Notice how people are always quick to be suspicious of Chinese food but we don't see the same treatment of all the various "normal" products people regularly consume that contain red dye 3 (like pez, strawberry milk, etc.).
ETA (Edited to Add): see Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, for example:
The controversy about MSG is tied to racial stereotypes against East Asian societies.[25][26][27][28][29] Herein, specifically East Asian cuisine was targeted, whereas the widespread usage of MSG in Western processed food does not generate the same stigma.[30] These kind of perceptions, such as the rhetoric of the so-called Chinese restaurant syndrome, have been attributed to xenophobic or racist biases.[31][32][33][34][35][36]
Food historian Ian Mosby wrote that fear of MSG in Chinese food is part of the United States' long history of viewing the "exotic" cuisine of Asia as dangerous and dirty.
For some reason the way the breading on these things looks weirds me out. They look like little newborn rodents or something... Makes me think of the "Poplers" episode of Futurama.
You just made it more appetizing to me by comparing them to popplers. Every time I watch that episode I wish I could enjoy a poppler at fishy joes.... They make it look so good.
Those came to my mind immediately, too!
Fox news: "ThE LiBeRaLs ArE tAkInG yOuR PsYcHo ReD SaUcE!"
"Fight the liberals oppression, take PCP!"
All hail red 40!
Sounds legit.
There is actual evidence of some dyes causing behavioral issues in some children.
Heh, I was first laughing, but looks like it indeed caused behavioral problems for some kids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrosine#United_States
Yeah, although sweet-and-sour sauce in the US typically has E129 (Red Dye No 40) rather than E127 (Red Dye No 3), which the FDA are banning. There is a whole bunch of anecdotal correlation drawn between E129 and behavior, though, so it wouldn't be a huge surprise to see it reviewed in the future.
It actually is. Several people I know have this issue, I think they're all autistic people or people with ADHD, so that may be related, just as a note.
