the politics of food

[Brad De Long]

>
>Hey, Rakesh, you're in *New Jersey*! Come into the big city if your palate
>feels neglected. As for the "out here," have you ever dined in Eureka?
>
>Doug

Fresh crabs. Abalone. Yum

The Coast Miwok did not have it so bad...

Brad De Long

(Or, rather, those of the Coast Miwok who were good enough with spears to
keep places on the coast didn't have it so bad. Those further inland had to
grind acorns into mush, and then leach the acorns for eight hours in order
to get the toxins out.)