Day 63: Spinach Bolani (is a Repeat--But Popeye Approves)

Spinach Bolani

Status: Bought from farmer's market

Satisfaction: 7. Usually amazing, but by itself rather dry.

Associated with: Popeye the Sailor

Okay, I confess criminal repetition--but really, a girl can't eat something different every single day! At any rate, without the extra sides to distract me, the bolani really stole the show for lunch today. And as Popeye the Sailor would say, "I yam what I yam!" Or, "I spinach what I spinach!" You can never have too much.

Day 5: Spinach Enchilada (a la Corn Industry)

Spinach Enchilada (with Corn in it)

Status: Restaurant/Leftovers (Taberna Mexican)

Satisfaction: 6. Filling, but not terribly exciting after a trip to from the fridge to the microwave.

Associated with: Michael Pollen's The Omnivore's Dilemma

When I ordered a spinach enchilada off the menu, I was expecting a spinach enchilada, like any reasonable person might--I was definitely not ready, however, for the spinach-and-canned-corn stacked-layers-of-corn-tortilla heap that actually arrived on my plate. But there it sat, screaming the four-letter swear word that Pollan discusses at length in his book: Corn. Talk about slipping this over-subsidized crop into everything imaginable--our bread, our cereal, our happy meals--and now, apparently, our enchiladas.

Congratulations, America's lobbyists, you have just managed to outstrip Taco Bell in redefining the meaning of Mexican Food on this side of the border.