Random, much of it food related
Jan. 9th, 2008 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidIn some way or another...
An interesting infographic about cost per calorie and calories by weight, as distributed in an average supermarket.
Bldgblog points out another way to combat global warming: growing plants with lighter leaves that reflect more light, and painting external surfaces such as roofs and parking lots white. I personally wouldn't appreciate the parking lots, especially in the summer when the glare would be horrible (plus not having a dark color means it would take longer for snow to melt), but it's still an intriguing idea.
With Earth's ever-growing population, plus the preponderance of people opting for cities, having places to raise food in urban centers seems like a good idea, if they can fit. Which they can, if you put them into high-rises. I'm sure there are lots more technical issues to this than the site mentions, but it still sounds like it could work on some scale.
This Jewish food pyramid shirt is great:
Tier 1: bagels, matzah, matzah balls, pita.
Tier 2: Pickles, hummus, tzimmes, dill, figs
Tier 3: shmeers, cream cheese / gefilte fish, lox, pastrami on rye
Tier 4: gelt coins, schmaltz, jelly rings, latkes, blintzes
Of course, with the revised food pyramid, the Jewish version needs updating:
Grains: bagels, matzah, matzah balls, pita
Vegetables: pickles, tzimmes, latkes, all kinds kugel
Fruits: apples and honey, figs, grapes, dried plums
Milk: cheese blintzes, cream cheese, cheese danish
Meat & Beans: gefilte fish, lox, pastrami, hummus
Oils and Discretionary Calories: gelt coins, schmaltz, jelly rings
Amusingly bad writing: "Wilson measured his rectangular fish tank."
Which is for his two-dimensional fish, of course. The problem being that it's a rectangle, so there's nowhere to put the fish food in. Wilson has an alarming rate of killing his fish.
The work of a graffiti artist, and the movie being made about his art during his travels.
Oh, and the turkey was out Monday morning. *gobble gobble*
An interesting infographic about cost per calorie and calories by weight, as distributed in an average supermarket.
Bldgblog points out another way to combat global warming: growing plants with lighter leaves that reflect more light, and painting external surfaces such as roofs and parking lots white. I personally wouldn't appreciate the parking lots, especially in the summer when the glare would be horrible (plus not having a dark color means it would take longer for snow to melt), but it's still an intriguing idea.
With Earth's ever-growing population, plus the preponderance of people opting for cities, having places to raise food in urban centers seems like a good idea, if they can fit. Which they can, if you put them into high-rises. I'm sure there are lots more technical issues to this than the site mentions, but it still sounds like it could work on some scale.
This Jewish food pyramid shirt is great:
Tier 1: bagels, matzah, matzah balls, pita.
Tier 2: Pickles, hummus, tzimmes, dill, figs
Tier 3: shmeers, cream cheese / gefilte fish, lox, pastrami on rye
Tier 4: gelt coins, schmaltz, jelly rings, latkes, blintzes
Of course, with the revised food pyramid, the Jewish version needs updating:
Grains: bagels, matzah, matzah balls, pita
Vegetables: pickles, tzimmes, latkes, all kinds kugel
Fruits: apples and honey, figs, grapes, dried plums
Milk: cheese blintzes, cream cheese, cheese danish
Meat & Beans: gefilte fish, lox, pastrami, hummus
Oils and Discretionary Calories: gelt coins, schmaltz, jelly rings
Amusingly bad writing: "Wilson measured his rectangular fish tank."
Which is for his two-dimensional fish, of course. The problem being that it's a rectangle, so there's nowhere to put the fish food in. Wilson has an alarming rate of killing his fish.
The work of a graffiti artist, and the movie being made about his art during his travels.
Oh, and the turkey was out Monday morning. *gobble gobble*