Subject: Re: Jays and Nutcrackers
Date: Sep 27 14:25:47 1995
From: "Lisa M. Smith" - subplot at u.washington.edu
Here's an excerpt from what Burton Guttman wrote on Wed, 27 Sep 1995:
> chestnuts?], which may be rich in oils, which may be deposited in fatty
> tissue. But let's remember that fats are made largely from
> carbohydrates; we all get fat from eating too many pastries and candies
> and the like without enough exercise. So do these birds especially go
> for foods rich in oils or foods rich in carbohydrates . . . or is there a
> difference between Gray and Steller's?
Hmmmm, I'm a little confused as to your meaning here, Burt. Fats made
from carbohydrates? Those pastries and candies that make so many of us
fat do so not because they're carbohydrate rich, but because they're
loaded with fats, like butter and cocoa butter and palm kernel oil and
almonds...
---Lisa, who has a weakness for milk chocolate coconut haystacks
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Lisa M. Smith, Seattle WA <subplot at u.washington.edu>