More about way-out-there food

Following my post earlier this morning about a Dutch chef who cooked a four-course meal for members of that country's armed forces serving in Afghanistan, I received two e-mails offering more useful ideas for food that's way out there - and how to eat it when you're "way out there"!

From Hans K. in Germany comes this news:

A German snack bar is bucking the economic crisis with a posh twist on a favourite local dish: a veal filet coated with gold leaf and truffles that has been dubbed the world's priciest schnitzel.

The “Golden Kaiser Schnitzel” is on offer at a self-service counter in Düsseldorf, western Germany for a cool €150 [about US $197].

Swathed in 24-carat gold, it outshines the sausage and meatball dishes on the menu, which start at under €5 [about US $6.60].




Surprisingly it is not the Midas touch that makes the dish so pricey, but the white Italian Alba truffles in the breading, sold for up to €5,000 [about US $6,570] per kilo, in addition to the black truffles on top, shop manager Thomas Huber told AFP.

While just milligrammes of gold leaf are needed, the recipe requires a few grammes of truffles.

"Gold has no taste," Huber said, but it does give the dish an attractive glimmer.

There's more at the link.

Next, from reader Alicia S., we learn of a pair of trousers that offers a built-in table . . . sort of!

Pic nic pants take advantage of the usual cross-legged position to become a comfortable surface useful for consumption of a meal outdoors. Laterally pants have an orientable pocket for drinks.

Again, more at the link.

There you go, then: a 'rich' meal to eat outdoors and the right clothes for the occasion - complete with cupholder! However, the latter might not work in the military context of my initial article (see below). I can see my former Sergeant-Major having an attack of apoplexy at the thought of his soldiers walking around in a semi-detached kilt!



Peter