Really Getting Ugly

     Last year Katherine Martinko wrote an article for the website treehugger.  In it she relates an interview that she conducted with Lea Brunsack and Tonja Krakowski.  They are the co-owners of Culinary Misfits, a Berlin, Germany catering business that exclusively utilizes misshapen fruits & vegetables in their company.  

     It's part of a new trend to find ways to avoid wasting oddly conformed produce.  Lea and Tonja had this to say:

     "We don't present the vegetables as waste, because they're not waste.  It's good food that's even more interesting because it doesn't exist in the usual supermarket and restaurant range.  These vegetables are more like pieces of art."

     Ms. Martinko concludes her essay with these words:

     "Fortunately perceptions can always shift, so the more people who opt for misshapen produce, the more normal and accessible it will become, saving money and cutting back the excessive waste.  You might start to think, as I have, that strange-looking vegetables are more beautiful than the blandly monotonous spectrum of options in the supermarket."

     To that I can only add a loud and enthusiastic "AMEN!"

And if you'd like to hear the sounds of ugly fruit, click on the highlighted phrase to watch and listen to a video clip created by 3 German students to illustrate their "Ugly Fruits" campaign.