“In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.” – Thomas Carlyle, Philosopher Buenos Aires – Just a few random notes… Disco, one of the local supermarkets, is three deep with people at the meat, i.e., beef, counter. With the 30-day suspension of the strike, people are battling over the packages of red… Read More Noted…
“The Jalapeño takes its name from the city of Xalapa (Jalapa), Mexico where it is thought to have originated. The Jalapeño pepper has since gained tremendous fame due to its versatility in the food industry. Jalapeño Peppers are commonly found in most chain stores, processed sliced and canned. The Jalapeño features a sweet, but hot… Read More Fire & Spice, an’ Everything Nice
Three faces wears the doctor: When first sought, An angel’s and a god’s the cure half-wrought; But when, the cure complete he seeks his fee, The devil looks less terrible than he. – Unknown (quoted in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations) Buenos Aires – A few weeks back I ran a post about my sausage making and… Read More The Cure
“Vegetarian has long been used as the human equivalent of herbivore, which — along with carnivore — has traditionally been applied to nonhuman animals, for the good reason that vorare means not simply ‘eat’ but ‘eat like a wild animal’ (hence devour). The ending -arian generally denotes a conscious adherence, in contrast to the genetic… Read More The League of Extraordinary Beans
“The… difference is that of attitude. But that difference determines who gets ideas and who does not. An apathetic or hostile attitude is the enemy of creative thought. Ideas, like people, flourish when they are welcomed and embraced.” – Barbara J. Winter, Teacher, Author Buenos Aires – I arrived about ten to fifteen minutes before… Read More Food with ‘Tude
“There is no symbolism for the “disappeared”. They were taken away without a trace. That was part of the terror tactic: the permanent anguish it caused the family. It is described like living with a ghost; they are not dead, but they are not alive either. The idea that some day they might return (although… Read More A Week of Protest
The egg standing myth was born with an article penned by Annalee Jacoby in the March 19, 1945 issue of Life magazine. Ms. Jacoby was on assignment in China at that time, when she witnessed a peculiar Chinese ritual. In China, the first day of spring is called Li Chun, and they reckon it to… Read More Alban Elfed
“Those quotation marks around “cooked” have been driving me nuts for years. Virtually every mention of ceviche (seh-VEE-chay; I’ll use the Spanish spelling) by food writers is accompanied by a gratuitous statement to the effect that lime juice does to protein what heat does to protein, and therefore that the fish is essentially “cooked” by… Read More Acid Heads