I made a New Year's Resolution to try new foods at least once a month this year. I figured I should start cataloguing them on the blog, so here's a catchup entry, and from now on I'll write a brief post with the appropriate label whenever I eat something new. (My goal is to eventually transfer my consciousness to the internet à la James Spader or Johnny Depp, and this obsessive and incessant tracking of everything I do is the first step. I'm kidding, of course. I just like writing about things I do.)
In January I ate a pomelo. It's one of the four primeval citrus fruits whence the rest spring, which is a pretty cool topic that I'll get into in a later post. It's delicious. Like a grapefruit, but better.
In February I ate lots of barley. I'd had barley before, of course, and particularly enjoy mugicha—but this was the first time I'd had it on its own or as a specific side dish. It's great, one of my favorite grains.
In March I had a blood orange (have since eaten them several times, because they're tasty), basil seed drink (which tasted, in a good way, like a liquified Laffy Taffy), and Medjool dates, which became a favorite snack.
In April I tried farofa (it's a grain and kind of dry, but I bet in a soup or stew it'd be delightful) and a tangelo (which I'd somehow never had before; it was good too).
I'm sure you're all thrilled by this update. More to come in my exciting new New Food series!
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