Egg rolls for sale on the drag? (Austin, Littlefield: to rent, co-op)

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

HFCS is sugar. Concentrated, but sugar.

MSG occurs naturally in many foods - most notably tomatoes and cheese. Not as concentrated as the drag eggrolls, but same thing.

Nothing inherently bad about either, except the quantity we consume....

Sugar, especially refined sugar, is bad enough...HFCS has no redeeming qualities other than saving SOMEone money and effort(shelf life considerations). Cranking up the fructose is a bit like overdosing on "sugar", something we Americans are already doing in phenomenal numbers.

MSG isn't just a flavor enhancer, it IS a flavor...personally, I'd rather taste the food, no SO much the condiments. Ever watched a kid(or many adults) eat French fries and match the amount of potato with an equal amount of ketchup? Yikes!

Yes, it's pretty much a matter of scale/proportion; but I doubt the eggroll vendors gave a second thought to the amount of MSG they dumped into the food, as long as it sold well.

I'm no zealot when it comes to healthy eating; but some companies just don't get it. I'll lump Blue Bell in there and after you read the list of ingredients in most of their ice cream, you might even agree...

Ingredients: Milk, cream, skim milk, sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, whey, buttermilk, natural and artificial flavor, cellulose gum, vegetable gums (guar, carrageenan, carob bean), soy mono- and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, xanthan gum, annatto color.


Just an example of a company who had a chance(not of their choosing, I reckon) to do a little better; but decided to save a few bucks.

And before anyone says it, NO...no one is forcing us to eat crummy food.

[Trainwreck20]

All true .

But for 99% of the population (or more), 'excess' MSG has no effect. Excess sugar or HFCS has a very negative effect. So MSG is basically a taste preference.

[Rock Climber]

I had forgotten about those egg rolls!

[eirenecat]

I had forgotten about Les Amis! I loved that place. Also loved the record store that was in that same building next to it--was that Sound Exchange? I got my hair dyed an unnatural color for the first time at the salon upstairs there, too--Fresh Hair.

[A-Tex]

Originally Posted by eirenecat

I had forgotten about Les Amis! I loved that place. Also loved the record store that was in that same building next to it--was that Sound Exchange? I got my hair dyed an unnatural color for the first time at the salon upstairs there, too--Fresh Hair.

I think that was Inner Sanctum. I think Sound Exchange was further down on the drag?

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by A-Tex

I think that was Inner Sanctum. I think Sound Exchange was further down on the drag?

Yep, Inner Sanctum. It was there before Sound Exchange opened on the Drag. I STILL miss Les Amis.

[atxcio]

Yeah, definitely Inner Sanctum Records. I used to love that place. Besides Inner Sanctum and the salon, there was a pipe store in that little building (not so much a head shop as a real pipe store IIRC.) These were really tiny stores. And Les Amis next door...

Sound exchange was at the corner of 21st and Guadalupe, where the Daniel Johnston mural is. I think it’s a Thai food place now.

For a least a little while I was there, we had Sound Exchange, Tower Records, and Inner Sanctum all right there along a few blocks on/by the drag. Not to mention Quakenbush’s. Plus Einstein’s and LeFun arcades... open til like 4am if I remember right. Fond memories.

[earthisle]

Those vendors were there in the early 2000s and they also had good sausage rolls

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

I was not referring to a restaurant. The egg rolls I remember were sold out of carts on the sidewalk. Very low overhead.

But the City of Austin needs to protect you from bad food. You don't know what's best for you but The City does.

[Kthnry]

Originally Posted by earthisle

Those vendors were there in the early 2000s and they also had good sausage rolls

I haven't been to Austin in 20 years but I still have fond memories of sausage rolls in puff pastry with carraway seeds from Swedish Hill bakery. I'd love to get my hands on one of those right now. And wash it down with an egg roll from a cart.

I wonder if the egg roll carts were in business in the 1960's. I'm going to a big-screen presentation of Tower tomorrow night (the animated documentary about the tower shootings). I already saw it once - will have to pay attention and watch for the carts this time.