I always found the you say potato I say potahto argument prevalent in my life.
What I used to find funny some found disturbed. What you laughed at made me cry inside from the pain it caused the ones being ridiculed.
As a cook I’ve always mashed canned foods with the most celebrated produce, middle finger high to the sky because I found it delicious. It’s what I grew up around. I’m that other guy..
This is Obed. He’s my dude. He’s from Guatemala. In Guatemala they call each other Chapin. It means brethren.
I’ve been on a coffee kick like the rest of us. No hate here. So I always ask him about the single origin, shade grown, Antigua, organic, Fair Trade, strictly hard bean (SHB), Guatemalan bean, grown in volcanic soil.
He always says, “Huh?”
Then I explain in my broken Spanish. Then he says, “Huh?” I explain more.
Then he says, “Oh yeah, that’s where we used to take pisses as kids and hide out.”
He drinks NesCafe. As does probably almost everyone from Guatemala. It’s funny how something that are like just bushes to them became such high currency to the world. It’s even funnier that they don’t even like the taste of that $12 cup of Chemex single hard bean. It’s the single hardest riddle in our humanity.
Blood for diamonds. Tomato Tomahto.
I drink both.
NesCafe with Guatemalans.
And Guatemalan with Americans.
6 Comments
Nice post chief rocker!
Feel you. I appreciate quality as much as anyone, but I like it all – no food discrimination. I’m not expecting nutter butters when I’m dabbling in haute-cuisine, but I’d be lying if I said they didn’t taste fucking awesome.
Max- Thank you Mate!
Rodzilla- Now, Nutter Butters are a wholer ‘nother arguement….lol
I’ve gotta say there’s some pretty bland tasting agri-produce and farm raised seafood, but cook with enough fresh ground spices and herbs, it don’t matter.
Same goes for cooking with processed foods with maximum flavor and simple ingredients statements – no additives.
All depends on what you do with it.
Good coffee is good to find wherever you can get it. I know a lady that brews some great Yuban, i don’t know how she does it but it’s fantastic.
I have had what I think is terrible coffee from some people that win awards. I got these fancy beans on Sawtelle that I thought tasted like dirt. ..maybe I didn’t brew it right.
Coffee is confusing.
THIS BLOG IS MAKING ME HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!