I have to admit that this blog was for a college Persuasive Writing class and that class has come to an end. I have really enjoyed finding and making new recipes and giving tribute to some of my favorite flicks. Thank you for anyone who has visited my blog and I also thank all the people who wrote the recipes. Each of them was delicious! 

You're a mean one......

'Tis the Christmas season and let the Christmas movie marathons begin. From ABC Family's 25 Days 'Till Christmas to Hallmark's relentless barrage of Christmas-themed movies, the choices are endless. A favorite film in our family is the 1966 animated adaption of Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas. We loved singing along to the nonsensical genius of Thurl Ravenscroft's ballad "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" as kids and we watched and/or read the book every Christmas. I was pleased to the see the tradition being passed on to my nieces and that this little gem of film will be remembered by generations to come. 

Part of the magic and appeal of a Dr. Seuss story is how he effortlessly creates new words or terms that seem to make sense to us in context as we read the story. What exactly is a grinch, for example? One of Grinch's greatest crimes when attempting to steal Christmas was that he stole everything, even the last can of Who Hash. As we only see the can of the Who Hash in the film, it is open to interpretation on what the food consists of. My roommate's family perceived is at corn beef which they referred to as Who Hash. As I surfed the Internet, I found a tempting recipe that interpreted it as hash browns with ham and peppers. I found the recipe at http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/lumberjack-hash-recipe-mr1210. The recipe is titled "Lumberjack Hash" but I don't think any lumberjacks will be offended if we give the recipe credit to the Who's in Whoville. 

I first chopped up the onions and peppers and minced the garlic.

I then cooked them in a skillet over medium heat and poured on the hash browns. I used frozen hash browns and I was a little startled when I poured them in the pan. They had an uncanny resemblance to mozzarella cheese and I was really attempted to taste a couple. I refrained myself however and let them cook to a golden brown. 

I'm frying cheese, baby!

Alright,I'm just melting cheese on top of hash browns. 

The Grinch better lay off my who hash! Merry Christmas to all. 

Soylent Green is people!

I thought that no blog dedicated to great food from great movies would be complete to one of the most notorious cinematic delights of them all: Soylent Green. If you have not seen this movie, I apologize because the title of this post is a HUGE spoiler alert. Nonetheless, I would recommend to still watch the film. 

A 1973 sci-fi cult classic starring Hollywood legend Charlton Heston, Soylent Green is a film set in the dystopian future where much of the Earth's natural resources has been depleted. Grocery stores and the wide array of foods found in them is no longer available and the population survives on nondescript green cube rations of "soylent green" The ration is a much improved version of the previously sold "soylent yellow" and "soylent red". 

The film contains one the greatest and most disturbing twists and surprises which I believe makes the entire film worthwhile. If you can't guess what the twist is from the title of the post, all the better for when you actually watch the movie. The film inspired me to strike against any mysterious cafeteria food served to me in middle and high school yelling, "This meatloaf is people"! It also made me second guess eating spinach or anything green for weeks after. The film itself is an interesting concept on what length's man will do to survive or make a profit. I, unfortunately, did not want to attempt to recreate the soylent green recipe for reasons I hope most of my readers will understand.