06-07-2023, 12:50 AM
As I recall from the early 1960's, food was incredibly bland. Mashed potatoes often out of a box were the norm in restaurants. Vegetables were boiled to the extent that they lost any semblance of taste. Meats were often cooked to a burn. Even drinks went insipid (easier to drink).
Maybe we have learned to cook meats to medium-rare instead of burnt to a crisp; we have the choice to steam vegetables and more ways to cook potatoes.
OK, it could be that my ethnic mix (mostly German and English) encompasses the worst in culinary achievements. Sure, German women cook pies and cakes, but how can one go wrong with taste if the food gets most of its taste from sugar?
Maybe we have learned to cook meats to medium-rare instead of burnt to a crisp; we have the choice to steam vegetables and more ways to cook potatoes.
OK, it could be that my ethnic mix (mostly German and English) encompasses the worst in culinary achievements. Sure, German women cook pies and cakes, but how can one go wrong with taste if the food gets most of its taste from sugar?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.