Bloomberg: Eat lentils to curb inflation woes. Elsewhere...

[Initech]

Link to tweet

I'll tell where I would like to shove those lentils!

[CentralMass]

1. Well, I do like lentils.

[Pobeka]

7. red lentils, indian style (tarka),

https://www.alphafoodie.com/easy-red-lentil-dal/

I'm not a vegetarian, but with these lentils I can be for while. They're absolutely delicious.

[orwell]

2. I already eat lentils...

...very tasty!

[MLAA]

3. Red lentil soup! Delicious.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. I've never ate lentils in my entire life.

Is it especially popular in places like NYC, where Bloomberg lives?

[Retrograde]

13. You must have missed the hippy era!

When vegetarianism became popular in the 1970s (yeah, post-hippy, I know) lentil soups and lentil stews were popular dishes among people cutting back on meat. I don't particularly associate them with NYC, though: they're used in a lot of cuisines, especially in India. They're cheap, filling, and unlike most beans don't require overnight soaking or long cooking, so they became known as a cheap meal, and one often associated with having little money.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

22. Ah, thank you!

I was just a baby around that time. I'll look for them at the grocery just to try them.

[Celerity]

23. here are a shedload of lentil recipes

https://www.lentils.org/recipes-cooking/

[Retrograde]

24. Ah! A shill for Big Lentils!

Thanks - I bookmarked the page.

My favorite lentil dish - aside from Indian dals - is red lentil soup with lemon, from the NY Times, unfortunately behind a paywall.

[Celerity]

26. here

Red Lentil Soup With Lemon (NYT)

no paywall block

https://archive.ph/YTYCF



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A Lentil Soup to Make You Stop, Taste and Savor

https://archive.ph/Vx4It



FOR years it seemed that everyone I knew had a special lentil soup recipe, one that sustained them and kept them warm all winter long. I had flirted with countless incarnations, and most tasted reasonably good. They were brawny, solid and predictable. I liked them in varying degrees, but never quite enough to take home to my soup pot. Until recently, when I fell head over heels. Could this be the one?

It was so unexpected. At a friend’s dinner party this fall, white espresso cups filled with a steaming liquid were passed around as hors d’oeuvres. Deep in conversation, I took an absent-minded sip that instantly dazzled, yet mystified me. A gorgeous soup, it was warming and hearty, and possessed a velvety texture that recalled some kind of puréed legume. But it had a zesty, spicy flavor that was more ethereal and sunny than any earthbound, wintry bean.

“It’s nothing, just a little lentil soup,” said my hostess nonchalantly when I cornered her in the kitchen to grill her. Lentil? It didn’t taste like lentils. And with its muted golden color, it didn’t look like them either. “Red lentils, Sweetie, with chili and a little lemon; I’ll e-mail you tomorrow with the recipe,” she promised.

In fervid anticipation, I picked up some red lentils the next morning. Unlike their more familiar green and brown cousins, red lentils are hulled and split when you buy them. This lets them cook much faster than their relatives, though they don’t hold their shape as well, making them problematic for salads and ideal for soup. Or so I found out with a little Googling. The e-mail appeared. I wasn’t coy; I had already pulled out the soup pot.

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[cilla4progress]

5. Actually having lentils

tonight!

😆😄

[EarthFirst]

6. Try these tips instead:

Fuck Republicans.
Eat the Rich.
Vote for Democrats.

[Initech]

10. This!

[FakeNoose]

8. How many Bloomberg employees are eating lentils, I wonder

Few if any. I doubt that any of them "take the bus" either.

[Amishman]

21. *looks around at trees and fields* ... what bus?

Public transportation simply doesn't exist for many in this country. Compounding this problem, rural areas are often poorer and hurt worse by rising fuel costs

[MissB]

9. Why "don't buy in bulk"?

Heck, we make a good amount of $, but I still buy in bulk. And we eat lentils.

But I really don’t get the missive to not buy in bulk

[Retrograde]

12. Buying in bulk can be cost effective for some things

If you have the space to store them, and a means of transporting them from the store, and they're not highly perishable, buying some things in bulk can save a little in the long run - especially if they're things you know you use regularly. We buy paper goods, canned refried beans, canned tuna, fizzy water, and similar things at Costco. We occasionally buy their bulk packages of chicken if there's freezer room. Other things such as fresh produce and fruit look good on a per pound basis, but they're often sold in quantities that are too large to use before they go bad, meaning that it's not really a savings. I'm not going to finance my next vacation doing this, but the savings cover the cost of the Costco membership.

And I just scored a kilo of Indian black lentils, which I'm looking forward to experimenting with!

[brooklynite]

20. The issue may be the supply chain...

Remember that, at the start of COVID, flour, sugar and other goodies were vanishing from shelves, because people were ‘Buying in bulk” and the supply chain could keep up. excessive demand also tend to increase the cost.

[Raine]

11. I love lentils! 👍😍 nt

[GoCubsGo]

14. Probably the same fucker from CNBC, who during the 2008 meltdown

was spewing that, instead of giving poor people food stamps, the government should just give them bags of beans and rice. Because, apparently, being poor means you don't deserve more than that, regardless of why you're poor. I think it was the same shitstain who started the Tea Party--can't remember his name, but don't quote me on that. That network is full of such assholes.

I can think of a lot of better things to shove than those lentils...

[PCIntern]

15. Can you give up Lentils for Lent?

Re: American Splendor

[Sogo]

16. I love lentils.

One of my favorite and most satisfying meals is a lentil stew curry I make....Just had some today. Yum!!

[Make7]

17. "Inflation stings most if you earn less than $300K."

Don't 96% of households make less than $300,000 a year?

I wonder what audience Bloomberg is writing for...

[Tickle]

18. Funny I was looking

for a decent lentil soup recipe not to long ago.

[brooklynite]

19. Is the linkage supposed to be that Bloomberg is a billionaire?

He didn't make his money underpaying his staff or off-shoring manufacturing to China.

He's not opposed to progressive taxation.

He's one of the largest DNC contributors.

[NickB79]

25. Just made sausage and lentil soup for dinner

Sauteed carrots, onions, celery and garlic in butter, olive oil and a bit of bacon grease.

Added 3 cups of homemade broth I make myself from chicken and vegetable scraps. Blows store bought broth out of the water; I freeze it in Ziploc bags.

Then, 1 can of tomato sauce, a pound of diced kielbasa, a handful of crumbled bacon, and 8 ounces of lentils. Season with salt and pepper.

Low boil for 1 hr and boom, delicious soup. Good with a crusty bread.