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Showing posts with label Dayhoff writing essays Food. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Living and loving in the age of asparagus

Living and loving in the age of asparagus
Or - Mary Katherine Ham to Alicia Silverstone: Go Hunting
October 3rd, 2007 by Kevin E. Dayhoff

Although I have spent a large portion of my life as a vegetarian; as I grew older and life got particularly hectic, I gave it up – for now anyway. Who knows, tomorrow, I may go back. Whatever.

A number of years ago, as I was attempting to reason with an unreasonable person and losing miserably, a colleague said to me:

“You know what your problem is?”

“Ugh.” I really did not need advice at that particular moment; however, I prized his friendship and sheepishly asked: “What?”

“It's a dog eat dog world out there, and you're a vegetarian!"

We solved that by going out to a sub shop where I gave up the anorexic bliss of salads and voraciously scarfed down a cheese-steak sandwich.

It was a road to Damascus experience

I still lose miserably with folks who accept narcissistic fiction as fact, however, I am bigger now, and I figure that if I am to eaten alive, I might as well give folks a flavorful super-sized meal.

Then again, to be candid, I was never good at being a vegetarian. I never stopped eating animal crackers and every once and awhile at Moms, I’d dive into a steak – and I can rarely remember missing turkey at Thanksgiving.

I have a number of colleagues and some family members who are, at the moment, practicing vegetarians - and I respect that choice. Besides, I really like vegetables. Then there are folks who don’t like vegetables or are otherwise broccoli intolerant. To them I say, ya really ought to “give peas a chance.”

A member of my family, who is an avid vegetarian, recently gave some seafood a try. Bold.

Then again, writing for the Washington Post, Joel Achenbach says that:

“Certain kinds of seafood, such as lobster, clams, and crabs, are honorary forms of meat, but a small filet of a low-fat white fish should be viewed as essentially a vegetable. Raw oysters are manfood, as is any fish served with the head on and the mouth gaping in horror.

Me, I could live off of Dr. Pepper, coffee and grits. Hey, don’t knock the cooking with Dr. Pepper book. There are some great recipes in there.

I never tried the “vegan” approach. I often wondered how the term came about. When I was quite young I had a great deal of confusion over the term “vegetarian.” If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?

Mr. Achenbach calls to our attention a savior for vegans, who every once in awhile, go Jonesing for a milkshake – “soy cows.”

In the column he was initially singing the praises of his new “Fabulator 5000.”

What is a “Fabulator 5000?” I am so glad you asked. I was fascinated about this development since I am still using the Fabulator model No. 1953.

I’ll let Mr. Achenbach ‘splain:

“I love my new food printer, the Fabulator 5000, which makes the previous food printers look not just clunky but positively medieval. There's no more click-and-point nonsense on the screen, no more waiting five or six interminable minutes for the food to print. You just tell the Fab 5 what you want. The food comes out in about three or four seconds, complete with garnish and a complementary wine.”

Oh, the “soy cows?” Apparently Mr. Achenbach recently “took the kids … to Homewood Farm to see a good old-fashioned agricultural enterprise…”

“I got a look at the new soy cows, grazing in the large field just north of the orchard. The USDA apparently felt that soy milk could be produced much more efficiently if it came from cows made of soy. These cows are so green they nearly blend into the landscape. They say the soy milk is a lot better tasting (not as beany, somehow) than the stuff derived from plants, and the soy burgers are more tender. But you've probably read about how the soy cows dry up badly in drought conditions -- they literally wilt -- and even catch fire. Bored teenagers have been blamed for setting some of the cow fires.”

There is much to be appreciated by the vegetarian lifestyle; nevertheless my goal was to not be evangelical about it all.

But – and ya know there was going to be a “but” in here soon – I’ve never been fond of PETA’s Strindbergian gloom and bleakness approach to advocacy. 

When I was a practicing vegetarian, invariably, some folks would suggest some linkage to me, a vegetarian, with PETA’s in-your-face humorless lactose intolerant militancy which often seems more oriented to being obnoxious and annoying than being compelling a persuasive to what is otherwise, a perfectly fine lifestyle.

At a local government - social event, a local elected official’s wife was horrified that I was a vegetarian. “How can a big strapping former Marine be a vegetarian,” she gasped.

I solved that in quick order. She was a dog lover and the owner of a huge St. Bernard. I mean huge – about the size of a water buffalo.

I asked her if she had ever eaten dog. When I was in the Marines, a South Vietnamese ranger once cooked-up a mess of dog.

It tasted like chicken.

I suggested to my scowling friend that her St. Bernard could feed an entire village… And one wonders why I lost my last election?

Recently Alicia Silverstone did an ad for PETA that has garnered a garnered a great deal of attention. I can’t believe that it is winning over any converts to vegetarianism, but it has attracted attention to PETA.

Whether it is really the sort of attention that an advocacy organization wants is a bigger issue for which there is not right or wrong, it just isn’t my cup of tea.

Nevertheless, in age of so much strife and discord, I yearn for a time when peas will rule the planets, and love won’t be such a fuss. I long for the dawn of the age of asparagus.

Enter stage right, Mary Katherine Ham. Ms. Ham has done a spoof on the Ms. Silverstone ad that is a real crack-up.




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No animals were hurt in the writing of this column.
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.
His columns and articles appear in the Baltimore Sun
And the Carroll County Times


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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Recent columns on Union Bridge on Explore Carroll by Kevin Dayhoff



William Henry Rinehart found his true calling in Union Bridge THE EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted 9/13/09 William Henry Rinehart, one of Carroll County's most famous native sons, was born on this day — Sept. 13, 1825 — into a prosperous farming family in Union Bridge. http://explorecarroll.com/community/3405/theeaglearchive/

Appetite for history and cuisine both satisfied in Union Bridge EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted 8/23/09 Recently I have had the opportunity to travel several times to the western reaches of our fare county and one of my favorite destinations, Union Bridge. It's a great drive through the beautiful Carroll countryside, and once you arrive in Union Bridge you find yourself in a community steeped in tradition and history. It's always fun to take a walk on its historic Main Street, lined with older homes, and eat at the Buttersburg Inn. http://explorecarroll.com/community/3324/eaglearchive/

Historic Blue Ridge College bell dedicated In Union Bridge By Kevin Dayhoff Posted 6/20/09 UNION BRIDGE — Several hundred folks braved threatening weather June 20 to witness the unveiling and dedication of the historic 1900 Blue Ridge College bell in Lehigh Square, the original site of the college which had thrived in Union Bridge from 1898 to 1913. http://explorecarroll.com/news/3055/historic-blue-ridge-college-bell-dedicated-union-bridge/

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Dining at Bud’s at Silver Run

Dining at Bud’s at Silver Run

My Sunday, September 20, 2009 Carroll Eagle Archives column - http://tinyurl.com/yca3non - was about visiting historic Silver Run on Sept. 11, 2009.

I ended the column by sharing that another one of the great pleasures in visiting Silver Run is, you guessed it, eating. And why not; Silver Run happens to be the home of one Carroll County’s elegant fine dining experiences, “Bud’s of Silver Run.”

“Bud’s at Silver Run,” http://tinyurl.com/yca3non Sept. 11, 2009 http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ visit them at http://www.budsatsilverrun.com/

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(For more about “Bud’s at Silver Run,” call them at 410-346-6816 or visit them at http://www.budsatsilverrun.com/.)

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

The family at Bud’s at Silver Run

The family at Bud’s at Silver Run

The family at “Bud’s at Silver Run” on September 11, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/yca3non

Left to right: CB, me, the Mom and the Ebullient Grammificus

Click here for a larger image of The family at Bud’s at Silver Run: http://twitpic.com/jc75n

“Bud’s at Silver Run” http://www.budsatsilverrun.com/

My Sunday, September 20, 2009 Carroll Eagle Archives column - http://tinyurl.com/yca3non - was about visiting historic Silver Run on Sept. 11, 2009.

I ended the column by sharing that another one of the great pleasures in visiting Silver Run is, you guessed it, eating. And why not; Silver Run happens to be the home of one Carroll County’s elegant fine dining experiences, “Bud’s of Silver Run.”

Click here for a larger image of “Bud’s at Silver Run”: http://twitpic.com/j6iuk

http://twitpic.com/j6iuk “Bud’s at Silver Run,” http://www.budsatsilverrun.com/ Sept. 11, 2009 http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ http://tinyurl.com/yca3non

20090911 Buds at Silver Run 20090911 Buds (19)b

See also: Silver Run MD and Bud’s at Silver Run restaurant is rich in history http://tinyurl.com/yajnvhr

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2009/09/silver-run-md-and-buds-at-silver-run.html http://tinyurl.com/yajnvhr

(For more about “Bud’s at Silver Run,” call them at 410-346-6816 or visit them at http://www.budsatsilverrun.com/.)

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20090911 Buds (14) The family at “Bud’s at Silver Run” on Sept. 11, 2009 Left to right: CB, me, the Mom and the Ebullient Grammificus

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Silver Run MD and Bud’s at Silver Run restaurant is rich in history

Silver Run MD and Bud’s at Silver Run restaurant is rich in history

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EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 9/20/09 (Enlarge)

In a quaint small town in northern Carroll County, Silver Run, happens to be the home of one Carroll County’s elegant fine dining experiences, “Bud’s of Silver Run.” (For more about “Bud’s at Silver Run,” call them at 410-346-6816 or visit them at http://www.budsatsilverrun.com/.)

Silver Run is about eight miles north of Westminster and perhaps 20 miles south of Gettysburg, on Littlestown Pike. You will find it nestled perfectly in our county’s beautiful countryside. It is a little town that looks so pretty, you’d think that Disney or a movie production company built it.

However, it’s real. Apparently I’m not the only fan of Silver Run and Bud’s; it seems that many folks have already discovered the place. Not only was the restaurant full the evening I went, but we recognized many familiar faces there.

Read the rest of the column here: Silver Run MD and Bud’s at Silver Run restaurant is rich in history

… the home of one Carroll Co MD’s elegant fine dining experiences, “Bud’s at Silver Run.” http://tinyurl.com/yca3non

Dayhoff http://www.explorecarroll.com/ Silver Run MD is rich in history, yet still a real hometown http://tinyurl.com/yca3non

http://www.explorecarroll.com/community/3421/EAGLE%20ARCHIVE/ http://tinyurl.com/yca3non

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http://twitpic.com/j6iuk “Bud’s at Silver Run,” http://www.budsatsilverrun.com/ Sept. 11, 2009 http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ http://tinyurl.com/yca3non

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

The passion and the glory of grits


The passion and the glory of grits

April 17, 2009 - August 10, 2007 Kevin Dayhoff

Every locale and region in the United States has its iconic food. And so it is that I’d like to bring up the subject of grits, a much maligned and misunderstood delicacy. Grits are a path to the American dream. A food for “everyman,” of which there is a dearth of availability in Carroll County.

In a contemporary world in which we face so many complexities and challenges, perhaps the world would be better if Americans ate more grits.

We will never be able to ponder the depths of the value of this truly invaluable food.

Beyond a shadow of doubt grits are one of the food adaptations that have changed the world.

Food Grits
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