Yogurt oat bread, strawberry tart and new burger from Japan

Tomato soup with toasted yogurt oat bread

Food Diary (June 17, 2011)

Breakfast: Rolled oats with raisins

Lunch: Potato with vegetables in spicy yogurt sauce

Dinner: Tomato soup with toasted yogurt oat bread

Baking/sweets:

The weather during the past few days has been terrible. My weekend plans to sit by the water, cold beverage in one hand food in another now has to be delayed. Summer only comes once a year for a few months, unfortunately rain manages to sneak in every now and then, like an unwelcome guest at a party.

Previously I lived in a country without four distinct seasons. There were two seasons – hot and dry, or hot/cool and rainy, never cold.  A hot sunny day was a day to avoid being outdoors since you would be drenching in sweat if you went outside. Now it is the opposite, a hot sunny day is a glorious day, available in limited quantities, and to be spent outdoors as much as possible. This really shows how value increases when we have less of something. When people say it would be nice to live in a country with year around summer I gently remind them of the reality.

Same for food. Previously after pretty much every night out I would stuff myself to the brim with burgers and kebabs. These dining experiences were best enjoyed with a certain 'state of mind'. Now with a long break from burgers and kebabs, they are starting to sound really really appealing to the extent that I am almost missing them. I could easily really enjoy them for lunch. I cracked the secret to appreciating and enjoying burgers and kebabs.

Today's Favourite Photo

Source: La Mia Vita Dolce

Crostata di Fragole con Crema Pasticcera e Chantilly (Strawberry Tart with lightened Pastry Cream)

Today’s Favourite Blog

Source: GIZMODO

Not all food innovations are exciting. A Japanese scientist has made a burger by extracting protein from human faeces (poop) and mixing with soya and steak sauce. The American influenced Japanese burger is probably not the kind of fusion food that would make many of us jump up and down with excitement, even if its given out for free. Tastes and preferences aside, this certainly demonstrate innovation and creatively, though perhaps it could have been better used in other areas. Maybe the human protein extract can be fed to animals as animal feed? I wonder if the scientist tasted it. I wonder where the raw ingredients were sourced from. I have many other questions in mind but its best left in the mind!

Some scientists seem to have access to more than enough funding, and have a lot of spare time on their hands. I read yesterday on Reuters  that Chinese scientists produced a herd of genetically modified cows that produces milk which is 80% the same as human breast milk. I thought it was strange until I read about the poop burger.