Guest guest Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 I found this on a website as i was searching cream of tartar and quitting smoking: " CAUTION: DO NOT use cream of tartar off of the grocers shelf!! It has been irradiated and is ineffective!! " Any thoughts on this? Kerry PurrfectPurr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Yes Kerry I have a thought.....NOT all spices are irradiated in the grocery stores. Since most of us have cell phones I would suggest that when you find the cream of tarter, look on the back of the can for the company name & number & call them while standing in the grocery store & check. I did so with cinnamon & the company told me "no & that is was way to expensive to irradiate cinnamon & what was the point of doing so?" There is also a symbol that is required on radiated food packaging. If it is sold in bulk they are supposed to put a little sign next to the bin. It is a flower with 2 leaves with a circle around it, the bottom of the cirlce it solid & the top of it is broken. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/irradiation/index.cfm?parent=3 You can see it for your self about half way down the page. Cindy herbal remedies , PurrfectPurr <purrfectpurr31 wrote: I found this on a website as i was searching cream of tartar and quitting smoking: "CAUTION: DO NOT use cream of tartar off of the grocers shelf!! It has been irradiated and is ineffective!!" Any thoughts on this? Kerry PurrfectPurr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Oh I'm soo sorry I must have offended all the critical people of the world. You dont trust it? But you would trust chewing gum or putting a patch on that HAS MORE nicotine in it and its probabaly not even going to work in the first place and you spend about 300 just for it. If you don't like the idea, then why are you on the list if you want to be such a critic about things? How can Cream of Tartar hurt you? Be reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 So the Cream Of Tartar at the grocers should be just fine. Thats good to know! Thanks! Kerry --- Cindy <abigpurplediamond wrote: > > Yes Kerry I have a thought.....NOT all spices are > irradiated in the > grocery stores. Since most of us have cell phones I > would suggest that > when you find the cream of tarter, look on the back > of the can for the > company name & number & call them while standing in > the grocery store & > check. I did so with cinnamon & the company told me > " no & that is was > way to expensive to irradiate cinnamon & what was > the point of doing > so? " There is also a symbol that is required on > radiated food packaging. > If it is sold in bulk they are supposed to put a > little sign next to the > bin. It is a flower with 2 leaves with a circle > around it, the bottom > of the cirlce it solid & the top of it is broken. > http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/irradiation/index.cfm?parent\ > =3 > <http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/irradiation/index.cfm?paren\ > t=3> You can see it for your self about half way > down the page. > > Cindy > > > herbal remedies , PurrfectPurr > <purrfectpurr31 wrote: > > I found this on a website as i was searching cream > of > tartar and quitting smoking: > > " CAUTION: DO NOT use cream of tartar off of the > grocers shelf!! It has been irradiated and is > ineffective!! " > > Any thoughts on this? > > Kerry > > PurrfectPurr > > > > > PurrfectPurr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I used to make grape jelly when I was in my 20's and I used to throw it out when it crystallized. Stupid me. I did not know that was cream of tartar. Anyway, , I quit smoking about 10 years ago, used an herbal remedy I made with lobelia, spearment, and a few others which I would have to look up in my recipes collection. It took 7 hellish days but on the 8th I never thought of another cig. What I learned was this. No one really " wants " to quit, it is psycologically fulfilling. Quitting is like going on a diet, it is a commitment to endure pain for a period of time in order to be able to breath, run, taste, and smell like you haven't for a long time. The pain is unbearable, but won't kill you. The addiction is not only from the nicotine, but the ammonia that is sprayed on the tobacco to make it more addicting. At the time, I could not blow a candle out three feet in front of me, I wheezed all the time, & I smoked 3 packs a day of home rolled filterless tobacco. I still love the smell of smoke upwind, but I have absolutely no desire to stick one in my mouth. That was an accomplishment, Now if I could only loose weight. Bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 I beleive this is directed to me?? I have been killing myself smoking for 15 years, to question cream of tartar is pretty silly, but so far my digestive tract is just fine. --- TANUKIE wrote: > Oh I'm soo sorry I must have offended all the > critical people of the world. > You dont trust it? But you would trust chewing gum > or putting a patch on > that HAS MORE nicotine in it and its probabaly not > even going to work in the > first place and you spend about 300 just for it. If > you don't like the idea, > then why are you on the list if you want to be such > a critic about things? How > can Cream of Tartar hurt you? Be reasonable. > PurrfectPurr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 I'd love to get the herbal recipe, if you can find it... )I'm working on a very strategic and heads on cleanse in one month, including the elimination of smoking (Been smoking 1-2 packs a day for 18 years already... wow has it really been that long?!?) which I am hoping will also lead to a permenant diet change... I'm skeptical about the cream of tartar, just because it just doesn't seem like enough, since it's been so many years and I've already tried everything before now. I HAVE to do it this time, though, because of serioous health issues at too young of an age. Anyway, if you can dig it up, I would adore the effort in helping me conquer such an evil!!! )Love and Blessings,~Raavenridgerunrbunny <ridgerunrbunny wrote: I used to make grape jelly when I was in my 20's and I used to throw it out when it crystallized. Stupid me. I did not know that was cream of tartar. Anyway, , I quit smoking about 10 years ago, used an herbal remedy I made with lobelia, spearment, and a few others which I would have to look up in my recipes collection. It took 7 hellish days but on the 8th I never thought of another cig. What I learned was this. No one really "wants" to quit, it is psycologically fulfilling. Quitting is like going on a diet, it is a commitment to endure pain for a period of time in order to be able to breath, run, taste, and smell like you haven't for a long time. The pain is unbearable, but won't kill you. The addiction is not only from the nicotine, but the ammonia that is sprayed on the tobacco to make it more addicting. At the time, I could not blow a candle out three feet in front of me, I wheezed all the time, & I smoked 3 packs a day of home rolled filterless tobacco. I still love the smell of smoke upwind, but I have absolutely no desire to stick one in my mouth. That was an accomplishment, Now if I could only loose weight. Bunny *Raaven* )Love Always To All Living~e j lanierArtist and Believer*Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.*~ A. Einstein Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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