Saturday, December 16, 2006
from the Kennebec Journal
Sport of Kings
New Medicaid billing system inspires doubts among some
Christmas spirit
Guidance counselor: Dismiss complaint based on criticism of same-sex marriage
CHELSEA: 'Practice burn' provides thrill for 9-year-old
Trust eyes orchard purchase
GOLFER OF THE YEAR: Bonenfant rises up Cony ranks
YOUTH SOCCER: Local team gives 'care package' to children in Afghanistan
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from the Morning Sentinel
YES ON 1 BACKER REBUTS CLAIM
New system for Medicaid payments worries providers
After petition drive, Clinton police force budget will go a third time before voters
A rock musician makes trip home via Black Taxi
MADISON: After revaluation, abatement requests reviewed
Parks to have facelift
GOLFER OF THE YEAR: Sweet does job for Madison
YOUTH SOCCER: Local team gives 'care package' to children in Afghanistan
All of today's:
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from the Morning Sentinel
Surimi is made from Alaskan pollock or other whitefish. It is not lobster. It is not crab. It is not scallop. And until now, when those making it have -- ingeniously, we might add -- transformed it from its native shape and taste into something resembling, well, fake lobster, fake crab or fake scallop, they've been required to label it accordingly: "Imitation lobster," for example.
But you know, and we know, that the "imitation" label is a real downer. A discouragement to commerce. A retarding influence on the the Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers' ability to make money. So in a fit of great irony of which they were surely aware, the Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers joined with a few other powerful industry lobbyists and convinced the USDA to allow them to market their genuine pollock as crab-flavored, lobster-flavored or scallop-flavored other stuff. No mention of its actual parentage. A deliberate, opportunistic orphan.
The Maine Lobster Promotion Council, rightfully defending its turf, wrote Sen. Olympia Snowe to protest the move. We join our fellow Mainers in their protest. We're offended by the lack of accuracy this move represents.

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Two dictionary definitions for surimi. Both use the word "imitation."
–noun: a paste of inexpensive fish shaped, colored, and flavored in imitation of lobster meat, crabmeat, etc.
n. Minced, processed fish used in the preparation of imitation seafood, especially imitation shellfish.
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