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Castoreum / Clean Eating

delicious_cocktail
delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
edited February 19 in Chit-Chat
I try to eat as clean as I can and I know I can't trust anything on food labels. But I was talking to a coworker today and they said that as long as I know what all the other ingredients are and can pronounce them it is health food.

But then they told me about naturally occurring castoreum, which is listed on a lot of natural products as "Other Natural Flavors". I found out that this is actually the secretion of a beaver, from glands near its rump. Wikipedia says that our consumption of this stuff is like 300 pounds per YEAR.

Anyway, I want to make sure I get it right - is it pronounced "cas-tore-eee-yum"?

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  • Derp_Diggler
    Derp_Diggler Posts: 1,456 Member
    Yup. It puts the "yum" in beaver *kitten*.
  • Tiernan1212
    Tiernan1212 Posts: 797 Member
    I don't know, are you sure it's not "case-tore-eee-yum?"

    It could be an important pronunciation error.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I found out that this is actually the secretion of a beaver, from glands near its rump.
    Hey at least they aren't stealing their babies' food.
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
    I found out that this is actually the secretion of a beaver, from glands near its rump.
    Hey at least they aren't stealing their babies' food.

    That's true. That's why I only eat raw milk. My dietary restriction list is getting unwieldy. But nothing is too good for my body. It's a temple.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    how exactly do they coax excretions from the *kitten* of a beaver?

    Is that a painful and invasive process, or one the animal does willingly?
  • George_Baileys_Ghost
    George_Baileys_Ghost Posts: 1,524 Member
    beaver.gif
  • homerjspartan
    homerjspartan Posts: 1,893 Member
    This is actually true. If you do not eat beaver correctly it can taste like *kitten*. You might want to scootch down a few inches.
  • raven_ous
    raven_ous Posts: 223
    Man I guess anybody with a speech impediment or reading difficulties are excluded from the exclusive clean eating beaver *kitten* secretion brunch I was planning...their mothers probably didn't eat clean whilst they were breast fed, so serves them right :devil: .
  • raven_ous
    raven_ous Posts: 223
    This is actually true. If you do not eat beaver correctly it can taste like *kitten*. You might want to scootch down a few inches.
    Up down, it really depends on how you approach the beaver.
  • Derp_Diggler
    Derp_Diggler Posts: 1,456 Member
    This is actually true. If you do not eat beaver correctly it can taste like *kitten*. You might want to scootch down a few inches.
    Up down, it really depends on how you approach the beaver.

    It's true. I find if I'm too straightforward in my approach it scares the beaver away. A little petting goes a long way when it comes to beavers.
  • Lilly_the_Hillbilly
    Lilly_the_Hillbilly Posts: 914 Member
    I can't handle this anymore. I'm going breatharian.
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    That is one hell of a tossed salad!
  • SPBROOKS68
    SPBROOKS68 Posts: 561 Member
    The annual industry consumption is very low, around 300 pounds

    Per Wikipedia
  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
    What if I am an exceptionally good reader? I can pronounce ALL the chemicals in my food. Is that still clean eating?
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