Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:36:18 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Europe is full of ideas for making shit food taste better.
Porcini mushrooms (ceps) taste meatier than meat.
 
Spices add some sort of interest as do herbs, and garlic.
 
However some foods are so shit that nothing works.

US cuisine, particularly that derived from Mexico, is the result of trying
to make meat well past its sell-by date edible.

During my trucking days I delivered a load of dry beans to a well known
canned chili maker. The truck at the dock next to me was a reefer full of
chicken. As we were being unloaded I talked to the trucker. His sad story
was his refrigeration unit had broken down and the load had defrosted to
the point where the original consignee refused it. The trucking company
had found a way to get rid of the load so it wasn't a complete loss.

I'm not a fan of canned chili and I definitely avoided that brand.