[lbo-talk] the politics of food

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Thu Nov 12 08:43:21 PST 2009


On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:21 PM, Gar Lipow wrote:


> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:58 PM, martin <mschiller at pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Nov 11, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Gar Lipow wrote:
>>
>>> I cooked coconut tofu curry last night. Doe this really have
>>> political significance?
>
> Martin replied
>>
>> Depends on whether you ate it yourself, or served it to others (who
>> ate it).
>
> Served it to myself and dinner guests. Very popular. Yellow peppers,
> orange peppers, red peppers, onions, mangos, partially cooked pasta,
> firm tofu cut up small, lime juice, honey, wine, olive oil, curry
> powder, garlic, salt, sweetened coconut, cardoman. Prepare and cook
> for ten minutes while making breakfast, refrigerate until dinner time
> to marinate, begin cooking again cooking ten or fifteen minutes before
> dinner time - serve when peppers and onions are cooked. Make two
> servings per person, cause most people will have seconds.

Sounds very good. But the question re the significance of the politics (which I assume was a facetious question) might be answered with the idea that an effective left activist might be expected to be found hanging with folks who prefer the chicken fried steak.

xx, martin



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