Give Me Some…
When it comes to food, almost anything goes as long as it’s not too gross. You name it, fast food, retro food, ethnic food, gourmet food, and so on and so on…
I love food!!! Maybe that’s where living in an environment that didn’t lend itself to copying cookbook recipes easily has been a BIG plus. Instead of imitating other works of culinary art, I’m always trying to create my own dishes. Of course, this particular technique doesn’t always work out. However, in those situations when the texture isn’t quite right, or some other less than perfect malfunction occurs, the creation is usually edible at least. Now-a-days, when an over abundance of culinary information is so easily and quickly at my fingertips, there really is no need to repeat any single meal ever again.
Some of the sites that I run across in my daily research for ideas turn-up unexpected responses on my part. Sometimes there seems to be an uncanny brain wave of similarity on cooking projects between some of the sites and my self. And other times the posts present something that is a total surprise. For instance, take this post by Sarah Gim for Slashfood that led to this find. I can see why so many people felt compelled to respond to the “what the heck is it” inquiry. Although the caption suggestion portion of the site is closed, I have to put in my thought on this look back to the ’70s. So here it goes :
There’s no mystery here, any and every one who ever saw “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” knows that this is a picture of a rejected prop for Richard Dreyfuss of the Devil’s Tower!!!