Why Beets and Goat Cheese
Mark Bittman is fast becoming my favorite food writer. In his recent column “A Divorce for Beets and Goat Cheese” hit a nerve for me. Read Mark's article yourself. I too have loved beets for a long time. Only recently did I have to stop ordering them since they seemed to always be paired with goat cheese.
First I do not get the combination since this cheese has an over whelming taste to the simple fresh flavors of the beets. But more importantly and to me specifically, I have a violent reaction to goat cheese. Many people I know have tried to add goat cheese to foods since it is so hot and trendy and sneak it by me. I then spend most of the very late and very early hours that day in my bathroom. My stomach cannot be fooled.
I recently had an ah-ha moment. My sister has always been lactose intolerant and I have often wondered if I too had some problems with milk products. I think I just have a very mild case of lactose intolerannce but goat products just push my system all out rejection.
I love borscht and ate it often as a child growing up. As an adult eating at the supper clubs of Northern Wisconsin on weekends, I always put some slice beets on my plate salad plate when visiting the salad bars when I am not wearing a white shirt. No explanation is really necessary, I hope.
One of the things I always talk about in my cookbook classes is the importance of writing about the food allergies to your family memory cookbook. Since many of food allergies are passed down from generation to generation. If one person in your family is sensitive to one food many others in the family may also. In some families they just did not eat certain foods only later to find out now their family had an allergy to that food. Interestingly those exact foods that were being ignored by previous generations. Food allergies are not to be messed with since they have different levels of reactions from family members.
First I do not get the combination since this cheese has an over whelming taste to the simple fresh flavors of the beets. But more importantly and to me specifically, I have a violent reaction to goat cheese. Many people I know have tried to add goat cheese to foods since it is so hot and trendy and sneak it by me. I then spend most of the very late and very early hours that day in my bathroom. My stomach cannot be fooled.
I recently had an ah-ha moment. My sister has always been lactose intolerant and I have often wondered if I too had some problems with milk products. I think I just have a very mild case of lactose intolerannce but goat products just push my system all out rejection.
I love borscht and ate it often as a child growing up. As an adult eating at the supper clubs of Northern Wisconsin on weekends, I always put some slice beets on my plate salad plate when visiting the salad bars when I am not wearing a white shirt. No explanation is really necessary, I hope.
One of the things I always talk about in my cookbook classes is the importance of writing about the food allergies to your family memory cookbook. Since many of food allergies are passed down from generation to generation. If one person in your family is sensitive to one food many others in the family may also. In some families they just did not eat certain foods only later to find out now their family had an allergy to that food. Interestingly those exact foods that were being ignored by previous generations. Food allergies are not to be messed with since they have different levels of reactions from family members.
Posted by Hella at 3/10/2009 10:56 AM 
Categories: Stories for your Memory Cookbook
Tags: food allergies food memory cookbooks family cookbook
Categories: Stories for your Memory Cookbook
Tags: food allergies food memory cookbooks family cookbook
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