On Sun, 1 Jun 1997, Ken Cook wrote:

> Wendy's puts whey in their buns? dang... no wonder I feel so lousy after
> eating there now... have to go back to small chili and potato...

Yep...I notied that on a flyer type thing on the tables the last time I
ate Wendy's.  I'm not sure why it went just to me, but I got a reply from
someone else on the list saying McDonalds small hamburgers and buns and
fries are "safe" but that the bigger buns (deluxe?) do have whey.  I
stopped trusting McD's when I noticed the ingredient list on the wall in
many McD's listed whey as a possible ingredient in the buns.  I'll have to
check the local McD's for ingredients in the little buns, and maybe start
eating there occasionally.  If only there were a nearby sushi bar....

> Was out Memorial day weekend. A "farmer's market" type grocery store was
> grilling hamburgers. Had one. I am still suffering the after-effects of
> that one. Didn't realize till later that the buns they used (made fresh
> in their store) had milk in them.... *sigh* and I am usually so

You've gotta ask about those things.  I generally assume all breads of
unknown origin have dairy in them...many do.  If I can't get someone to
tell me there is no dairy, I don't eat it.  The only exceptions are
generally "real" french bread and rye bread...but there are no guarantees,
so it's best to try to get someone to read or show you the ingredient
list.

Back when I was in college on the meal plan, I would frequently get sick
and catch "mystery virus's" that the health center could not diagnose or
treat.  For a few days, they thought I might have leukemia...and did lots
of blood tests.  It turned out that even though arrangements had been made
with the cafeteria, and I used to go in the back of the kitchen to either
get a list of safe foods or find out what was safe for that meal, I was
frequently either lied to or given misinformation and was being slowly
poisoned with small amounts of dairy.  This is probably one of the major
contributors to my belief that people in food service frequently tend to
either be too dim or uncaring to be trusted when it comes to finding out
if foods have dairy.  Dairy, if consumed over time, lowers my white blood
count considerably such that I catch things normal people don't.  When my
girlfriend (now wife) talked me into getting off the meal plan, we started
cooking for ourselves in the dorm, and I got healthier and even put on
some weight.

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