Table of Contents for Friday Food Follies
It’s Not Food Unless It Hurts
There’s a lot of chatter out there right now about the health benefits of curry dishes. Arthritis relief, weight loss, and cancer prevention are seen as benefits of curcumin, the yellow pigment in turmeric. Because curcumin loses most of its punch when eaten, you have to ingest Really A Lot of the stuff to get any help. One fellow recounts how he and his friend would eat spicy foods at random restaurants in Los Angeles, unknowingly improving their health. Their credo: It’s Not Food Unless It Hurts.
This may be enough to get my wife to eat more curry; then again, maybe not…
Use the Right Tool for the Job
Some health inspectors have interesting jobs. Take the guys in Rockland County, New York, who inspected a Chinese buffet restaurant and found two violations. The key violation: Improper garlic preparation technique.
You see, it’s not considered “a proper tool” to use your boots to smash garlic for Chinese food, if you can believe that.
Kinda reminds me of the time I was walking through some back-alley parts of Taipei, taking pictures and gawking. Here sat an older fellow in his shorts and wife-beater, leaned back against the wall, toking on a hand-rolled. He had his feet in a nice, big tub of hot water, soaking out the hurts. I could almost feel his pain. About then, a busboy comes out the back door of the restaurant, jabbering like a mynah bird, with a huge box of dishes. He puts the box down, the old fellow leans forward and takes his feet out of the tub and proceeds to scrub the dishes in his soak water. I didn’t stick around long after that.
Maybe it was the same guy in Rockland County?
Some Folks Will Do Anything for a Home-Cooked Meal
I guess the jail food in Syracuse must be tasty. A fellow went to extraordinary lengths to get some, first by being annoying with his music, then escalating to attempted kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, and ordering fast food. Talk about being in a bad mood! Maybe his mom works the lunch line at the pokey?
As long as he sticks to his “It was only Burger King” excuse, he’ll get out early for good behavior…
Enjoy the (Weird) Heat!
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Well, the food could certainly take on a green tinge from that treatment. Not to mention the diners, once they learn about the dishwashing system at that restaurant… CD
With the world’s freshwater supply straining at the seams, I think the guy who was soaking his feet in the dishwater was simply displaying excellent “green” instincts…
Janice,
Thanks for stopping by! I work as a consultant in the electronics industry now, using a lot more math than chemistry. I’ll start as a professor of chemistry in January at Texas Lutheran University, for one semester. I’m covering for a prof who’s going on sabbatical.
Enjoy those chem classes! They’re almost as much fun as cooking…
The Chile Doctor
Thanks, MommyBa! And thanks for stopping by. Hope you can visit often! The Chile Doctor
Interesting article!
You have such an interesting background too! A doctorate in Chemistry??! That’s really something!
happy weekend!
You have a doctorate in chemistry? Wow. I took chem 101 this summer and ended up with a 3.1 cuz I hate algebra and trust me, algebra hates me. I did, however understand all the concepts. I have to take chem 102, intro to ochem and biochem. I’m a mom in my 40’s who was a SAHM for 17 years and am now in college fulltime. I will be applying to local (Seattle) BSN programs for entry next fall in the next month.
I found you through NaBlopomo. So, what doe sone do with a doctorate in chem besides cook food that would burn my tongue off?