1 1. Fire-Eaters. The search for the hottest
chilli.
“Chiliheads are mostly American, British, and Australian
guys. (There is also a valiant Scandinavian contingent.) Chili growing is to
gardening as grilling is to cooking, allowing men to enter, and dominate, a
domestic sphere without sacrificing their bluster.
Ah, nothing like a little bit of pop sexology, eh. Gals, put
down that chilli and get back to that lemon frangipani pie!
2 2. Oooh, burn! Sriracha factory neighbours
complain about smell.
“But the pepper sauce that kindles such adoration in its
fans is reportedly scorching the olfactory systems of the factory's neighbors.
According to the complaint filed with Los Angeles Superior Court by the city of
Irwindale, the stench of cooking peppers isn't just unpleasant - it's painful.”
Wonder what the Scoville heat unit count is on the chillies
being used?
3 3. Recipe for disaster
"A thick river of treacle is threatening to swamp a
town in Sao Paulo state in southern Brazil, after a fire in a warehouse melted
more than 30,000 tons of sugar."
Where are the enterprising young kids dipping apples into it in preparation for
a massive sale as tourist mementos!
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4 4. Vertical gardens.
Tess Corino sent this email and the pics attached to This
week’s compost.
“ hi Paul,
a bit of freshly gathered compost for you maybe.
thought you might be amused by this interpretation
of the vertical garden trend, which I love, especially when at least some of
the plants are edible, and so many people hold up as one way that
we will be able to feed ourselves in the future.
I took these photos a few days ago at Sydney airport, in
the Jetstar section. A new cafe has just opened, in the sunniest spot of
the whole terminal. They have installed a huge space divider, made of
metal, two storeys high. Full of plastic plants! To add to the
absurdity, a lot of them look like they represent edible herbs, sage etc.
I asked one of the guys in the cafe who designed it, he
said : "I did."
Apparently they wanted to put in real plants, but Sydney
Airport was concerned that the watering system would be a security risk.
But the guy (sorry, did not get his name, but obviously one of the
owners) could not understand why I thought that putting in a huge number of
plastic plants as a replacement was worse than dropping the idea altogether.
He said I was the first to complain.
I must be strange. Pity it did not work, a bit of
greenery and lovely herb smells would have been great in the airport.
There must be ways to keep them fed and watered that isn't inviting to
the people who want to blow up Jetstar. And I wonder how they will dust
the ones on top.”
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