That's not Good Eats
Based upon tonight's Iron Chef rerun on the Food Network, here's why the USA will always have a leg up on our good friends in Japan:
No matter how relentlessly innovative their technological advances or how enthusiastically dedicated their work ethic...
...our neighbors across the Pacific still countenance the eating of such bizarre fare as cod roe ice cream.
Don't get me wrong: I love both good sushi and good caviar (much to KJ's chagrin, who refuses to eat anything that ever came in contact with sea water). Just not in my frozen dairy delight. Please.
I've eaten — even enjoyed — many an odd (from a Western cultural perspective) foodstuff in my time, but if the Good Lord had wanted us to put fish eggs in ice cream, Ben and Jerry would have it in every supermarket in America, in a colorful carton and with a funny name.
No matter how relentlessly innovative their technological advances or how enthusiastically dedicated their work ethic...
...our neighbors across the Pacific still countenance the eating of such bizarre fare as cod roe ice cream.
Don't get me wrong: I love both good sushi and good caviar (much to KJ's chagrin, who refuses to eat anything that ever came in contact with sea water). Just not in my frozen dairy delight. Please.
I've eaten — even enjoyed — many an odd (from a Western cultural perspective) foodstuff in my time, but if the Good Lord had wanted us to put fish eggs in ice cream, Ben and Jerry would have it in every supermarket in America, in a colorful carton and with a funny name.
SwanShadow was randomly pounding the keyboard at 11:59 PM
3 insisted on sticking two cents in:
Re: but if the Good Lord had wanted us to put fish eggs in ice cream,
Or a good marketer ;-)
Good point, Joel. I guarantee you this: If the ads promoted it as (a) removing facial wrinkles, (b) promoting speedy weight loss, or (c) ensuring male sexual performance, every freezer in America would contain a carton of cod roe ice cream.
And don't forget the spam...!
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