WE ARE FOOD JUSTICE.
Food Justice is a concept I don't feel like explaining. It is a way of life. This is its story.
Dan: Has there been a more influential post than this? Both setting the tone and the mission for a year to come this post is fondly remembered by some as the "one that changed it all."
NOAH DONNELL-KILMER – THE STRONGEST.
FAY WALKER – THE SMARTEST.
LEAH SUSSMAN – THE QUICKEST.
CLARISSA BOYAJIAN – THE STURDIEST.
GABE MATHEWS – GOOD AT SOME THINGS.
JORDAN FAIRES – GOOD AT OTHERS.
BEN TUTHILL – THE BEST.
When I think FOOD JUSTICE, I think rock music. Some of FOOD JUSTICE'S
greatest purveyors are musicians: Tom Morello, Paul McCartney, Flea,
Brian Wilson, even Trent Reznor I think is a vegetarian. Rock stars are
usually good people. So let's hear it for the Top Ten Most FOOD
JUSTICE (aka BEST) albums of the year:
10. Watch the Throne, Jay-Z and Kanye West: Jay-Z and Kanye may be the
1%, but they also care about there unborn sons and other social issues.
9. There Could Have Been A Warmth, ibid.: Who is this guy? Who knows, but his album is sick.
8. Smile Sessions, Beach Boys: Best all time reissue, hands down.
7. Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective: Grooving to this everyday this summer.
6. Suck It And See, Arctic Monkeys: So good!
5. David Comes To Life, F____ed Up: Punk Rock!
4. Go Tell Fire To the Mountain, WU LYF: Punk Rock?
3. 4, Beyonce: Yeah!
2. Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay: Best band of our generation.
1. Bon Iver, Bon Iver: I've never listened to this but I'm pretty sure it's the best album of the year.
Hello FOOD JUSTICE advocates!
If you've been reading this blog for the past few months, you may have
noticed that it isn't very good. It's taken some time to get everything
put together here at FOOD JUSTICE HOUSE, and we haven't had much time
to sit down and put together any actually half-decent posts. This is no
good, because we've been doing some pretty cool stuff this fall, and
we're enthusiastic about the future of this project.
As you surely can see, we've just reformatted the blog to a new, hip,
layout. In the upcoming months, we will also include new, hip news
about FOOD JUSTICE and general good living in LA. We might even define
what FOOD JUSTICE means, something which I'm sure everyone is dying to
know. The future is bright, Los Angeles, and you are about to
experience it. I know I can't wait.
In sad news, five out of seven current FOOD JUSTICES are going out of
the country next semester, leaving only Ben and Noah to defend the food
of LA county. Lucky for everyone, though, they're being replaced by
several trained and qualified experts who you'll hopefully get to know
over the next few days. Who are you? Who reads this? These are
questions which we'll explore together as we travel onward...
Happy Holidays!
Dan: A huge post that really changed the game from mediocrity to somewhere a bit above mediocrity. I think it is a fair assessment to say these were dark times for the FJH. Apart from the Warm Hearted Boy come back of December the FJH had pretty much ceased to exist in the internet stratosphere. This post was the life raft that saved FJH from its Titanic. Needless to say we let go of Jack (Jack=Gabe)
Dan: 2012 the Dawn of New Era
Chapter 2: Seen as many as the Golden Age of the FJH, the Spring Semester brought forth many radical changes. Needless to say the blog also got a kick in the but!
It's four in the afternoon, and we're on the sixth steep of Dong Fang Mei Ren. "It just keeps going!" says
Sylvia,
my imaginary friend who also drinks tea. We can hardly believe it:
everyone knows the virtues of re-steeping, but six cups and still
strong? How many are we going to get?
With any luck there will be six
more, because this Dong Fang Mei Ren (Oriental Beauty) is a true
delight. I'm new to the world of oolongs, but if they're even close to
this delicious on a regular basis, consider me a convert. Woodsy but
subtle to the point of being unremarkable on its first steep, the Dong
Fang Mei Ren gets stronger, richer, and more complex as its leaves are
reused. By the third steep it begins to take on the sweet, honey-like
fullness it's known for, and from there on it's a wild, always changing
ride. What tones will it take on next? Will there be a spicy note? A
return to woodsiness? Mint? The possibilities seem endless.
Dong Fang Mei Ren, also called White Tip Oolong, comes out of northern Taiwan (Taiwanese oolong is called
formosa oolong),
and is distinguished from other oolongs by the nature of its organic
production. Dong Fang Mei Ren farmers don't use pesticides, and instead
allow the parasitic
tea leaf hopper
to nibble on their tea leaves. This induces the leaves to release a
chemical which attracts predators of the leaf hopper and tea-drinkers
alike. The leaf hopper is driven away before it can completely consume
the plant, and the leaves are given a uniquely sweet flavor. FOOD
JUSTICE at work! As a result, Dong Fang Mei Ren leaves are prized
throughout the world: famous fans include Queen Elizabeth II, who
labeled the tea an Oriental Beauty and gave it its name.
For
something produced by bugs chewing on it, it sure is good. My sixth
cup has an incredibly rich base, its sweetness dominating, but not
completely overpowering, the wildness of the woody initial taste. The
bite of the fourth and fifth cup is gone, but it's been replaced by a
freshness in the finish, an ocean-air feel in the back of the throat.
There's some astringency, but remarkably little for how many steeps its
been through. By the end of the cup the tea has cooled off, the liquor
has condensed, and the room-temperature dregs seem ready to burst with
tightly-packed flavor. Something about the cool temperature really
drives it home. Call me crazy, but I think this one might be even
better iced.
The
sixth cup is so nice that I think I'm ready for my seventh. I ask
Sylvia what she thinks. "Another cup? It's been twenty minutes since
your last one." I nod, and she smiles. "Count me in!"
This could go on all night.
As always, I got my Oriental Beauty from TeaSource.
Dan: Tea of the Week. The start of a classic. What else needs to be said.
Welcome to the newest, over 21 year old, part of our blog. Dan and Noah
will review different frosty brews and write about them.
Today we are reviewing
Lagunitas
Sucks, the Holiday Ale and a substitute for the Brown Suga' Ale. There
are other things written on the bottle too, but it soooo confusing.
There a santa cookie thang too, how pagan/denominational.
A: Noah: Golden Brown, like dehydrated urine.
Ben: Thin looking
Dan: Like apple juice
S: Ben: It smells kinda like beer
Noah: This is ridiculous how are you supposed to smell this.
Dan: One review online says pineapple, pine, and citrus.
T: Noah: This is my favorite part. I can obviously taste hops!!!
Ben: Very hoppy.
Dan: Complex and unoffensive. Like a pinecone.
Overall:
Dan: This is good, on a scale of 9 to 10 I would say a 9.7.
Noah: 1.8 gold stars.
Ben: I hate it, too hoppy.
Krunkability*: 7.85% / 9.50 = .82631579 KAB
*The krunkability scale is our own metric device used to determine the
krunkability of beer. Using our patented algorithm we our able to
determine a beer's krunkability. (Krunkability is the former
drankability)
Dan: Another classic. One of my favorites, this reoccurring post changed how the world thought about Beer. Some say this post really made the sophisticated pallets and writings of a few available to lay people all over the world. And krunkability, what more needs to be said!
Dan: no one knows why this is popular. Strange times for the FJH.
Almond Justice was probably our last relevant post. Well, there you have it folks, a year in blogging, a year in greatness. I can't wait to see what next years reunion will hold.
