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23 June 2010
I dare you to produce a more colourful plate of food! Double dare even!
The only things you could add are some red ripe tomatoes and slices of kiwifruit. Or strawberries and avocado (both plentiful in my neck of the woods). And hey, some brown bread (even pumpernickel) because brown is a color! And bleu cheese!
My pics have to wait for my next trip to the supermarket. This week's ads from the Kroger, Safeway and Supervalu chains and the local yokels have red and green grapes, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, peaches, ruby red grapefruit, limes, mangos, pluots, red and green leaf lettuce, green beans, carrots, broccoli, red onions, 'Yukon Gold' potatoes, pink salmon, sharp cheddar cheese (vivid orange), ahi tuna (the other red meat), bacon (the best red meat), green enchilada sauce (a favorite of mine) and let's not get into the frighteningly unnatural colors of the frosting on the bakery cupcakes. It's a wonderful world of color 'round here.
That's one reason I don't like mushrooms - no color! (Also cauliflower, yuk. To me, white food must be chicken, fish or dairy... or Miracle Whip.)
Related: I like to finely chop some orange bell peppers to try to scare people into thinking I'm consuming potentially lethal quantities of Scotch Bonnets.
OK, last night I made a stirfry with the following ingredients:
red onion
minced garlic
1/4 inch green beans
1/4 inch carrots
halved cherry tomatoes
garbanzo beans
curry powder
soy sauce
ground pepper
basmati brown rice
Colors: red, purple red (onion), vivid green, orange, yellow brown (curry), ecru (garbanzo beans.)