tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348372166399221796.post4367744432310017361..comments2013-10-30T03:05:28.516-04:00Comments on Penny Pinching Epicure: The Penny Pincher's DilemmaRKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544701412960173149noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348372166399221796.post-61303699650431020512009-11-29T15:01:18.564-05:002009-11-29T15:01:18.564-05:00I have a nit to pick with the term "organic.&...I have a nit to pick with the term "organic." When I was in school, back in the paleolithic era, "organic" was a chemistry term meaning "contains carbon" - thus inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry were two separate areas of study.<br /><br />The modern foodies/naturalists have taken a perfectly descriptive term and have used it to mean something qualitatively different than its technical meaning (i.e. if I used cyanide as a pesticide that would qualify as organic under the chemical term but not under the food-labeling term).<br /><br />The second and fourth terms represent something I see as a commendable virtue, while the third should not apply to anything purchased in a store (because the logic that lets a commercial product be characterized as "home-grown" could apply to pretty much anything - after all, even the biggest commercial farms have people who live on them...)<br /><br />In any case, I wouldn't see this as a good person / bad person divide: when you have discretionary income, preferentially select those items which fit your ideology. Until then, the choice is out of your hands, and you have to do what you need to do to live.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491386537225283381noreply@blogger.com