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Posted by marchpane, July 24, 2008 at 8:58 AM
I am working a few shifts at my favorite restaurant in Leh, in India, and the electricity is wonky here, and western ovens are very rare. But the restaurant owner wants me to teach them how to bake Western goods - cookies, cake, banana bread and the like. All they've got are some propane powered stoves, and a few pots and pans. Is it possible? Do you have any recipes?
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Posted by marchpane, May 25, 2008 at 7:06 AM
I'm moving on to India in a week, after having spent two years living in the Forest, in Poland. Since I've come here, my (previously Californian) diet has changed enormously. For example: I have never eaten SO MUCH (often stale) BREAD AND BUTTER in my life! (I have seen evidence of exactly one toaster in Poland.) I quit vegetarianism, after seven happy years, and am now very drawn to kiełbasa, especially kabanasy. I now love the combination of sauerkraut and mushrooms, though I think Chinese dumplings beat Polish pierogi any day. I ate more celeriac in the past three months that I have in my entire lifetime. I get worryingly excited about frozen vegetables due to the long winters and prevalence of roots. I did not see a single fresh leaf of spinach in two years.
So then, I wonder what will happen in India. I am looking forward to the spice, believe me. Poles are wimps when it comes to spice.
How did your diet change when you lived or traveled in a different country or region? What foods did you end up loving that you never thought you would like? Have you kept any of your transplanted foreign food habits?
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Posted by marchpane, May 21, 2008 at 4:09 AM
I've been hearing buzz about lab grown meat for a while, but I can't wrap my head around it. I'm a bit put off by the idea, though I suppose it has the possibility of being more environmentally and socially responsible, even more ethical, than conventionally raised meat (i.e. mainstream meat industry). What do you think? Would you eat it? If you're a vegan or a vegetarian, would you eat it? Is the mainstreaming of man made meat an inevitability?
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