CULINARY QUIZ

Okay, you culinary experts:  what do you think a cook is about to make when she mixes baking soda and corn starch?  Think about it.  Time's up!  Those are the total ingredients of modern body powder. In bygone eras, manufacturers ground up talc.  Surely you've heard of talcum powder.  It got it's name because it is made of talc.

Talc is a clay mineral mainly composed of magnesium silicate - sort of a soft sand found in soapstone.  Well, it's not used to make body powder any more.  Some lawyers are running around convincing juries that the talc caused the cancer some ladies have.  They think it may be a cause of ovarian cancer.  Of course, the talc people should have known that.

Brilliant!  There's no adult alive that hasn't had talcum powder dusted on her bottom.   I'm sure we used it on our girls.  The closest link they really have is that if you breath talc laced with asbestos, you could get lung cancer.  Doh!  That talc does sound bad.

Lawyers are like wives - you can't live with them and you can't live without them.   Lawyers create their own business under the guise of helping others.  It's despicable.
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