tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66433056054693914012024-03-12T23:24:25.947-04:00Gromm•It<b>HOLE FOODS YOU WON’T FIND AT WHOLE FOODS</b>Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-27426582222249399152016-03-13T13:47:00.000-04:002016-03-13T14:00:29.405-04:00Say, ‘Ahhh’<a target="new" href="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1638/25459676820_aa60e64cc1_h.jpg"><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1638/25459676820_aa60e64cc1_h.jpg" width="100%"></a>
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<p>Note: This was a <a target="new" href="http://www.freirich.com/our-products/smoked-beef-tongue/">Freirich smoked tongue</a> — the same brand my mom made when I was a kid. Their label design doesn't appear to have changed since those days.
<p><i>(Carving photos by Mary Bakija; food suggestion by Matt Weingarden)</i>
Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-77001016330252572882016-03-05T15:04:00.001-05:002016-03-05T15:04:31.004-05:00Creamy Goodness<a target="new" href="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1580/25167138229_a7fc55953d_b.jpg"><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1580/25167138229_a7fc55953d_b.jpg" width="100%"></a>
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<p>The funny thing about this one is that there actually is a brand of butter whose packaging includes grommets: <a target="new" href="https://socratesunderground.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/delitia-butter.jpg">Delitia</a>, a product of Italy. Very tasty.Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-62685061536407365082016-02-25T15:44:00.000-05:002016-02-25T15:44:25.265-05:00Sushi<a target="new" href="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1617/25234811226_77f5d0d291_h.jpg"><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1617/25234811226_77f5d0d291_h.jpg" width="100%"></a>
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White Castle is an ideal food for grommeting because the burger patties <a target="new" href="https://cbswomc2.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/116042843.jpg?w=640&h=360&crop=1">already have holes</a>.
<p>White Castle has long touted the holes as a selling point, boasting that they allow the burgers to cook through without being flipped, among other benefits. The reality, though, is that the holes were introduced as a cost-cutting measure in 1951, as David Gerard Hogan explained in his definitive history of the company, <a target="new" href="http://www.amazon.com/Selling-Sack-Castle-Creation-American/dp/0814735673"><i>Selling ’Em by the Sack</i></a> (New York University Press, 1997):
<p><blockquote>As both labor and meat prices crept upward, the company scrambled to find a way to cut costs. In 1951, the home office leadership decided to take the unprecedented step of trimming the size of its hamburger patty from one to eight-tenths of an ounce, effectively getting two extra patties from each pound of ground beef. To achieve this reduction in size, White Castle made the patty thinner and bored its distinctive five holes into the meat.
<p>Originally proposed on an anonymous employee suggestion sheet in 1947 by Houston operator Earl Howell, the five-hole concept was slow to catch the attention or interest of company officials. But when White Castle finally "downsized" its patty in 1951, it publicly touted the inclusion of the holes as a way to make the meat cook faster, in less than a minute, while also allowing more steam and juices into the bun on top. [Company founder] Billy Ingram praised this new innovation for its speed and efficiency. The publicized rationale was accurate, as the patty did cook faster, but the main purpose of the five holes was to use less meat — while still charging the same price as before.</blockquote>
<p>Of course, adding grommets to the burgers boosts the price. But it's so, so worth it.Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-47468688673576947942016-02-11T11:29:00.001-05:002016-02-11T11:29:35.695-05:00Valentine’s Day<a target="new" href="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1610/24592427999_56f087f0eb_h.jpg"><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1610/24592427999_56f087f0eb_h.jpg" width="590"></a>
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<p>Finding a pearl inside an oyster is nice. But this is better.
<p><i>(Hand model: Mary Bakija)</i>
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<i>(Hand model and videography: Mary Bakija)</i>
Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-57453939043909479932016-01-23T08:30:00.001-05:002016-01-23T08:30:29.300-05:00Mushrooms<p>I've always been creeped out by mushrooms. The way they can just <s>grow</s> encroach on anything, anywhere, gives me the shivers. And hey, they're fungus — we're <i>supposed</i> to be creeped out by fungus, aren't we?
<p>They're basically foreign growths that pockmark the landscape. So I've pockmarked them with their own foreign growths.
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<i>(Hand model: Mary Bakija)</i>
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<i>(Concept and provisions: Mary Bakija)</i>Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-47870414644217229942016-01-15T22:17:00.002-05:002021-09-13T20:38:48.280-04:00Grommi Bears<a target="new" href="https://dugout.uni-watch.com/app/uploads/2021/09/24112545000_2277da9625_b_clipped_rev_1.png"><img src="https://dugout.uni-watch.com/app/uploads/2021/09/24112545000_2277da9625_b_clipped_rev_1.png" width="590"></a>
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<i>(Special thanks to Denver Gregg for suggesting this one.)</i>
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Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-31468845405581740902016-01-06T18:27:00.000-05:002016-01-15T18:44:33.827-05:00Everything BagelFinally, an "everything bagel" worthy of the name.
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<i>(Hand model: Mary Bakija)</i>
Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-49272863233370009812016-01-02T14:10:00.002-05:002016-01-15T18:45:30.885-05:00Grommocado<p>It's so nice when you can see something small grow into something full-size.
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<p>Wondering about those two "extra" grommets at the center of each end of the wafer? For some reason Good Humor puts holes in those spots (it's consistent across all of their ice cream sandwiches), so I had to put grommets there, even though they seem to ruin the visual pattern.
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<p><i>(Bottom photo by Mary Bakija)</i>Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-24190330084475244752015-12-30T11:03:00.000-05:002016-01-15T18:46:26.354-05:00Life Savers<p>Life Savers have been marketed for over a century as "<a target="new" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/1917_Life_Savers_ad.png/800px-1917_Life_Savers_ad.png">the candy with the hole</a>." Not bad, but I think they could do better: the candy with the grommet.
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<p>Walnuts are like fingerprints: No two are alike.
Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-90383594452749539402015-12-28T11:36:00.000-05:002016-01-15T18:46:40.942-05:00Part of Your Good Breakfast<p>I've been eating Cheerios for breakfast pretty much every morning since I was 10 years old. I like how simple and elemental they are — but that's not to say that they can't be improved upon.
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<p><i>(My thanks to Bruce Broderson, who was the first to suggest this one.)</i>Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-46579483285936778832015-12-26T12:02:00.003-05:002015-12-26T12:02:44.597-05:00Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum<a target="new" href="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1624/23877649582_bc1f908c75_b.jpg"><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1624/23877649582_bc1f908c75_b.jpg" width="590"></a>
<p>I hadn't opened a pack of Wrigley's Spearmint in many years and was surprised to find that it's now green instead of off-white. When did that happen? Also, it seems odd that the packaging shows a double-pointed arrow — that visual device had always been reserved for <a target="new" href="http://jcandy.net/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/700x700/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/o/doublemint_0.35.png">Doublemint gum</a>, while Wrigley's Spearmint always had <a target="new" href="http://www.wrigley.com/ea/Images/packaging_spearmint.jpg">a single-pointed arrow</a>. Not sure when this changed, but I find it strangely upsetting, as if one of the universe's eternal verities has been upended.
<p><i>(Special thanks to Mary Bakija for suggesting this one.)</i>Paul Lukashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569493938573591538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643305605469391401.post-54871354614083498532015-12-23T10:53:00.000-05:002015-12-23T10:53:46.444-05:00CitrusI'm not sure when the folks at Tropicana began promoting their orange juice by depicting <a target="new" href="http://nowiknow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/product-Tropicana-Pure-Premium-Orange-Juice-No-Pulp-1300664183.jpeg">an orange with a straw</a>, but I've always thought the orange would look better with a grommet, so I gave it one. Turns out the entire citrus family is very grommet-friendly.
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