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IDK why that line from Judge Dredd has always stuck in my head.
Anyway, the new food trend I am seeing everywhere suddenly is 'upcycled' food. Like a week ago I'd have assumed the term was from a bad SNL skit and now it's everywhere. The idea is that if you drink buttermilk, the left over milk from making butter, or like use whey protein from cheese production it's environmental because it's 'less wasteful'. I'm pretty sure this is some BS greenwashing. We have a food waste problem in the US but that at those stages of our supply line. By-products of food production are used in other human foods, or if not that then pet foods, or if not that then cattle feed, or if not even that then mulch/weed cover.
Anyway, Salt & Straw's flavors of the month are made from 'upcycled' ingredients like whey, okara (left over soy pulp from making soy milk or tofu) and stuff like that. They also have a chocolate barley milk and fig jam where the barley is left over from beer making, and I can eat it. I have a lot of medical dietary restrictions... so if I can try a thing I will even if it's dumb. So, I started my walk tonight with a Salt & Straw detour to get a scoop and... it was okay. The chocolate flavor went well with the barley flavor... I think at least. It felt like one of those flavor combos I like because of how I was raised that other people tend to look at me weird for. The fig jam was... barely there and not great. Still, it was nice to try it. For most of it's existence S&S had had unique treats for me every month but then a year ago they started adding soy into stuff and I was sad.
I was going to be hipstery and post pictures of my ice cream and the menu but, eh, I will but under a cut. The ice cream was pretty melted so it doesn't look very appetizing.
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Anyway, the new food trend I am seeing everywhere suddenly is 'upcycled' food. Like a week ago I'd have assumed the term was from a bad SNL skit and now it's everywhere. The idea is that if you drink buttermilk, the left over milk from making butter, or like use whey protein from cheese production it's environmental because it's 'less wasteful'. I'm pretty sure this is some BS greenwashing. We have a food waste problem in the US but that at those stages of our supply line. By-products of food production are used in other human foods, or if not that then pet foods, or if not that then cattle feed, or if not even that then mulch/weed cover.
Anyway, Salt & Straw's flavors of the month are made from 'upcycled' ingredients like whey, okara (left over soy pulp from making soy milk or tofu) and stuff like that. They also have a chocolate barley milk and fig jam where the barley is left over from beer making, and I can eat it. I have a lot of medical dietary restrictions... so if I can try a thing I will even if it's dumb. So, I started my walk tonight with a Salt & Straw detour to get a scoop and... it was okay. The chocolate flavor went well with the barley flavor... I think at least. It felt like one of those flavor combos I like because of how I was raised that other people tend to look at me weird for. The fig jam was... barely there and not great. Still, it was nice to try it. For most of it's existence S&S had had unique treats for me every month but then a year ago they started adding soy into stuff and I was sad.
I was going to be hipstery and post pictures of my ice cream and the menu but, eh, I will but under a cut. The ice cream was pretty melted so it doesn't look very appetizing.
( Read more... )
