Comments on: Vestigial foodstuffs http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html a site about everything Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron Winslow http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-327527 Aaron Winslow Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:29:49 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-327527 I think that there are probably quite a few condiments, spices, flavorings, etc. that fit into this category depending on where you draw the lines. Wasabi was originally, supposedly, eaten with raw fish because of its antibiotic properties where now the stuff most people eat is mainly mustard and/or horseradish with food coloring. I think that there are probably quite a few condiments, spices, flavorings, etc. that fit into this category depending on where you draw the lines. Wasabi was originally, supposedly, eaten with raw fish because of its antibiotic properties where now the stuff most people eat is mainly mustard and/or horseradish with food coloring.

]]> By: KevinQ http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-326987 KevinQ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:43:16 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-326987 Mike said <i>I really do wonder about the claims that old liqueurs </i>medicinal <i>and just happened to be, gee, delicious.</i> Or, in the case of Fernet-Branca, un-delicious, but still <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/15/WIGMMMUAN51.DTL&hw=fernet+branca&sn=001&sc=1000" rel="nofollow">strangely compelling</a>. K Mike said
I really do wonder about the claims that old liqueurs medicinal and just happened to be, gee, delicious.

Or, in the case of Fernet-Branca, un-delicious, but still strangely compelling.

K

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-326961 Sheila Ryan Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:25:54 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-326961 Mike. Knock out a proposal. Buttonhole an agent. Write a book. Mike. Knock out a proposal. Buttonhole an agent. Write a book.

]]> By: Mike Dresser http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-326959 Mike Dresser Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:24:20 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-326959 Hops! I hadn't even thought of that, and I love me some craft beer. Shoot, the India Pale Ale was originally a malty/hoppy concentrate brewed to survive the trip out to the colony and be reconstituted, but the officers higher up the pecking order developed a taste for the stuff undiluted, and a star was born. Mixology is fertile ground for finding lost raisons d'etre. I really do wonder about the claims that old liqueurs <i>medicinal</i> and just happened to be, gee, delicious. Hops! I hadn’t even thought of that, and I love me some craft beer. Shoot, the India Pale Ale was originally a malty/hoppy concentrate brewed to survive the trip out to the colony and be reconstituted, but the officers higher up the pecking order developed a taste for the stuff undiluted, and a star was born.

Mixology is fertile ground for finding lost raisons d’etre. I really do wonder about the claims that old liqueurs medicinal and just happened to be, gee, delicious.

]]> By: KevinQ http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-326951 KevinQ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:17:02 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-326951 Mike, I hadn't heard of that book, but now it's on my wishlist. I love fat. A tv-show cook once said "The fat is where the flavor is," and it changed my whole world. When I got back from a long work trip (7 weeks), my wife bought me a tub of lard as a welcome-back gift. Popcorn is really good if you pop it in bacon grease instead of vegetable oil. Back on topic: Hops was originally added to beer because it acted as a preservative. Now it's added because it's part of the flavor that we expect from beer. K Mike,
I hadn’t heard of that book, but now it’s on my wishlist.

I love fat. A tv-show cook once said “The fat is where the flavor is,” and it changed my whole world.

When I got back from a long work trip (7 weeks), my wife bought me a tub of lard as a welcome-back gift.

Popcorn is really good if you pop it in bacon grease instead of vegetable oil.

Back on topic: Hops was originally added to beer because it acted as a preservative. Now it’s added because it’s part of the flavor that we expect from beer.

K

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-326938 Sheila Ryan Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:10:04 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-326938 Re: fat. From a friend of a friend: "Grease is brainfood." Re: fat. From a friend of a friend: “Grease is brainfood.”

]]> By: Mike Dresser http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-326933 Mike Dresser Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:05:32 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-326933 Kevin, I was just reading about that in the new cookbook, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Appreciation-Misunderstood-Ingredient-Recipes/dp/1580089356/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230595388&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, With Recipes</a></i>. The name was apparently derived from "crystallized cottonseed oil." Industrial foodstuffs are a world unto themselves! Kevin, I was just reading about that in the new cookbook, Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, With Recipes. The name was apparently derived from “crystallized cottonseed oil.” Industrial foodstuffs are a world unto themselves!

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-326932 Sheila Ryan Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:59:31 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-326932 I can't stop thinking about vestigial foodstuffs. Tarnation, Mike! You are a devil, a very devil. I can’t stop thinking about vestigial foodstuffs. Tarnation, Mike! You are a devil, a very devil.

]]> By: KevinQ http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-326931 KevinQ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:57:36 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-326931 I don't know if this is exactly the same, but Crisco started off as an industrial product, before the manufacturers realized they could sell tons of it by including recipes for its use in women's magazines. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisco" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia says</a> that it was originally made as a replacement for candle wax, though my college history professor said it was an industrial lubricant.) K I don’t know if this is exactly the same, but Crisco started off as an industrial product, before the manufacturers realized they could sell tons of it by including recipes for its use in women’s magazines. (Wikipedia says that it was originally made as a replacement for candle wax, though my college history professor said it was an industrial lubricant.)

K

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/vestigial-foodstuffs.html/comment-page-1#comment-326927 Sheila Ryan Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:23:16 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16576#comment-326927 Dang, Mike. Dang, Deron. Y'all got me to thinking, and -- dang! There goes my evening. Between vestigial foodstuffs and events-indulged-in-but-once, my mind is reeling. It would be sooo cool if I could comment but once on both posts. A vestigial foodstuff of which I partook but once for fear of heartbreak a second time around. Dang, Mike. Dang, Deron. Y’all got me to thinking, and — dang! There goes my evening. Between vestigial foodstuffs and events-indulged-in-but-once, my mind is reeling.

It would be sooo cool if I could comment but once on both posts. A vestigial foodstuff of which I partook but once for fear of heartbreak a second time around.

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