Pictured: irony. You guys remember farm-to-table, right? That hip new (well, for a given value of new) trend where restaurants source local food to serve to local customers in an extremely local fashion? Yeah, turns out that in at least one major American city, the trend is a complete sham.
When was it? Lemons have a limited timeframe for availability and if the place is going the route of having things picked when ripe, then most of the year you won't have them. Grocery stores will pick them, like all citrus, when they are not ripe, keeping them in cold storage, then gasing them when they are ready to ship to market. That is the one major drawback to eating farm to table, things you consider to be staples are not going to be there all year.
I love it, but it suffers the problem is many foods. Starts off being unpopular, so it is easy to get at reasonable prices, then in the 2000's, people go apeshit for it so the prices spike back up, then it becomes passé, so no one wants it anymore but the prices don't fall back down.
The, somewhat interesting thing is that when the trucks become successful enough, they end up opening actual places. Arguably, the food trucks are kind of a form of market research to see which areas like their food the best (here they do offices and some schools at lunch, community events during the week, and microbreweries/clubs on the weekends). Now that you mention it, it reminds me of one microbrew place here, they have trucks regularly, but they make sure the food doesn't compete with their menu. Though, I would imagine it sucks being a server in that place on those nights as you are fighting for food tips.
If I grow and make my own, ok, I don't do black pepper so you win this time, can I be their king? Yes, I really do have coffee, tea, and cocoa trees on my property and have processed them down for their final products as well as harvested them for their fresh applications.
If you aren't washing your veggies in the first place - even the so-called organic ones (which have Bt and animal waste products on them) - then you are already ingesting things that are more dangerous than Round-Up. You should ALWAYS wash produce before consuming it, not just for pesitcide residues but for bacterial contamination. Most external pesticides can be removed with a thorough water wash, according to Consumer Reports. If you are worried about bacteria, add some plain white vinegar to the water and soak for 20 minutes. Dishwasher not needed, and it avoids demonizing the genetic manipulation of food, which is not the actual health issue, and as I said up top, predates the molecular revolution by millenia. :-)
frequently, but i've not seen that particular delicacy. in case you hadn't heard it's now open on sundays.
When was it? Lemons have a limited timeframe for availability and if the place is going the route of having things picked when ripe, then most of the year you won't have them. Grocery stores will pick them, like all citrus, when they are not ripe, keeping them in cold storage, then gasing them when they are ready to ship to market. That is the one major drawback to eating farm to table, things you consider to be staples are not going to be there all year.
This must be why all the pro-locavore restaurants near me include "whenever possible" on their menus.
I love it, but it suffers the problem is many foods. Starts off being unpopular, so it is easy to get at reasonable prices, then in the 2000's, people go apeshit for it so the prices spike back up, then it becomes passé, so no one wants it anymore but the prices don't fall back down.
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Lost scuba diver is highly underrated as a sustainable food source.
Trump would build a wall to stop those lettuce.
Seen that in Ontario too. Restaurant owners see those lunchtime lineups for the trucks and hulk right the fuck out.
...because how dare anyone run a successful business with lower overhead, a smaller inventory and massive customer happiness
It is, usually, the "Other, Other, Other White Meat"
Doesn't real "buffalo mozzarella" come from the Italian "buffalo?" That's more like a water buffalo than a North American Bison.
The, somewhat interesting thing is that when the trucks become successful enough, they end up opening actual places. Arguably, the food trucks are kind of a form of market research to see which areas like their food the best (here they do offices and some schools at lunch, community events during the week, and microbreweries/clubs on the weekends). Now that you mention it, it reminds me of one microbrew place here, they have trucks regularly, but they make sure the food doesn't compete with their menu. Though, I would imagine it sucks being a server in that place on those nights as you are fighting for food tips.
If I grow and make my own, ok, I don't do black pepper so you win this time, can I be their king? Yes, I really do have coffee, tea, and cocoa trees on my property and have processed them down for their final products as well as harvested them for their fresh applications.
If you aren't washing your veggies in the first place - even the so-called organic ones (which have Bt and animal waste products on them) - then you are already ingesting things that are more dangerous than Round-Up. You should ALWAYS wash produce before consuming it, not just for pesitcide residues but for bacterial contamination. Most external pesticides can be removed with a thorough water wash, according to Consumer Reports. If you are worried about bacteria, add some plain white vinegar to the water and soak for 20 minutes. Dishwasher not needed, and it avoids demonizing the genetic manipulation of food, which is not the actual health issue, and as I said up top, predates the molecular revolution by millenia. :-)
There's a few bison herds here in Colorado, I've seen them many times.
That sounds really good.
Too soon. Whey too soon.