Before I go and make some dinner, I thought I would share some food news with you:
- Oreos You Might Not Want. Recently, my daughter picked up some Triple Double Oreo Neopolitan cookies. These are three vanilla oreo wafers with one layer of chocolate fat and one layer of strawberry fat. In one word: Yuk. This week I read of an even disgusting flavor: Watermelon. According to one taster, “Super fake tasting, like a Jolly Rancher that sat in the sun and then was crumbled into a sugary, chemically, creamy-ish cookie of sadness”. The article also shows some other disgusting oreo flavors. I guess I’m a purist.
- You Are What You Eat… With. Two articles on similar findings. The first, h/t to Andrew Ducker, is from the BBC. The second is from Discovery. Both deal with the conclusion that what you eat with — the plates, the cutlery — can influence how your mind thinks the food tastes, how full you get, and how fast you get full. Some of those notions of eating off of smaller plates and using smaller spoons are true. But yogurt supposedly tastes better off a white spoon, and cheese is saltier off a knife.
- Trash Fish. We’re all familiar with normal fish: Tuna, Salmon, Mahi Mahi, Tilapia. Many of these are over-fished or farm-fished (neither is great). Some chefs are addressing the problem by serving “trash fish” — types of fish that are perfectly edible but usually not served. Fish such as scorpion fish, triggerfish, drum, white grunt, shore crabs and moon snails. Supposedly more sustainable, but are you adventurous enough to try it?
- Cleaning Up. Of course, after you cook you’ve got to clean up. Here are 37 tips to make cleaning up faster, especially if you don’t have a dishwasher. Erin – these may prove useful in your new apartment!
Music: New Day Dawning (Cherish The Ladies): “The Green Cottage Polka/Jer O’Connell’s/Tom’s Tavern”
