Other - Food & Drink - September 2006

ASPARTAME: It’s the world’s best ant poison



Those nice people who produce aspartame, the sweetener in diet drinks, have taken quite a hammering of late. So it's great to be able to report on a practical application of the sweetener that puts it in a more positive light.

According to Jan Jenson of Mooresville, North Carolina, it's the world's greatest ant poison. "It works better than the most deadly poisons I have tried. Any time those ants show up again, I simply dump another package of NutraSweet in a corner, and they will be gone for a year or so again," she reports.

She made the discovery after carpenter ants, which were resistant to even the deadliest ant poisons such as Orkin, plagued her home. At her wit's end, she remembered reading that aspartame had first been developed as an ant poison until the manufacturer discovered its more lucrative role as a sweetener. She bought two packets of NutraSweet, put one in a corner of her two bathrooms, and she didn't see another ant for nearly a year.

As with any poison, Jan recommends that you wear gloves and wash your skin afterwards should you come into direct contact with the poison. Of course, you must avoid swallowing it (oh, yes, of course, you are supposed to swallow it).

(Source: Idaho Observer, 1 July 2006).

2006-09-29 07:32:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-29 07:26:24 · 21 answers · asked by dan_198660120 3

Surely having a normal tin and using a standard tin opener would save thousands of pounds for the NHS each year. Or even just stop producing it as it is minging

2006-09-29 07:15:03 · 22 answers · asked by carlos 1

I just don't trust them. What makes them so special? Whenever I shop for food, I avoid the organic stuff, thinking it's gonna mess my body up.

2006-09-29 07:11:15 · 3 answers · asked by Redeemer 5

2006-09-29 06:49:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-29 06:48:16 · 18 answers · asked by OOM 1

Does anyone else love the Coconut Shrimp with the pineapple sauce as much as I do? That stuff is just to die for!!!!

2006-09-29 06:39:20 · 13 answers · asked by rnash0305 2

Do you like pizza? If so whats your favirote kind?

2006-09-29 06:36:47 · 28 answers · asked by Blondie 1

You can at least say THANK YOU. Why should the customer say thank you and get this response back >>> YEP......

Must be how they are raised.

2006-09-29 06:34:18 · 28 answers · asked by DrSavage 1

Im full of cold & feeling very sorry for myself. Anyway im just about to have some chicken soup, that usually does the trick, what comfort foods work for you when you're ill?

2006-09-29 06:17:45 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont know but if I dont have it everyday I go nuts!

2006-09-29 06:02:26 · 31 answers · asked by Pinky 5

where i work the other employees don't clean. they leave food sitting out all night and serve it the next day. they have clogged up drains that have filthy water sitting in them. i have reported things that need to be fixed and have not for months. i have told manager about these things but recieve no comment back. the employees are not properly trained and these are serious health dep't violations that they know about, and continue to do. should i call the health dep't? the things the health dep't will see are all behind the scenes though, and they will know i called.

2006-09-29 05:58:25 · 4 answers · asked by lidakamo 4

2006-09-29 05:52:01 · 7 answers · asked by Tyler Durdan 2

why must people do that??

2006-09-29 05:47:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

why must people do that??

2006-09-29 05:47:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

What's Your Fav Kind of Pizza? Mine is Cheese Pizza.

2006-09-29 05:46:45 · 33 answers · asked by balletgirl 1

2006-09-29 05:43:53 · 6 answers · asked by Trevor G 1

FACT:They are all potatoes cut then fried. Now since everone has a fav. of the four; does that mean we can taste how they were cut?

2006-09-29 05:42:29 · 17 answers · asked by weatherman28us 1

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i'm a grandmother looking after my 14mth grandson sometimes i'm at a loss , what to make him

2006-09-29 05:10:22 · 8 answers · asked by glasgow girl 6

When I was a kid there was always a constant rumour that Mcdonalds put special additives in the salt that used on their fries to make them more addictive. Any truth to this?

2006-09-29 05:06:27 · 12 answers · asked by scuba_steve 3

2006-09-29 05:01:53 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will there be smuggled boxes of fries and mcnuggets coming in?

The police arrest you and give you a cholesterol test.

Will it give rise to mob bosses like; Al Cazone, Joey the deep frier, Pauly the cook, and The Crisco Kid.

2006-09-29 04:41:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just read on Burger King's box that Thomas Jefferson introduced vanilla beans to America. Why did I go to school when all I had to do was eat Burger King all the time. I could earn a bachelor's just by eating french fries.

2006-09-29 04:35:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

We're divided here. Bacon in a burger, definately good, no question (please, no bacon-related posts here). But Egg? I think it is - bacon and egg together, definately a good combo even in a burger. But the yolk should be hard in a burger, not runny like in a fried egg sandwich. Your thoughts, community?

2006-09-29 04:29:53 · 47 answers · asked by SamuelBailey 1

2006-09-29 04:26:01 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-29 04:14:27 · 36 answers · asked by iamrawrness. 2

Have a date tonight, and my boyfriend is teasing me because I'm such a curry light-weight. Want something a bit stronger, but not so hot I'll collapse!

2006-09-29 04:12:18 · 22 answers · asked by jowigley 2