Yesterday I was watching one of my all-time favorite cooking shows – a lady from California making a wonderful vegan soup recipe. She poured the thick contents of the blender into the bowl, leaving a large amount in the blender then added water to the bowl to thin the soup.
She put the blender aside without scraping any of the remaining soup into the bowl. She COULD have put the water into the blender and swished it around, capturing all the Yummy ingredients instead of wasting them. This would have taken NO extra time and would have demonstrated what I consider the essence of ecology cooking **
Television chefs need to set good examples. Silicone spatulas are a cook’s friend. Scrape all that yummy (expensive, healthy ingredients) food into the bowl/pot/container or onto your plate. Don’t waste it and, for heaven sake, don’t teach others to waste.
This chef’s wasteful behavior was frustrating to me because of all the people out there who might copy her example and has earned my Rant.
Whether it’s mellow yellow in California or preservation of some resource – we all need to do our part. Our recent journey to Glacier National Park was bittersweet. The glaciers are disappearing. The naysayers of climate change seem to want to give us permission to not pay attention. Imagine a world without clean water. Be thankful of light switches that work. Hug a tree.
End of rant.
