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On 12/1/24 2:02 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:36:18 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
> 
>> Europe is full of ideas for making shit food taste better.
>> Porcini mushrooms (ceps) taste meatier than meat.
>>
>> Spices add some sort of interest as do herbs, and garlic.
>>
>> However some foods are so shit that nothing works.
> 
> US cuisine, particularly that derived from Mexico, is the result of trying
> to make meat well past its sell-by date edible.


   That was the whole purpose of "spices" early on ...
   why they became such a huge trade. "Taste" came
   along later - hiding the smell of ROT was the
   first priority. The pungent eastern spices did
   that pretty well.


> During my trucking days I delivered a load of dry beans to a well known
> canned chili maker. The truck at the dock next to me was a reefer full of
> chicken. As we were being unloaded I talked to the trucker. His sad story
> was his refrigeration unit had broken down and the load had defrosted to
> the point where the original consignee refused it. The trucking company
> had found a way to get rid of the load so it wasn't a complete loss.
> 
> I'm not a fan of canned chili and I definitely avoided that brand.

   Aw ... I'm sure they managed to re-sell it all, as "school
   lunches"  :-)