I ate lunch in the cafeteria of Google New York. Being monomanical, I was struck by the absence of fermented food. No kombucha, kefir, kimchi, pickles, wine, beer, natto, strong cheese, sauerkraut. Not even yogurt! (Of course there was vinegar at the salad bar and perhaps the meat was aged.) The absence was especially glaring given so much conventionally-healthy food: raw food, twenty kinds of vegetables, fruit, fish, diet sodas, gazpacho, sugar-free jello . . . I am sorry to predict those talented Googlers will be sicker than necessary.
Hah! We DO have kombucha!
But I do agree, more fermented food needed!
there used to be plenty of kombucha at the Mountain View headquarters, but not sure it survived all the cuts.
^_^ Funny to find out about your interesting blog and all~~~ I should have asked you what you thought about that Green Tea Frappuccino???
Bread is fermented. Cheese is fermented. (The distinction “strong” strikes me as special pleading. Anyway, no feta? No gorgonzola? Really?) Greek olives are fermented. Pizza ingredients are mostly fermented. Soy sauce is often fermented, particularly the better brands likely used there.
No pickles? Really? How about salami? Chocolate? Black tea?
Hey Seth,
This is unrelated, but I was out shopping last weekend and ran across this: https://www.pulmuonewildwood.com/ Wildwood organics now offers several new probiotic foods, including hummus, tofu, and tempeh. The hummus is great if you like that sort of thing- I haven’t tried the others.
Anyway, I thought you might be interested.
Nathan, by “fermented food” I don’t mean food that has been even a little fermented. If I did then most of the food would qualify, especially the meat, which has been aged. I mean food that has been fermented a lot. I don’t remember seeing any pickles.
Kombucha, Kimche, pickles, and strong cheese are all common in Mountain View.