Flavourful Saskatoon, January 11, 2021
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – W.B. Yeats
In the Kitchen
The Incas were the first grind peanuts, but John Harvey Kellogg was the first to obtain a patent for peanut butter in 1895. Kellogg promoted peanut butter as a “healthy alternative to meat, which he saw as a digestive irritant and, worse, a sinful sexual stimulant.” In present-day North America, peanut butter is ubiquitous and has even been used to test for asymptomatic Covid in testing for a severe loss of smell.
From tech-savvy grocery shopping to hard kombucha – Dan Clapson, Eat North, looks at food trends for 2021.
Food for Thought
The French spend 2 hours and 11 minutes eating each day. Italy, Greece, and Spain aren’t far behind at 2h05m, 2h04m, and 2h02m respectively. Canada (1h04m) and the United States (1h01m) are at the very bottom of the list. The positions are reversed when you consider obesity – Americans are in 16th position, while the French are 107th (OECD).
“Customer entitlement, or what customers believe they are owed, has long been an issue in the hospitality industry. Restaurant workers swap stories like war veterans about ridiculous demands, difficult customers, and bad tippers. But the pandemic, and the terrible customer behavior that has come with it—impatience regarding wait times, name-calling, frustration over limited seating and menu options, and disregard for safety protocols—has only served to highlight how pervasive and, frankly, dangerous the problem really is.”
Just for Fun
Sway to the music as you watch ice cream cakes built up layer by layer and circling round a factory on a conveyor belt. This short video is for those of you old enough to remember when Viennetta ice cream cakes were the height of luxury.
If you’re keen on birds, you may enjoy my review of The Bird Way: A New Way to Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent and Think by Jennifer Ackerman.
Flavourful Saskatoon is a weekly Monday feature. I also post articles about food that is good, clean and fair; travel; and books. You may also enjoy EcoFriendly Sask profiling Saskatchewan nature/environmental initiatives and events.
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