Cooking And Eating....“Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es”

remember  the adage: 'the last taste is the last forgotten'.....and that is never parsnip latkes with lox and horseradish creme....is it?

   

Last night, I dreamt of 'Gibson's' sweet and spicy Brunswick Stew....and, this afternoon made my dream stew manifest in a white porcelain bowl.....My Version, who's 'secret sauce....pictured at right, above....is 'Brooklyn Dlhi's Tikka Masala simmering sauce.... is much 'better' than Big Bob Gibson's, I think..... As a kid, we always had a slice....or two....of one or another of Gibson's famous pies......mine, then, was lemon icebox.....to refresh one's palate after the savory stew......and reset those taste buds....still sending the Brunswick signals....for half an hour......Even now, I scrape my tongue with an antique ivory 'tongue scraper' after spicy foodfests.....who wants the lingering taste of onions and garlic, when sweetness is available?

How about a more satisfyingly 'complex flavors' Luncheon in a 5" Chinese porcelain vortex/tunnel-bowl.....to be eaten, very slowly, with a pair of antique Japanese chopsticks....one of natural wood, for gripping morsels, and the other, of lacquered wood, for stabbing and sorting........an exercise in portion-control, patience, aesthetics, and culinary delectation.....and, hold off on that huge glass of cold milk, Wally ........

 

Dining, alone, slurping down some Vietnamese Quasi-Vegetarian Pho....rice noodles cooked in a fish sauce broth with dried peanut worms, cloves, star anise, cilantro and cardamom......The Pho leads, immediately, to a slimy, watering nose, so...its better devoured in relative privacy....or behind an extended palm, lest any onlookers be grossed out by having watched others' sucking this stuff down, then blowing their noses and wiping their tearful eyes...... addd add some of these delicious, if slimy, accoutrements........Sipunculus Nudus....after, of course, , dissicating it for a few years....first......or, if you dare, just dumping the freshl-chopped unsegmented worms into your Pho............. I'm 'on' to the next 'thing'.......how about some Fish Sperm Sacs.....Sapporo style? I'm having some smoked eel sushi and  Vidalia onion tempura for 'sunrise' b'fast.......having 'done' the traditional North Alabama New Year's foods a couple of...