Week 8 Tasting Lab:
Tasting Lab Lunch: Week 8

Asparagus Stir-Fry, and a Brown Bread made by Meghan

I helped assist this week’s potluck food. The asparagus was made into a stir-fry with ginger, chills, mint and basil. This was the main dish with brown rice and re fried beans on the side.
After the meal, we also had a sensual experience for the class to eat food, with their eyes closed, while listening to soft music in the background. Everyone was asked to listen and pay attention to what was placed in front of them by only listening, and smelling the food, as cinnamon was grated onto the yogurt, and vanilla was added on top. The class was the asked to take a bite of the yogurt with an apple slice, and pay attention to the sound and texture. The tasting experience was accompanied by Ryan Zak’s album – New Life.

Things to consider with this week’s tasting lab:

Our ancestors understood this solemn truth, dug into the dirt, and built autonomous agrarian villages “for the beautiful ones not yet born.” (Davy et al. 2)

What’s a memorable experience of eating vegetables grown by someone you know? How does this change your experience of eating?

“The funny thing was everyone said I had a glow that evening and I kept saying that I didn’t feel good and the glow they saw was fever. They said I had the glow of health.” (Smart-Grosvenor 104)

Do you have a distinct memory of food and music together? Does the music, the food, or the environment stand out more in your memory? Can it?