Live Green or Die!
The no-fry zone:
Warning to Southern delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver this August: it will be a no-fry zone.
As part of the effort to make the August 25-28 convention the greenest ever, the Democrats' guidelines for food catering include one that strikes at the heart of Southern cuisine: no fried food.
Attendees will be served "red, green, yellow, purple/blue and white" food.
"It's the new patriotism," says Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, the driving force behind the greening of the Democratic convention.
Maybe Southern delegates can at least get some grits. They are white. Salt is white and butter is yellow.
That's just two colors though. The Mayor says you must be served three
colors at each meal. Anyone know where you can buy blue pepper?
More on Denver's "new patriotism" here.
Via: see-dubya..."it’s not merely a ban on fried food–it’s affirmative action for food!"
Blue food? Sounds divine.
Posted by: Adam | June 28, 2008 at 06:07 PM
Well, hot peppers come in a variety of colors. I would recommend that Mayor Hickenlooper take some Naga Jolokia peppers and use them as a suppository to see if they qualify to be part of his menu. :-)
Posted by: Don | June 29, 2008 at 06:37 AM