Although one of my favorite pastimes is poking fun at yuppies, I must disclose that I, too, am a wine-drinking latte liberal. I may not actually drink lattes (like the media’s most overlooked Obama constituents, my coffee is blue-collar black), I may prefer water to wine (don’t worry, Jesus, it’s the thought that counts), and my annual income may wobble across the poverty tightrope, but trumping all of these is the fact that I like Barack Obama, who is apparently the steamed milk of politicians.
In celebration of his primary victory, the Exploited and I decided to try out this delicious-sounding recipe for Barack Pie from The Root. Barack Pie is an excellent example of what I have defined by fiat as culinary miscegenation: its influences span at least two continents and the results are extremely tasty.
We didn’t have the correct ingredients, so we made a few changes we could believe in [insert groan]. I couldn’t find butterfish, so we replaced it with pompano, which at least looks like butterfish. The filleting process reduced a 2.5-pound fish to one measly pound, so we made up the difference in scallops and shrimp, which turned out to be welcome additions. We used regular salt instead of the fancy red sea salt because, well, you know how I feel about salt. In place of grainy French mustard, we used grainy French’s mustard. Our poorly stocked Safeway didn’t sell pie-sized pastry shells, so, in an homage to Barack’s diverse coalition of voting blocs, we mashed together six smaller shells.
The results were Baracktacular. Obamazing. Husseinsational? (The Exploited: “I can’t believe she’s still going.”)
Here is the pie in its native habitat. Note Macintosh computer, hydroponic garden, stack of books, and white wine:
The reality is not as it seems: the computer has fallen apart multiple times and been patched together with sketchy Chinese replacement parts, the wine is $4 Andre champagne, and the books — well, ok, the books are on Virginia Woolf and Max Horkheimer.
Also, because we are sore winners:
Tags: bad puns, barack obama, latte liberals, pie, yuppies
July 23, 2008 at 10:38 pm |
awesome.
I may prefer water to wine (don’t worry, Jesus, it’s the thought that counts)
…put it on ESPN, it’s an Instant Classic.