Food Carving

How many people have heard their guardian say "don't play with your food!" Well my cousin Polendoy introduced me to this new idea of carving food. Some chefs have taken catering and presentation to a whole new level by carving birds from onions and flowers from beets. Where has this idea grown from? Possibly ice sculpture or the carving of pumpkins for halloween?

Instead of getting into the whole catering idea, I think since its reaching October the pumpkin carving idea will be  better so when we take a tools on the pumpkin we can understand why we do this. I am sure that many people are not aware that the name pumpkin came from the greek word pepon which means large melon. The idea of carving pumpkins came from the Irish myth "Stringy Jack." In Ireland and Scotland people began carving faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them on windows and door steps. This tradition eventually came to America where colonists found that pumpkins made perfect jack-o-lanterns.

read about "Stinky Jack":
http://www.halloween-ideas.net/halloween-history-legends/halloween-history-jackolatern.html

Other stories that have pumpkin in them:
Cinderella
The Tale of Sleepy Hollow
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

sources:
http://www.halloween-ideas.net/halloween-history-legends/halloween-history-jackolatern.html
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http://www.halloween-ideas.net/halloween-history-legends/halloween-history-jackolatern.html

A meatless life

           For the past week and a half, I was trying to be vegetarian for one of my classes in school. Diatricians seem to have come up with a variety of ways to have fake or soy meat in cans, boxes, and other packages. Some of these foods weren't so tasty. I know alot of people that decided to change their life style strictly to vegetarian, I am not one of them, so for anyone else that is thinking about becoming vegetarian I have a few guidelines of what to eat and what to stay away from thats advertised as vegetarian.

Try :                                                                                              
yves jumbo dog
morning star sausages


Don't try:
Tofurky Franks
Veggie patch meatless meatballs


         Mainly, if your vegetarian and you want to try the fake meats theirs not many great options. I found that in canned vegetarian meats theres was alot more sodium and unlike many vegetarians claim I did not feel very energized from my change of diet. What became my best friend during this hardship? Tofu. If there are any vegetarians out there please leave a comment letting me know how you are able to survive. Anyone who had a hard time trying to be vegetarian like me why don't you share your own experience.


Sources:
Food Mill
Safeway
Yves packages
Morning star Packages
Veggie patch Packages
Tofurky franks packages
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