I had another thought. If we’re not going for ‘Most Important Food Technology’ but rather ‘Recipe that Most Transforms and Transcends Its Ingredients to Make Something New (but isn’t really a different technology)’, then I have to go with pesto. It’s like some alchemical reaction: something incredibly good that’s also nothing like the sum of its ingredients.
Trader Joe’s has a little ham and onion pizza that’s delightful.
If you want to go with creativity and a lot of work, how about that Thanksgiving staple: Turducken.
I love my breadmaker. I use it 3 or more times a week. Bread dough, pizza dough, jam, etc. I don’t bake in it, just prep the dough.
Sliced bread? meh.
I, along with many other Utah residents would LOVE a Trader Joe’s here in the Salt Lake area, but as it stands, the nearest TJ’s is in Las Vegas, nearly 500 miles down the road…
(The reason I have heard is Trader Joe makes a big chunk of thier profits on alcohol sales, and as Utah state law only allows 3.2 beer to be sold in grocery stores; anything besides that—wine, spirits, heavy beer—is sold in state liquor stores, and Trader Joes is not willing to come to a state that wont allow them to sell wine and booze)
I have several friends who always stop at TJ’s to stock up on two-buck Chuck to bring home to SLC (which is actually illegal) when they head to Vegas for the weekend.
Apparently that stuff has already been discontinued. If you find out otherwise, please let me know! Oh healthier ramen, we hardly knew ye…
The ability to manufacture synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. That won a Nobel Prize and without it our entire global agricultural system would not be possible.
For invention that actually involves food you directly eat? Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
Not true. TJ’s has been in New York for years now, without selling any alcohol (although they did sell beer for a while, back in the 90’s. In NYS wine and spirits can’t be sold in grocery stores, only beer can be.)
Where I live there are three TJ’s within a fifteen-minute drive.
Chocolate.
Followed closely by ice cream.
I will go with cooking food. Makes it more tasty and tender and easy to digest.
NOOOOOOOOoooooo!!! I loved that stuff :(. Bowl of that + baked TJ eggroll = yummy, lower calorie Insta-Asian dinner.
Well, there is this, which is not exactly what I was looking for, but all I can find right now.
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Not true. TJ’s has been in New York for years now, without selling any alcohol (although they did sell beer for a while, back in the 90’s. In NYS wine and spirits can’t be sold in grocery stores, only beer can be.)
Where I live there are three TJ’s within a fifteen-minute drive.[/QUOTE
Thats good to know…
I wonder why TJs has not made the move to the Utah market, as I am guessing it would be very successful, based on the few similar stores of that type we do have access to.
The only Trader Joes I have been to were in California and Nevada, and they were a booze-hounds paradise, with many, many brands and labels that are not sold in the state of Utah.
Brought a tear of joy to this old juicers eye, it did
Sigh. . .first baked Bugles, now baked Raman. Actually, I already thought baked Ramen was discontinued, I was just hoping to find I was wrong.
I wonder if they shouldn’t try to bring them both back again. I think ppl are more concerned with health/calorie-counting than ever, but then my thoughts on the subject are prejudiced.
I was going to mention that. It pretty much happened by accident.
Alas, confirmed.
:(
The discovery that cows were edible
And in MA they can’t even sell beer. I know of three nearby as well.
The little invention to microwave calzones, a metalic lined cardboard sleeve
Can you really make jam in a breadmaker? How?