Posted on 08/15/2018 6:50:23 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
At this point, weve all just made peace with the idea that climate change will devastate the Earth, right? As far as food is concerned, it is now easy to imagine a world without coffee, wine, bananas, avocados, chocolate, crops whose mere presence in the worlds food supply is threatened by a warming planet. But some climate-change experts stress the fact that complete extinction is less of a threat than the ways smaller adjustments will affect our food chain. The unpredictable ways in which our food system takes up shocks and stressors is the really compelling story here and it is going hugely underreported, says Ed Carr, director of Clark Universitys international development, community, and environment department. The entire global food system is a nightmare on the horizon.
Carr warns that our modern food system is interconnected in ways we will fail to truly grasp until a single shock or stress impacts the system. He says, Add multiple shocks, or even several moving parts, and that uncertainty compounds.
Take, for example, that iconic brunch drink, the Bloody Mary. It is often called the worlds most complex cocktail due to the sheer amount of stuff thats in it. Even a normal Bloody Mary - one that isnt garnished with, say, raw oysters or an entire fried chicken - contains far more ingredients than you might think (Worcestershire sauce alone contains over a dozen separate components), any one of which could be a victim of climate change in the future. You look at the glass and go, A lot is going on in there, explains Michael Hoffmann, who runs the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions. But if you take the pieces one by one, you start realizing tomorrows Bloody Mary is going to taste very different.
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But every one of those comes from warm climates, and bananas, coffee and chocolate can only be produced within the tropics.
Would you care to share your recipe?
Climate change will cause an invasion from Mars and a revolt from Keebler Elves.
“Could Climate destroy any media credibility for good?”
Glad to share! I started with a Copycat V-8 juice recipe. It only makes a quart, so I quadrupled the ingredients so I could make at least 4 quarts at a time, as long as I was messing up the kitchen in the first place!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/235433/copycat-v8-juice/
I also added two seeded (and membranes removed) Jalapeno Peppers, chopped. Also, I cooked it all down together, then ran it through my Food Mill to extract just the juice and put it back into the pot. If it’s too thin, I add some tomato paste to thicken it up, but cooking it down more will also thicken it. Sorry this is not a ‘perfect’ recipe; I like to play around until I find the easiest way to do things, LOL!
After you’ve made the V-8 juice and it’s still in the pot, I added 2 Tbsp. prepared Horseradish (in the quadrupled recipe!) and additional garlic to taste (2-4 tsp.) and as many shakes of Hot Sauce as you like. Then I heated that all through to a simmer, then I hot water bath canned it in quarts for 30 minutes at a full boil.
I also found that if I needed just a ‘smidgen’ more of juice to make that last full quart, I just added store-bought V-8 to top it off.
There are plenty of V-8 juice recipes out there so don’t feel locked into this one. It’s been quite forgiving as long as you have enough tomatoes. I have a glut of cucumbers this season, so I also added one large (2 if you’re making the larger volume) peeled, seeded cuke to the recipe. :)
On, Wisconsin!
Fabulous! Thank you kindly - I’ll give it a try.
Lol!
I’m waiting for UConn football to start...Go Huskies...
I have always been a HUGE fan of just about ANY College Sports - Heck, I’m engaged to a U of A Alum - Roll Tide!
Pretty sure that sealed the deal; I knew Football and how to butcher wild game. ;)
Yes, I count my Blessings - DAILY! :)
What is the author doing to stop our sun from eventually burning itself out?
Our planet is DOOMED!
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