The Deleted Scenes - New and Old #66
Trained falcons are expensive, but Napa Valley grapes are even more expensive.
What does seem to work is having trained birds of prey—different species trigger different behaviors in the small birds—to ward them off. The birds of prey don’t hunt or eat the small birds; they just stand guard and frighten them off. This is a really fascinating, detailed article on a natural, quirky agricultural practice. Read the whole thing. The story of white sauce, Virginia’s unique contribution to Mexican American cuisine, The Virginian-Pilot, Matthew Korfhage, May 3, 2019
You could think of this as “inauthentic” Mexican food—or, correctly in my view, you could see it as a piece of a new cuisine, something that happens when people and cultures mix. Apparently, a restaurant owner in the Hampton Roads area named Willie Jenkins—not Mexican—first served it back in the 1970s. But decades later, Mexican cooks and restaurant owners started opening up shop in the area, found that the local customers expected white sauce, and tweaked it with their own culinary sensibilities. So in a sense it became truly Mexican-American long after it was first served in a Mexican restaurant. It’s so cool that a truly local food with such a neat history still survives today. There are lots of these stories out there, and while some of these foods get “noticed” and become trendy, many just stay in their hometowns, as it were.
There’s a lot of detailed local history here. The big takeaway for me is that this is local government actually doing things. Could we do this today? Maybe not, and that’s concerning. Houses as Transportation Systems, What Are Streets For, November 23, 2020
This reminds me of something I’ve already mentioned a couple of times here. At a event I spoke at, my fellow speaker was an interior designer, who spoke about floorplans as tiny examples of urban design. For example, how well does one room “flow” into the next, making unselfconscious socializing easier or harder? The idea of urban design and home design as basically the same thing really intrigues me. Related Reading: Thank you for reading! Please consider upgrading to a paid subscription to help support this newsletter. You’ll get a weekly subscribers-only post, plus full access to the archive of over 400 posts and growing. And you’ll help ensure more material like this! You’re a free subscriber to The Deleted Scenes. For the full experience, become a paid subscriber. |
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