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Post by maya55555 on Jul 22, 2018 20:49:39 GMT
It seems that we have learned nothing from their imports.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jul 22, 2018 22:22:29 GMT
Well, I never bought cat food produced in China and never bought anything for human consumption from China - and many other countries. I'm one of those anal people who read the fine print on packages for place of origin. I do buy other products made in China, i.e. batteries , cheap house slippers, decorations etc.
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Post by maya55555 on Jul 23, 2018 3:52:15 GMT
How did my five cats pickup a tropical water born disease from a prescription diet? I bought it from the Vet.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jul 23, 2018 8:49:39 GMT
How did my five cats pickup a tropical water born disease from a prescription diet? I bought it from the Vet.
I don't know, what was the brand? Perhaps there was a recall you were not aware of. I don't buy prescription diets for my cats, they are fussy eaters and will only eat Solid Gold and Fancy Feast dry food and Fancy Feast wet food and some of the treats by Friskies. Did you adopt some more cats? I remember from the old boards that most of you cats had passed away. I moved here with one cat swearing that because of my age I wouldn't adopt any more, I now have 6 cats ("never say never").
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Post by maya55555 on Jul 23, 2018 17:59:47 GMT
wickedkittiesmom:
It was either Hills Science Diet or Royal Canin, for UTI. I honestly do not remember.
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Post by divtal on Jul 23, 2018 18:56:28 GMT
I buy my garlic at the farmers' markets, or at my nearby "indie," produce stores, which buy from local farm distributors. Gilroy, CA., is fairly close, and they sell their garlic to those distributors.
The hint about the heavily trimmed root, is good to know.
Last year, I took a seminar in "farmers' market buying." About the only thing that I learned, which wasn't basic common sense, is that the freshest garlic has some purple streaks on the outside of the head. I had thought that the purple indicated a different strain of garlic. Now, I look for a little purple. If the garlic that comes from China is bleached, that might be another helpful hint.
The video showed mesh bags of bulbs, with commercial labels. I use a lot of garlic, but I would never buy it it in-bulk, in a bag. I want to pick the heads that I want, out of the bin. I also feel that way about potatoes, onions etc..
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Post by mmexis on Jul 24, 2018 5:18:41 GMT
I've also read somewhere that Chinese garlic may be grown in human waste - hence the bleaching. I find that Chinese garlic also gets crappy real fast and sprouts little bugs. Nope, haven't bought that stuff for about 5 years now. I try to buy Ontario garlic when possible, or California. The cloves have purple on them, the skins are hard to take off and they last forever. I have also GROWN my own garlic from bulbs that I buy from the farmer's market. Very easy to grow. Plant in the fall like you do tulips. Just remember not to pull them out in the spring thinking that they are weeds. They are usually one of the first plants to sprout in the spring. If you want to grow your own, a garlic farmer told me that the size of the bulb you get is dependent on the size of the clove you plant. Big clove, big bulb. Also, plant between rosebushes if you have any. The two are symbiotic growing partners. Garlic keeps aphids away.  |
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