family were eating. This was before the FDA, so meat was not great (boy, is that an understatement). If you want an eye opener about that, seriously, watch that episode. It will make you want to write a thank you letter to the FDA.

Henry Heinz is also the man who helped bring the problems of bad food to the government's attention. His competitors were selling so called "sauces" that had all kinds of crap in them that was not good for people to eat. It got so bad that he bought up the stock of the glass bottles that he used and sank them on a barge so his customers would not be fooled by inferior and likely deadly products.

Getting rid of the FDA (like has been thrown around) is not a good idea. You only have to watch that episode to see what would be in store for us if we do, and it's not good.

Isn't ironic that it's ketchup?