Daily slop

[doc benway]

  On 3/23/2025 at 9:34 PM, old3bob said:

 

I read somewhere that chocolate from certain areas is high in heavy metal (cadmium maybe?)

 

 

Yes, raw cacao is grown best in volcanic soil and can have high concentrations of cadmium and other heavy metals. The processing of chocolate reduces those concentrations considerably but you need to be mindful if you consume large quantities of raw cacao.

 

 

[Nungali]

World chocolate supply in danger !  

 

OH NO  ! 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/21/cocoa-crisis-world-chocolate-stash-melting-away

 

Just when the end seemed near .... someone goes to Peru  and in a small poor village ;  'Say , what's that tree in your garden, it looks like cacao ?"  

 

The people there had cacao trees , a different more natural variety  .   We are saved    and   - you never know when or how good fortune may strike  -  poor Peruvian people  , rich 'overnight '  .  

 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chocolate-thought-to-be-extinct-rediscovered-in-peru-112189619.html

 

 

 

From the shadow  ;   " Psssst .....  Taomeow .... you want good pure indigenous Peruvian chocolate ?  Pure national with rich and complex fruit and floral flavours ?    For you .....    $100  for 50 gm .  "  

[Taomeow]

  On 3/24/2025 at 10:43 PM, Nungali said:

From the shadow  ;   " Psssst .....  Taomeow .... you want good pure indigenous Peruvian chocolate ?  Pure national with rich and complex fruit and floral flavours ?    For you .....    $100  for 50 gm .  "  

 

A plausible scenario...  When I was in Peru, all they had in stores was Nestle.  Had zero luck finding coffee beans too, and even ground coffee -- instant was the only thing available in many places.  The locals explained to me that they export everything, nothing is left for domestic consumption.  (And then they buy Nestle and  Nescafe...)    

[Nungali]

You know you are in trouble when all they have is  .....   

 

 

 

 

[old3bob]

 

Why are people into  "bird nest" soup,  it probably has some  bird crap mixed in? But hell its "organic" right?

Anyone here tried it, its supposedly good...(bird saliva)

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 03:25 PM by old3bob

[Taomeow]

  On 3/26/2025 at 3:24 PM, old3bob said:

 

Why are people into  "bird nest" soup,  it probably has some  bird crap mixed in? But hell its "organic" right?

Anyone here tried it, its supposedly good...(bird saliva)

 

 

 

No, bird crap is not mixed in.  And it's not just any bird, it's specific species of swiftlets whose nests are used.  The nest is washed a hundred times, by hand, with close inspection.  (I've seen the inside of some bird's nests in their natural state when I was a kid and liked to climb trees and explore, and the inside was covered in a layer of tiny little feathers all pressed together, much like a down mattress.  It's a bedroom, not a crapper, so I don't know about every nest and every bird species, but the ones I've seen, the inhabitants were shitting outside of, not inside.) 

I've had the drink made with bird's nest sold in some Chinese herbal stores (not the nest itself though, which I haven't seen or haven't bought because it was too expensive, don't remember which).  It's not a delicacy as much as a medicinal food.  In classical Chinese medicine (as in every other ever in existence until the Rockefeller intervention 100 years ago) there's no sharp demarcation line between foods and medicines.  Swiftlet's nest is one of the most potent yin tonics in this tradition, with great benefits for the kidneys, the lungs, and also used by women to enhance their beauty.     

Edited Wednesday at 05:09 PM by Taomeow

[Mark Foote]

  On 3/23/2025 at 6:03 PM, Apech said:

There is such a difference between simple proper food and slop.  They are almost like totally different things.

 

But why are we encouraged to eat slop?  Who benefits?

 

Who are the slop merchants?
 

RIP David Crosby
 

 

[old3bob]

  On 3/26/2025 at 9:11 PM, Mark Foote said:

RIP David Crosby
 

 

 

 

[Nungali]

Musical slop  is it   ?  

[old3bob]

 

This could sound like slop to some classical music purists but its rather catchy...

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by old3bob

[silent thunder]

define music, define purist, define slop... words words words...

within experiential joy, what use are words? 

 

the menu is never the meal.

fingers pointing to the moon are never the moon.

 

 

[doc benway]

Morning slop - 

2 scrambled eggs in a pan followed rapidly by a tortilla, pressing down gently to allow egg to cover both sides.

Cook, flip, then add sautéed onions, potatoes, and sun-dried tomatoes.

Add shredded cheese (I like cheddar and Jack) then gently roll in pan and serve with salsa.