"Recently a friend of mine gave me a bag containing a pound of dried navy beans which he had bought by accident but could noteat, as he doesn't consume products from China, a country he believes utilizes slave labor. He helpfully pointed out the words 'Produce of China' at the bottom of the ingredients list. Having no such qualms, I took the bag home and prepared to soak the beans. The first instruction read 'Examine the product and discard all foreign matter.' After I had accomplished that, I found I had no need to go on to step two." -- Lyle Hopwood, 2012-09-12 [thanks to nancylebov for linking to the amusing post about sorting lentils that this comment appeared under]