So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[LizzieMaine]

Wax paper with deli or butcher paper over it is the way to wrap a sandwich. Keeps the oil and grease from leaking out, and if it does leak out the paper soaks it up. And a piece of masking tape to keep the wrapper closed while you're carrying the sandwich out of the gas station.

 

[JimWagner]

Would that be aluminium foil ? ...you're not worried about Alzheimer's then !

Per the Alzheimer's Association:

"Reality: During the 1960s and 1970s, aluminum emerged as a possible suspect in Alzheimer’s. This suspicion led to concern about exposure to aluminum through everyday sources such as pots and pans, beverage cans, antacids and antiperspirants. Since then, studies have failed to confirm any role for aluminum in causing Alzheimer’s. Experts today focus on other areas of research, and few believe that everyday sources of aluminum pose any threat."

 

[Trenchfriend]

@LizzieMaine

Yes, baking-paper or sandwich-paper are still a good further option.

 

[Fading Fast]

Wax paper with deli or butcher paper over it is the way to wrap a sandwich. Keeps the oil and grease from leaking out, and if it does leak out the paper soaks it up. And a piece of masking tape to keep the wrapper closed while you're carrying the sandwich out of the gas station.

I'm a big fan of wax paper for sandwiches for the reasons you stated, plus I just like the feel. Aluminum foil feels uncomfortably metallic and anti-food, wax paper, while (of course) not edible feels harmonious to the sandwich. Also, aluminum foil does't always unfold nicely, so it can fail as a plate for your sandwich; however, you can unwrap and use the wax paper as a plate - you then pour your potato chips onto the paper and you are good to go.

 

[2jakes]

I'm a big fan of wax paper for sandwiches for the reasons you stated, plus I just like the feel. Aluminum foil feels uncomfortably metallic and anti-food, wax paper, while (of course) not edible feels harmonious to the sandwich. Also, aluminum foil does't always unfold nicely, so it can fail as a plate for your sandwich; however, you can unwrap and use the wax paper as a plate - you then pour your potato chips onto the paper and you are good to go.

Sometimes it’s a little frustrating reading your comments which I always enjoy.

I keep glancing at your avatar... darn it !




Cheers !

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Per the Alzheimer's Association:

"Reality: During the 1960s and 1970s, aluminum emerged as a possible suspect in Alzheimer’s. This suspicion led to concern about exposure to aluminum through everyday sources such as pots and pans, beverage cans, antacids and antiperspirants. Since then, studies have failed to confirm any role for aluminum in causing Alzheimer’s. Experts today focus on other areas of research, and few believe that everyday sources of aluminum pose any threat."

Aluminium is everywhere nowadays, in both that which are common knowledge such as cooking untentils, antiperspirants, food packaging etc. & the 'hidden' aluminium in a lot of things that few people know about, it's used as an anti caking agent in table salt, as a rising agent in industrial cakes, bread & biscuits, it can be found in cosmetics & toothpaste, it is in vaccins & in some food colorants.
It is well known that aluminium is fixed in brain tissue & that the high doses many of us are contaminated with during our lives, often without even knowing about it, may have some bearing on the ever increasing numbers of both Alzheimer's & non Alzheimer's dementia that we are seeing today.

 

[Trenchfriend]

The newer discussion on aluminium and (Alzheimer)dementia came up in Europe, around 2004 on this popular study from italy, I remember. They proved the remains of alu in the cerebral-cortex, but it's not proven, that mainly the alu starts the bad diseases.

 

[tonyb]

What's the rule of thumb?

I've never been in the restaurant business, but I recall a friend who for many years ran a successful pizza joint telling me that the cost of food was roughly 25 percent of his total costs. So, figure he had to see roughly four times the cost of the food itself before he made a dime. I never asked just how profitable the business was, and he never volunteered the information, but judging by all outward indications (house, cars, boats, well-dressed kids, etc.), he did okay.

 

[Fading Fast]

Sometimes it’s a little frustrating reading your comments which I always enjoy.

I keep glancing at your avatar... darn it !




Cheers !

It was a perfect pizza moment: Me - hungry, one of my favorite "grab a slice or two" pizzerias only blocks away, walked in, ordered a slice and a fountain soda, sat down, looked at it, snapped a picture and then had a wonderful, hot, cheesy, thin crust slice that hit the spot.

Life has its moments - and the perfect pizza moment is one of those that keeps me going.

Hence, the avatar.

Sorry it distracts, but it came from a good place.

 

[2jakes]

Life has its moments - and the perfect pizza moment is one of those that keeps me going.
Sorry it distracts, but it came from a good place.

I have no doubt it was delicious !
It’s been years since I’ve tasted a really good slice of NYC pizza.

Really miss it !

 

[swanson_eyes]

I've read that dementia is basically diabetes of the brain. I don't remember the mechanism, but maybe it has something to do with the damage excessive glucose does to all tissues of the body or something like that. I wish I could cite it but I don't remember where I heard it. At any rate, any risk I have comes from too many brain injuries. They were mild, but there has to be a cumulative effect. I guess aluminum pales as a threat in my view.

 

[LizzieMaine]

There were those as far back as the twenties who believed aluminum cookware to be a health hazard. A dentist from Toledo by the name of Charles Betts published a booklet in 1926 which laid out a whole range of claims about the dangers of aluminum poisoning resulting from chemical reactions between the metal and the foods prepared in the utensils. Betts' crusade attracted attention from various health-food activists in the thirties, notably the herbalist Jethro Kloss, who expanded on Betts' arguments in his book "Back To Eden" in 1939.

Several religious groups in the thirties, notably the Seventh Day Adventists and the Jehovah's Witnesses, took up the anti-aluminum crusade as well, urging their followers to avoid aluminum cookware, and between the religious opponents and the health-food crusaders, the aluminum industry found itself on the receiving end of quite a bit of bad press. Although the crusade against aluminum tapered off during the postwar era, there were still many people who remembered the arguments against it and made a point of avoiding aluminum cookware even though they might not have fully understood what, exactly, they were worried about.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Although the crusade against aluminum tapered off during the postwar era, there were still many people who remembered the arguments against it and made a point of avoiding aluminum cookware even though they might not have fully understood what, exactly, they were worried about.

You mean "fear" and "ignorance" are not modern inventions?

 

[2jakes]

You mean "fear" and "ignorance" are not modern inventions?

Seems to me, I recall reading a book about some dude coming down from a mountain or something.
Carrying some tablets .
It’s was a long time ago.
So probably it’s been around for some time.

 

[GHT]

My standard is very simple -- if a place has tablecloths, it's not for me.

And if a place that does not have starched napkins, a minimum three course setting and silver cutlery, is not for me.

 

[2jakes]

All of the above ...plus.... if you have to wait forever to be served & the waiter asks if everything is fine.

But if the waiter asks this question while you have a mouthful of food.

Then it’s not top AAA high-class standard & is not for me.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I'm satisfied if the waitress brings the check when she notices I'm reading the last section of my newspaper.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Seems to me, I recall reading a book about some dude coming down from a mountain or something.
Carrying some tablets .
It’s was a long time ago.
So probably it’s been around for some time.

People certainly didn't learn the lesson he was trying to teach them -- the Cult of the Golden Calf is stronger than ever.

 

[Trenchfriend]

I've read that dementia is basically diabetes of the brain. I don't remember the mechanism, but maybe it has something to do with the damage excessive glucose does to all tissues of the body or something like that.

That's, what the nursing personnel arguments here, too. They say, that the people with dementia are almost always diabetics. But, medicine has not proven it, finally.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

You mean "fear" and "ignorance" are not modern inventions?

Denial has been around quite a while too. .....as with most potential health risks, they don't exist until they touch us personally.
In the absence of concrete proof either way, is it not wiser to err on the side of caution ? without being fanatical about it of course, though I would have thought it was common sense to reduce the ingestion of toxic metal nanoparticles, as much as possible.