06.25.08

Food For Thought

Posted in Commentaries, food at 21:52

Why do we have more regard for companies than people? When the cost of oil goes up, we unflinchingly pay “fuel surcharges” on airline tickets and shipping so that companies don’t have to absorb the cost. Yet when food prices go up, where is the “food surcharge” for third-world sweatshop workers who aren’t earning a living wage to begin with? I guess they’ll just have to absorb the cost themselves. Even if I did get charged a “food surcharge”–now maybe I’m just a pessimist–I wouldn’t count on any of it making it to its recipient anyway. That’s just not how business works.

02.27.08

Stickin’ It to the Man

Posted in Confessions, food at 09:37

(A Mini How-to)

Tomatoes

When life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade. Well…usually. But when it gives you mouldy tomatoes? I can only think of one thing rotten tomatoes are good for. Throwing!

After a long day at work, I was feeling a bit ornery, and upon being greeted by a bag of fuzzy produce, I decided to take it out on my favourite grocer. No, I didn’t *literally* throw the tomatoes at ******. Only metaphorically. Here’s how things shook down:

  1. The goods
    • 1 x bag of mouldy tomatoes
    • 1 x receipt for said tomatoes
    • 1 x $0.70 off cereal coupon
    • 1 x ********** discount card
    • 1 x canvas tote bag
  2. The plan: Get in, get a refund, get a good deal, get out.
  3. The boon:
    • 1 x $5 box of cereal
    • 1 x receipt
    • $0.15
    • 1 x plastic bag…oops
  4. The net result: a worthless bag of bad produce (original cost $1.75) traded for a $5 box of cereal and $0.15 change. Now that’s a refund. Thank you, ****!

06.27.07

Chicken Soup for the Vegetarian Soul

Posted in food, India at 23:28

So I seem to have come down with a bit of a cold.  The family I’m staying with is vegetarian, but Auntie prepared the South Indian equivalent of chicken soup–rasam.  Rasam is usually eaten mixed with rice, and contains a number of beneficial herbs.  Why do we eat chicken soup when we’re sick anyway?  Why not vegetable beef or cream of celery?

06.11.06

Sandwich Discovery

Posted in food at 18:29

Ingredients:

  • pita bread
  • hummus
  • cream cheese
  • sliced turkey breast
  • cucumber slices

A nice, light, yet filling summertime treat.  I’ve been taking this to work with me.