Thursday, October 01, 2009

ALTON BROWN!

Very quick post (and a promise to update on what's been going on the last couple months soon...) about the lecture given by Alton Brown that we went to last night at Oakland University. He gave us a few things that everyone should know about the science of foodstuffs. Here they are:

1. Beware Chinese chili.

2. Chickens do NOT have Fingers.

3. Eat more pretty colors.

4. Anything you can buy is not as good as anything you can cook.

5. Words like "diet," "lite," or "free" aren't real - stay away!

6. Never mix strawberries and watermelons - eat seasonally!

7. "Fresh" and "raw" are NOT the same.

8. Eat more little fishies - sardines, mackrel, anchovies, small tuna.

9. No government can keep our food safe - don't expect them to and don't ask them to.

10. Grow something...anything...

11. Try being a little thankful sometime.

12. Always serve the good beer first.

It was a fantastic lecture with the best of company (Vivian, Anna, and Margaret Mann) and Alton Brown while extremely educational is also extremely funny. We would definitely go hear him again AND we converted Margaret to his fantastic-ness (I know that's not a word) seeing as she had never heard of him.

Happy first of October and Happy Thursday, everyone!