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Super Target individually wraps EVERYTHING. I've stopped buying my veggies there because of it. I hated feeling guilty everytime I bought my individually wrapped bell pepper.

@mhgatti: I'm with you. It's old.

Very interesting. I live near Theodore so I will be checking this out soon.

I'm in grad school now, and the subject of cloned animals came up in a lecture. Here's what I got: Cloned mammals are different from plants, b/c they undergo genomic imprinting during gametogenesis. This is a step in development when some genes from the mother/father are turned off in the embryo. Without it you get certain defects (in humans you can get Prader-Wili or Angelman's Syndrome b/c of this). So cloned animals don't go through gametogenesis, meaning their DNA is the same but regulation of how they develop is not normal. You end up with animals that are not identical to the cloned parent. Most of the cloned eggs die, those that live have extreme obesity, breathing difficulties, depressed metabolism, and birth defects. I think purposely creating animals that you know are going to be really screwed up is just wrong. I also don't understand how this can be profitable if most of them will die when implanted. I definately won't be eating it.

If no one's around to bug me about it i'll eat anything with my fingers.

The best fried pickles i've had come from Muddy River BBQ in Portsmouth, NH! They use a beer batter that's amazing, the pickles have a nice sour taste and they serve them with a delicious spicy dipping sauce, YUM!
they also have a Muddy River BBQ in Maine as well for all you north east vacationers and foodies!

does anyone else find it strange that they are all priced differently...?

Morrisons also shrinkwraps bell peppers and broccoli. And avocadoes.

I can't find it right now, but I've seen a photo of individually wrapped peanuts from Japan. I hope those trays are biodegradable.

prepackaged produce is the number one reason i DO NOT shop at trader joe's!!!! ridiculous.