Blightless

In recent years culinarian adjectives are starting to sound more like poetry than food. "Passion, love, sensual, sexy, art, etc..." are heard so often they have become cliche. The line "its my passion," has been used so much that it means nothing to my ears. Food has become something abstract, and it seems to have lost touch with the primal instinct to live. Everything has to be an experience, something to remember, but it seems all these experiences just make me forget the basic reason for food... Sustenance.

If your reading this you probably think I'm full of shit and you are probably right. After all I pay my bills making fussy ass desserts that have more components than a stocking stuffer Lego set. I suppose I only feed the monster that makes me forget about food being the antidote for hunger. Our most recent menu made me reflect on a particular food that just may be the king of sustenance for our western world and much of Europe, the potato.

I always knew that it was responsible for feeding many hungry mouths and a cheap and delicious way to fill plates, but not that it was partially responsible for the industrial revolution. Evidently potatoes allowed humans to grow more calories per acre than any other food, and therefore gave us the energy to go to work. Enough on that subject, back to the fussy ass stuff.

So a potato predessert is one of the more difficult things i have had to come up in a while. The idea for this one is not mine at all, but one from Aki and Alex at "Ideas in Food". Grilled Potato Semifreddo with Lemongrass & Ice Wine Vinegar Foam and Crispy Maple Glazed Potato Skin

The dessert for this menu came from what I think to be the most popular potato dessert in the United States... Wendy's "Frosty and Fries"