[Billcat]

Speaking of the government going out of its way to ban things that it has no business meddling with - a number of years back the Governor of NJ had the Health Department ban restaurants from selling eggs unless the yolks were cooked hard, as a means of preventing salmonella. Of course, many folks who wanted their fried eggs without petrified yolks (or Ceasar salads made in the traditional manner) decided to just save the bother and cook them at home. The howl that went up from the restaurant owners quickly got that regulation changed.