Oh man I loved all the weird facts in this great issue. Esp. the conveyor belt machine that fills six semis and the 350 filet per minute portioner! It’s amazing the things people can figure out when they want to make money!
Also only 50 plows in Erie County? What?
Your post had me recollecting one of my favorite sayings: “God has no taste.” We all pride ourselves on our refined sensibilities but God, at least a proper God, just loves everyone. Sometimes I am torn between wanting to love everything and wanting to judge the hell out of everything, which is also super fun!
Ah, the McRib. I've never tried one as it looks totally revolting, yet I'm oddly fascinated by it. It does have something to do with the "pressed cookie" approach they use, like WTF? I'm differently intrigued by things like Impossible meat, which I tried to use for chili once (with a result between ick and middling) until I realized I wasn't supposed to freeze the leftovers. A failed experiment. I remain curious about Turducken and am sure I'll try it someday, it's just too absurd not to. Thanks for the enjoyable article!
My dissertation advisor wrote a book about the intersection of gustatory and literary taste in the early 19th century -- it's called "Taste":) This post was a fascinating contemporary take on that topic. Like, what is the relationship between the McRib sandwich and wearing a branded shirt? International capitalism? Influencer culture? Are our tastes becoming synchronized across the globe?
Your writing on the food industry is always fascinating -- if disturbing. I've gone way too far down that rabbit hole to think about food the way I did in 2010.
My sister and her husband have spent their lives in the restaurant industry. She almost went into food sciences once and it was fascinated to learn the research that goes into things like potato chips. Your experience goes even further into it!
I like my "John Deere" sweatshirt a lot. It's warm, it's comfy, it's got a capacious kanaroo-style pocket for my stuff, and it features a cute jumping deer logo on the front. At this point we use a Kubota tractor, but I still wear the John Deere shirt with the frayed wrists because I like it. Besides, green is a much better color for a tractor then orange (edited!).
Oh man I loved all the weird facts in this great issue. Esp. the conveyor belt machine that fills six semis and the 350 filet per minute portioner! It’s amazing the things people can figure out when they want to make money!
Also only 50 plows in Erie County? What?
Your post had me recollecting one of my favorite sayings: “God has no taste.” We all pride ourselves on our refined sensibilities but God, at least a proper God, just loves everyone. Sometimes I am torn between wanting to love everything and wanting to judge the hell out of everything, which is also super fun!
Ah, the McRib. I've never tried one as it looks totally revolting, yet I'm oddly fascinated by it. It does have something to do with the "pressed cookie" approach they use, like WTF? I'm differently intrigued by things like Impossible meat, which I tried to use for chili once (with a result between ick and middling) until I realized I wasn't supposed to freeze the leftovers. A failed experiment. I remain curious about Turducken and am sure I'll try it someday, it's just too absurd not to. Thanks for the enjoyable article!
My dissertation advisor wrote a book about the intersection of gustatory and literary taste in the early 19th century -- it's called "Taste":) This post was a fascinating contemporary take on that topic. Like, what is the relationship between the McRib sandwich and wearing a branded shirt? International capitalism? Influencer culture? Are our tastes becoming synchronized across the globe?
Your writing on the food industry is always fascinating -- if disturbing. I've gone way too far down that rabbit hole to think about food the way I did in 2010.
My sister and her husband have spent their lives in the restaurant industry. She almost went into food sciences once and it was fascinated to learn the research that goes into things like potato chips. Your experience goes even further into it!
I like my "John Deere" sweatshirt a lot. It's warm, it's comfy, it's got a capacious kanaroo-style pocket for my stuff, and it features a cute jumping deer logo on the front. At this point we use a Kubota tractor, but I still wear the John Deere shirt with the frayed wrists because I like it. Besides, green is a much better color for a tractor then orange (edited!).