Six Degrees of Food Separation
By Lorraine Koh - Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011
We always say, “What a small world!” Anyone in the world is separated by someone else in six degrees or less. Everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth. So what about food? Is it possible to link a hamburger to green tea? Or escargots to black pudding? Makansutra lists down its own six degrees of food separation. To our dear readers, which foods do you think have six degrees of separation? Engage that food for thought and see if you can come up with flavours with six (or less) degrees of separation.
Roti Prata and Black Pepper Crab
Roti Prata-> Uses melted ghee (clarified butter)-> Commonly used in South Asian Cuisine-> Sri lanka is part of South Asia -> Sri Lankan crabs are known for being fleshy, succulent and sweet.-> Black Pepper Crabs taste best when using Sri Lanka Crabs.
Black Pudding and Ice Cream
Black Pudding-> The United Kingdom’s version is made from pig’s blood and oatmeal-> Oatmeal is able to lower your cholesterol and also reduce the risk of heart disease -> Consuming green tea is also lowers the risk of heart disease by improving the health of the cell lining, inside your blood vessels.-> Green tea ice cream is popular flavour. Although it originated from Japan, Häagen-Dazs and Baskin Robbins also carry the flavour.
Ginseng Chicken and Escargots
Ginseng Chicken -> The Korean variation of Ginseng Chicken (Samgyetang) was originally served in summer to replace nutrients lost with heat -> Fruits like applies, strawberries and vegetables like lettuce, cucumber are best for hot summer days -> Farmed snails are fed vegetables like lettuce and cucumbers -> Escargots are the most popular farmed snail species, also known as Roman snail and Burgundy snail.
