New York: ready to help you in spite of yourself

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  1. I’m not defending the NY law, but one should acknowledge the reasoning behind it: with trans-fat cooking oils in such wide use, telling consumers to make their choices isn’t really a solution – there aren’t choices in many cases, and it’s hard to find out what a lot of food has been cooked in.

  2. I wish they allowed enough discretion for those restaurants that believe their food tastes better with different fats. Perhaps they could simply impose a fat tax that made the safer fats less expensive while allowing individual choice.
    A taste test only a few years ago concluded that french fries tasted best made in Horse Fat.

  3. One thing about NYC is the current mayor – who it appears is a real health nut.
    When all is said and done, though, the Feds may have the last word, and the courts may go all activist on NYC and put a stop to this nonsense – all it will take is a bit of creative application of the “Interstate Commerce clause”…
    ~EdT.

  4. I so hope that if/when this is ever enforced, that the restaurants prepare special meals for Hizzoner and the City Council members – with all the fried foods cooked with Olestra. I can’t wait to hear Jay Leno’s next round of “leakage” jokes…
    ~EdT.

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