VLVL2 (9.5): "Variety Loaf"

[Dave Monroe]

"'Either of you happen to know what's in the 'Variety
Loaf'?
   "DL let her off the hook.  'Thought the EPA
confiscated all that.'
   "It was tonight or never as far as Prairie was
concerned.  All the Variety Loaves, stacked in a
distant niche of the freezer, had begun to glow,
softly blue-green, like a night-light for the rest of
the frozen food, not, as once supposed, safely dead
but no, only, queerly, sleeping ... o-or perhaps only
pretending to sleep--gaahhh!" (VL, Ch. 9, p. 189f.)


"Variety Loaf"

A.k.a. "mystery meat" ...

Cf. "Batch-Loaf" (M&D, p. 501)?

Or ...

"'Staring up at me through the ice, perfectly
preserved, its fur still rainbow-colored, was the
corpse of one of their spider monkeys....'" (V., Ch.
7, Sec. x, pp. 205-6)

Judith Chambers, Thomas Pynchon (NY: Twayne, 1992) ...

"Suffice it to say that when Godolphin penetrates the
Antarctic and sees the blue-green monkey, he
represents the scientist Ernest Rutherford, who
penetrated the core of the atom, a penetration that
would lead to the Trinity test site.... The blue-green
spider monkey frozen in the ice at the heart of
unexplored territory, like Einstein's 'energy locked
into structures in a "frozen" state' tells the awesome
tale of the thrilling struggle for knowledge.... 
Godolphin sees in the Antarctic the discovery of the
properties of uranium." (pp. 71, 73)

Where'd she get "blue-green" from?  Anyway ...

Variety Loaf, e.g., ...

Souse Loaf is a beef and pork variety loaf, highly
seasoned with vinegar, pickles, relishes, peppers and
pimentos, giving a delicious tangy flavor.

http://www.harvinmeats.com/farm.html

Or ...

http://www.maritimechain.com/supply/cat/sc_item_details.cfm?ItemCodeID=1795&ItemAttributeCodeID=1795

But also ...

http://cheeseplease.net/other.htm

http://www.countryhorizons.com/cheese.htm

http://www.kingfoodservice.com/products/cheese.htm

http://www.rainsnaturalmeats.com/CheesePriceList.asp

Meigs, Henry T. "Sour French Bread: for best results
   this variety loaf should be made by hand."
   Baking Industry, January 17, 1953, p. (1-6).

Discusses building of sour, basic procedures and
formulas.

http://www.aibonline.org/resources/booklistings/sourdough.html

Murray's Muttloaf
23.7% fat
50.6% carb
25.7%prot
14.5g fiber
14.5% moisture

A variety loaf of turkey, bulgur, amaranth, carrots,
spinach, squash, sweet potato, cottage cheese, wheat
bread, eggs, oats, chicken broth, wheat germ, garlic,
and tamari.

http://www.thepup-stop.com/nutrition.htm

And, of course ...

http://www.spam.com/

And see as well ...

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/07/17/shrimp_labels/index_np.html

http://www.peta.org/feat/flunk/


"the EPA"

http://www.epa.gov/

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