Thanks to all who sent me the info on The Tightwad Gazette and Amy D.,
including the citation info and the recipe itself.  I was surprised to see
how many people came to her defense as being a great supporter of
breastfeeding, as I learned of her on some TV talk show some years ago and
she was going on and on about buying used clothes and toys, buying spices in
bulk, and making your own formula instead of the expensive store-bought
kind, with nary a mention of breastfeeding.  I have a suspicion it was Regis
and Kathie Lee, which I used to watch when home with Alex as an infant
(1991-92), and we all know how supportive Kathie Lee is of breastfeeding --
not.  I wonder if that's why it wasn't mentioned?  Anyway, glad to hear she
put warnings in her book about how it was inferior to breast milk and formula.

Just have to share this with you folks, even though it's about smoking.  I
went to a "Caregiver's Conference" here in town today, looking for some
clues about how to support my mom, who is caring for my dad, who has
vascular dementia.  It was a good conference.  Anyway, as I was leaving
during the afternoon break, two women were standing outside the door smoking
(no smoking allowed in the building).  And one was saying to the other
"Well, I'm a nurse, but I simply don't believe all that research suggesting
that smoking is bad for your health.  It just simply isn't true."  I picked
my jaw up off the sidewalk and clamped my hand over my mouth and kept
walking.  This, of course, is the attitude of many health care professionals
about formula, as well.

Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition
Texas A&M University