Posts tagged as flavors
Do We Know What Grapes Taste Like Any More?
"One of my greatest pet peeves (and a conversation I encourage you to never start with me, because I just go on and on about how much it 'annoys' me until you roll your eyes, or at least that's what my husband does) is what companies get away with printing on product labels. 'A good source of calcium!' 'Boosts childrens immunity!' 'Fat free!" (Dude, it's ketchup.) And especially: 100% juice! (Welch's). Because I had eaten grapes (tons, actually, in the 9 months before this sock monkey thief came along) and they didn't taste anything like that ridiculouslessness in the bottle. How do they get away with making such false claims? And then, last week I had my first Concord grape. And guys, it tasted precise like... bottled grape juice (or Kedem, for those of you ushering in 5771 wine-free this week). Have I been wr-r-r- (this word, it hurts) -ong? Is it possible that nutritional claims made on labels might not be universally dubious? Some people read Ayn Rand and suddenly have to reconsider everything they once thought they knew about the world; me, I ate a grape." READ MORE
Ethnic Dong and 55 Other Chinese Flavors
I'm not really into Chinese people because I blame them for stealing Hong Kong from me and my asshole expat friends with the fervor and myopia of the child that I am. But then I remember that the Mainland is ginormous and that there are many sorts of Chinese people and that if anyone's down with the aliens it's them. Ni hao and xie xie. So here's a photo gallery of 56 of the "officially recognized nationalities" of China that is gorgeous because these peoples know how to weave and dye them some banging fabric. It is also really informative for anyone who saw Gran Torino and thought Hmong was a made-up thing and that Yugers were white kids who talked wiggerishly and wore New Eras. But I feel weird on these dusky Koreans who live in Chinese mountains and make a totally different type of kimchi that is sort of bland because our country is already torn and I feel like they should pick a different, more South Korean side if they're going to live in Asia anyway. But I realize this is unreasonable seeing as I live in America for the snacks and the fast Internet.
