I like living in the (food) future

[drwex]

This week I'm on a diet of soft foods and I'm actively noticing the options I have: soft Mexican (or Tex-Mex/Americanized Mex) tacos or burritos. Soba and udon noodle soups. Saag, paneer and other south Asian (mostly Indian) foods. If I wanted to go a little farther afield I could get pad thai or other Thai dishes like fish soup. And I'm sure there are more I haven't figured out yet. The Brazilian places are out, sadly, for now. But once I'm healed I plan to treat myself to a MEAT dinner.

I love the way my local version of American culture has integrated world-wide foods into options for me. I remember when I was growing up and the first Indian restaurant opened near where I lived in suburbia. It was a big deal and it only happened because of a local influx of south Asian high-tech people.

Of course there are even more futuristic foods around - people doing work at the molecular level, and kitchen science of various fantastic sorts. I'm not a big foodie myself but I do experiment once in a while and I love reading my friends' write-ups of their food adventures.

This part of the future? I'm really liking it.

Comments

[tigira.livejournal.com]

I'm glad, at least, that there is yummy soft food around. It can get really boring to eat the same thing all the time. (Though I think some are less bored by this than I am).

*smile*

[taura-g.livejournal.com]

It is rather cool at times, isn't it?

I have a coupon for Midwest Brazilian BBQ in Cambridge once you are feeling better.

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you have interesting food choices within the limits of your soft food diet. As for future foods, it is worth remembering that margarine was once considered a future food, but now we know to avoid triglycerides. I might be more enthusiastic about future food were the FDA not unduly influenced by agribusiness and its lobbyists.

[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

The cool thing about living near a major city is that people from all over the world come here, and some of them open restaurants.

My parents are from a more rural area, and when they visited us, we took them to a Thai place for dinner. They were not amused. We thought we'd give them something cool that they couldn't get at home, but they said it wasn't a meal if there weren't any mashed potatoes. (I've known my parents all my life, and they still boggle my mind.)

Glad you're finding some interesting soft food to keep you reasonably happy while dental problems plague you. I guess the aforementioned mashed potatoes would work, too. :-)