Slim pickings this week folk. Also, I’m off to Sri Lanka for
three weeks so there may be something of a hiatus in adding to the compost till
I return depending on access to wifi or reliable modems J
1. The trouble with truffles; they’re not
worth the hype or the price
‘To me, they are the epitome of
conspicuous consumption. More power to you if you’re ordering the truffle
supplement purely to show you can afford it – go wild, light up a cigar with a
wad of 50s while you’re at it. Take a big breath of what you hope is that rich,
fetid armpit musk.’
Love the smell of iconoclasm at
brekkie. Love the smell and taste of a good truffle, too, but I agree I have
had some indifferent experiences with them, too. I stored a particularly
triffic one in with Arborio rice and it worked well in infusing said grain with
a perfume if not a noticeable flavour hit.
2. Jamie Olive bemoans, chips, cheese and
giant tvs of modern poverty
‘Some poorer Britons choose to eat "chips and
cheese out of Stryrofoam containers" while sitting in a room with a
"massive fucking TV", Jamie Oliver has said,
adding that he cannot understand "modern-day poverty in Britain".’
Hmmm...I’m not sure what Oliver thinks ‘olden-day
poverty’ was like.
3. Jamie Oliver you haven’t tasted real
poverty.Cut out the tutting
‘I like Oliver, on the whole. I
think his heart is in the right place. If he genuinely wants to help, he needs
to continue campaigning for better availability of good produce, better
nutritional teaching in schools, healthier ready meals, less advertising
targeted at children and a culture that educates rather than judges. He needs
to stop publishing books, the last one of which was judged one of the unhealthiest on the market, while internally
tutting at the deplorable lack of quinoa in "poor communities". He
needs to understand that the choice between having a TV or a mojito fruit salad
is a bogus one, for the 13
million people living in poverty in the UK right now.’
A response to the above. Don’t
know what the reference to that last book is – not an Oliver collector. I am
hoping the line about quinoa is satirical.
Maybe slim pickings but still top value. Have never eaten truffle but somehow not surprised the flavour can be elusive.
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