News and Observation" What's in a Name?-- Is It Candy or Food?

Some items in the news and comment.


1. WHAT'S IN A NAME?-- The August 2nd Chicago Tribune ran a list of how the seafood industry has been trying to "dress up" the names of sea critters to be more appealing to eaters. First is the original name, then the new name:

Patagarian toothfish-- Chilean Sea Bass
Goosefish-- Monkfish
Slimehead-- Orange roughy
Rock Crab-- Peekytoe crab

Great story with some of Liz's mom's old friends. Once at a restaurant, one looked at the menu and said he wanted some of that orange rugby fish.

Slimehead, anyone?


2. IS IT CANDY OR FOOD?-- Illinois has an array of new taxes taking effect September 1st, including paying full taxes on candy (instead of the reduced food tax). That means 10 and a quarter percent in Chicago (11% in the Loop). The August 2nd Chicago Tribune had an graphic about what is considered food and what is candy. makes you wonder.

he law says any sweet with flour in it is considered food. Without flour, it's candy.

Item, then what it's considered under the new taxes.

1. O-Ke-Doke cheese popcorn
2. Cracker Jack
3. Butterfinger Stixx
4. Good & Plenty
5. Snickers
6. Whoppers malted milk balls
7. Hershey's Milk Chocolate
8. Twix
9. Kit Kat
10. Pecan roll
11. 3 Musketeers
12. Twizzlers
13. Goetze's caramel creams
14. Chocolate-covered peanuts
15. Chocolate-covered pretzels
16. Yogurt-covered raisins
17. Butterfinger

ANSWERS

1. food
2. candy
3. food
4. food
5. candy
6. food
7. candy
8. food
9. food
10. food
11. candy
12. food
13. food
14. candy
15. food
16. candy
17. food

Who'd have figured? Back when I was teaching, the food service in the cafeteria once classified catsup/kethup as a veregtable. Oh, well.

Chicago and Illinois Is as Chicago and Illinois Does. --RoadDog