DailyDirt: Ancient Food & Modern Food

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Wed, Apr 20th 2011 5:00pm — Michael Ho

Food has changed a lot over the last few decades. There's a lot more stuff like high fructose corn syrup in the food we eat, and formerly obscure techniques like sous-vide cooking are becoming more well-known. Here are a few quick links on some modern foods.

A recent study suggests that Neanderthals gathered plants and cooked their food -- making their diet more similar to ours than previously thought. Unless you're comparing microwaved frozen dinners to Neanderthal meals... [url]
A "Molecular Cuisine Starter Kit" sells for about $70 and includes ingredients such as calcium lactate, sodium alginate, soy lecithin and xanthan gum. And remember not to eat the little packets of silica gel in the packing material. [url]
Here are two great tastes that taste great together: beer and marshmallows. Chocolate and peanut butter will always be the classic combination. [url]
The first printing of Nathan Myhrvold's $625 cookbook has sold out -- so 25,000 more sets are being printed. When will the lawsuits over "stolen recipes" start? [url]
To discover more food-related links, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon. [url]

By the way, StumbleUpon can also recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

Filed Under: cookbook, food, modern cuisine, nathan myhrvold, neanderthals

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Spaceman Spiff (profile), 20 Apr 2011 @ 5:26pm

Patents anyone?
So, when will we start seeing food preparation patents? I can just see it now - "A means and device for the manufacture and preparation of ratatouille"...
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- jd2112 (profile), 20 Apr 2011 @ 7:38pm
  
  Re: Patents anyone?
  So, when will we start seeing food preparation patents? I can just see it now - "A means and device for the manufacture and preparation of ratatouille"...
  
  So we've gone from patents that state 'Perform certain action - With a compter' to 'Over the Internet' and 'With a mobile phone' to... 'With a rat'?
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Pixelation, 20 Apr 2011 @ 8:18pm

Beer is the new wine. For those who are uneducated, there are many, many types/ flavors of beer. Most people would be truly surprised by what is available if they took the time to find out. Pairing food and beer is a great opportunity for a party and most people are shocked by the great flavors.

BTW- For those who think Budweiser is beer, I piss out Budweiser after drinking real beer.*

*Disclaimer; I brew beer at home.
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