The Associated Press reports that Lebanon has fired the latest salvo in the ongoing battle with Israel over which country can lay claim to hummus, that delicious and oh-so addictive chick pea-and-tahini spread/dip:
Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel — a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern dip.
“Come and fight for your bite, you know you’re right!” was the slogan for the event — part of a simmering war over regional cuisine between Lebanon and Israel, which have had tense political relations for decades.
Lebanese businessmen accuse Israel of stealing a host of traditional Middle Eastern dishes, particularly hummus, and marketing them worldwide as Israeli.
This is all sufficiently absurd, but wait for the punchline:
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Montreal, until October 31 - I am a complete philistine when it comes to oysters, being one of those people who feels that 90% of the half-shell experience is the butter, the slightly exotic nature of the dish, and the booze drunk while tipping back and chugging the little things down, and only 10% about the actual taste, which, let’s face it, isn’t much.
But if you are already convinced about oysters, and love them to death, then there are few better places to be this month than in Old Montreal for the Festival l’eau à la bouche (”mouth-watering”). It’s slightly misleading to call it a festival, since the participating restaurants are all owned by the same hotel consortium –- it’s a little like the kind of “Rib-fest!” a more downscale eatery might put on –- but all the same, the slippery little fellows will be cheap and plentiful at the six participating restaurants.
Plus, Montreal’s Old Port is beautiful right now, oysters or no oysters.
A package arrived in the DRIVEN offices with a return address of—I josh you not—”One Snack Food Lane, Minong, Wisconsin.” Sent by Jack Link’s, the package contained samples of Matador brand original snack sticks. Snack Food Lane in Minong. What an idyllic place that must be… the Kiebler elves playing road hockey against the Hostess Munchies… Chester Cheetah stealing the Sunday paper from Twinkie the Kid’s front porch while Little Debbie sets out on her morning power walk.
Anyway, about those snack sticks…
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We are living in a time of economic unrest and upheaval. People are losing their jobs, their homes and their sense of security. Difficult times like these force the average person to take a deep introspective look at what matters in life, and/or collosally overeact to minor irritations.
Consider the case of a Fort Pierce, Florida woman who called 911 three times after McDonald’s employee informed her they had run out of Chicken McNuggets. (Hat tip to TCPalm.com)
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