When we were kids, most of our mom’s would tell us not to play with our food…I wonder if the members of the The First Vienna Vegetable Orchestra got this lecture!
So, immediately prior to a performance, members of the orchestra would take 90 pounds of vegetables and fashion them into musical instruments. Apparently freshness counts in not just food for your table but for the stage as well. I guess you can say this isn’t canned music…
The veggies of course are only good for the one performance – afterwards, the muscians pass their instruments on to a band of chefs who make a huge pot of soup for the audience to enjoy post performance. Honestly, I’m not sure I’d want to dine on soup made from vegetables someone has been blowing in.
And speaking of playing with your food…scientist at Cornell have hybridized a new variety of cauliflower that is orange. The first orange cauliflower was discovered in a marsh outside of Toronto. It didn’t taste very good so the scientist got to work on crossing it with plain old white cauliflower to increase the flavor. According to lab analysis – the orange cauliflower has 25 times more Vitamin A than it’s white cousin. I suppose this means the orange variety is good for you but I want to know what was in the water in that marsh! Anyway, look for this new variety in specialty grocers or maybe at your local farmer’s market.
Signing off now…remember, you can play with your vegetables but don’t forget to eat your veggies too!
