December 26, 2005
That's it for Beef Wellington
Here's the Wellington. Why is it that I can never cook something elegant? My poached salmon has that same third grade masterpiece look.
I doubt that I will ever do another. I forgot that aged beef always tastes a little off to my unsophisticated palate, and the pate, which is spread over the tenderloin to get the mushroom duxelle to stick, just added to its mildly rotting flavor. In chosing such a menu, I was hardly doing my part for deconsumption, so it serves me right.
In the throes of Beef Wellington remorse, I was reminded of Frances Moore Lappe's groundbreaking book "Diet for a Small Planet", and guess what? -- she has a blog (as well as a website and several other books). I spent some time perusing, and found many fascinating things that were only percolating in furthest reaches of my mind, (and probably not even there) -- not the least of which was "Water for Life, Not for Profit" about the corporate water grab.
Now I have sworn off Beef Wellington AND bottled water for 2006.
Photo note: The most flattering portrait I was able shoot, while someone was holding Wellington in the air.
Believe me, it wasn't a looker to begin with.