MasterChef Taco Island

[Pantso]

Noooo I missed it!

[Aersoldorf]

I could possibly be persuaded to make a few more

[Jabberwocky]

Or on to the next masterpiece?

[Aersoldorf]

Did you want them grilled



Or prepared Thermidor?

[Jabberwocky]

*sits at table with fork, knife, and bib*
I'm ready.

[Aersoldorf]

[Pantso]

I haven't prepared any new recipes, and don't particularly like posting repeats, but it's been a while so here's tonight's quick and tasty dinner: herbed chicken thigh, roasted potatoes and broccoli

[Aersoldorf]

Looks great

[Jabberwocky]

I might never eat another cheeseburger.

[Pantso]

Had your fill?

[Aersoldorf]

I’m incapable of not being desirous of the bold flavors that burst forth abundantly from beef

[Jabberwocky]

And there's no advantage to avoiding beef, vegetarianism notwithstanding.

[Aersoldorf]

I wouldn't go that far. I certainly believe that the methodology we currently use to raise most food animals is extremely wasteful and unnecessarily cruel. I prefer to buy my meat from local sources whenever possible, veggies too for that matter.

[Jabberwocky]

I live in LA. "Local sources" doesn't really apply.

[Aersoldorf]

SoCal is full of farms?

[Jabberwocky]

Sure, but they aren't growing food.

[Aersoldorf]

I know that thousands of trucks load produce there and transport it eastwards

[Jabberwocky]

What are you? A vegetable trucker?

[Aersoldorf]

I'm very familiar with the transportation industry and I've negotiated contracts to bring produce from Southern CA to DC many times.

[Jabberwocky]

All that, and cooking, too.
Food passes through the port of LA, but originates elsewhere. I've long been impressed with how cherries get to Southern California from Argentina in excellent shape.

[Aersoldorf]

Apr 17, 2024 15:27:03 GMT -5 Jabberwocky said:

All that, and cooking, too.
Food passes through the port of LA, but originates elsewhere. I've long been impressed with how cherries get to Southern California from Argentina in excellent shape.

50% of the vegetables grown in the US are grown in California, so they're growing something.

[Jabberwocky]

Apr 17, 2024 15:38:43 GMT -5 Aersoldorf said:

Apr 17, 2024 15:27:03 GMT -5 Jabberwocky said:

All that, and cooking, too.
Food passes through the port of LA, but originates elsewhere. I've long been impressed with how cherries get to Southern California from Argentina in excellent shape.

50% of the vegetables grown in the US are grown in California, so they're growing something.

Mostly in the Central Valley, but berries come from Oxnard, Dominguez Hills, et. al. But drought has created a lot of barren land.

[Aersoldorf]

Most of the contracts I did were potatoes, onions, broccoli, asparagus and cabbage.

[Jabberwocky]

All of which I like.

[Aersoldorf]

I do as well.

[Jabberwocky]

You can make a perfectly suitable soup with those.

[Aersoldorf]

Or a stir fry

[Jabberwocky]

Add some shrimp to suit my palate.

[Aersoldorf]

I believe that the politically correct term for them is little people. They get offended when you call them shrimp.

[Jabberwocky]

Still, who's ever heard of a Snrimp Tossing Competition?