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Vermont has quite an obsession with food and local stuff. In Burlington I went to a food place where mostly every ingredient was local, and the waitress not see

Vermont has quite an obsession with food and local stuff. In Burlington I went to a food place where mostly every ingredient was local, and the waitress not see the irony of that in a MEXICAN restaurant...

stephencanon 14y ago
Please tell me what the irony is. I can see how it might superficially seem ironic if one didn't understand the reasons why people might want to buy locally-sourced food, but surely you appreciate that "food prepared in the style of some other place" and "food that was grown locally" are in no way exclusive.
- cema 14y ago
  I have, over times, gotten used to people using the word "ironic" in a broad variety of ways, sometimes ironic.
- pasbesoin 14y ago
  I read it as the circumstance being ironic in that Mexico is much further south and one might not expect to find so many ingredients native to that area also to be sourced locally in Vermont. I guess the "irony" might be found in having to be in Vermont, of all places, to find locally sourced Mexican cuisine. I don't know whether that is really "ironic", in that there is a significant movement for locally sourced food in Mexico, as well. (In which case, one might better describe the Vermont experience as "surprising", rather than "ironic". Meaning, it's not ironic because you can find locally sourced Mexican cuisine in Mexico, as well.) For those wanting to revisit the meaning of ironic, one exercise might be to run the lyrics of Alanis Morrisette's song through your head: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html
  - zevyoura 14y ago
    That song is not the best example, as analyzed in excruciating detail here (warning, 1990s CSS ahead): http://fgk.hanau.net/articles/ironic.html http://fgk.hanau.net/articles/ironic.html
    - pasbesoin 14y ago
      Well, I hesitated a bit when typing my comment. And I chose the words "one exercise" (of multiple possible exercises) with some deliberation. But, it's a well-known work, and I thought it would be at least acceptably on the mark. I'll have a look at your link when I have a few more brain cells free for contemplation. I did skim it, and at that level I found myself not fully agreeing with the author on the specific points my skimming happened to capture. As for the '90's CSS warning, appreciated. But, from my viewpoint, far better to have '90's CSS, than '10's "everything loads via Javascript" BS... ;-) Isn't it ironic...
Bulkington 14y ago
I, who grew up in Texas, was recently in a truckstop in Sweden (don't ask) and the lunch special was: Tex-Mex Buffet!
- geon 14y ago
  We Swedes do love us some tacos. And pizza. Also that Thai stuff with the chicken and peanut sauce. We are very international in that way.
geon 14y ago
I don't see why it would be hard to source the ingredients locally for Mexican food in particilar. The only things that are not grown everywhere are some spices, but they don't really count.

stephencanon 14y ago

Please tell me what the irony is. I can see how it might superficially seem ironic if one didn't understand the reasons why people might want to buy locally-sourced food, but surely you appreciate that "food prepared in the style of some other place" and "food that was grown locally" are in no way exclusive.

cema 14y ago
I have, over times, gotten used to people using the word "ironic" in a broad variety of ways, sometimes ironic.
pasbesoin 14y ago
I read it as the circumstance being ironic in that Mexico is much further south and one might not expect to find so many ingredients native to that area also to be sourced locally in Vermont. I guess the "irony" might be found in having to be in Vermont, of all places, to find locally sourced Mexican cuisine. I don't know whether that is really "ironic", in that there is a significant movement for locally sourced food in Mexico, as well. (In which case, one might better describe the Vermont experience as "surprising", rather than "ironic". Meaning, it's not ironic because you can find locally sourced Mexican cuisine in Mexico, as well.) For those wanting to revisit the meaning of ironic, one exercise might be to run the lyrics of Alanis Morrisette's song through your head: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html
- zevyoura 14y ago
  That song is not the best example, as analyzed in excruciating detail here (warning, 1990s CSS ahead): http://fgk.hanau.net/articles/ironic.html http://fgk.hanau.net/articles/ironic.html
  - pasbesoin 14y ago
    Well, I hesitated a bit when typing my comment. And I chose the words "one exercise" (of multiple possible exercises) with some deliberation. But, it's a well-known work, and I thought it would be at least acceptably on the mark. I'll have a look at your link when I have a few more brain cells free for contemplation. I did skim it, and at that level I found myself not fully agreeing with the author on the specific points my skimming happened to capture. As for the '90's CSS warning, appreciated. But, from my viewpoint, far better to have '90's CSS, than '10's "everything loads via Javascript" BS... ;-) Isn't it ironic...

Bulkington 14y ago

I, who grew up in Texas, was recently in a truckstop in Sweden (don't ask) and the lunch special was: Tex-Mex Buffet!

geon 14y ago
We Swedes do love us some tacos. And pizza. Also that Thai stuff with the chicken and peanut sauce. We are very international in that way.

geon 14y ago

I don't see why it would be hard to source the ingredients locally for Mexican food in particilar. The only things that are not grown everywhere are some spices, but they don't really count.