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

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...

and xmas is 'past'...time for some more "ballsy" 'Eastern' fare: My millionth 'take' on spicy soups.......this one has orzo  and black-eyed peas in shitake/Scotch bonnet/mushroom broth with dried banana slices in Indian spices, slivers of jalapeño pepper, with a dollop of coriander chutney and 'black-eyes of annar vati pomegranate 'balls'.... for 'dessert' and flaming taste buds' assuagement: triple 'red' chocolate/ Cointreau iced cream with walnuts and a dusting of bitter Valrhona cocoa powder

Guilty Pleasure: yet another 'cold weather' b'fast.....a crunchy grilled extra sharp cheddar cheese sandwich on 12-grain toast, fried in almond oil and butter.......Well, this IS a lip-moisturizer, isn't it?....and tastier than a Chap Stick.... "Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast!" [Oscar Wilde] The discovery of Caffeine caused a shift in early morning  attentions......Then, over the years, has become a mechanism to get humans accelerated into relatively dull forthcomings......I wonder how beavers can be so industrious on cold winter mornings, swimming icy rivers to knaw on frozen timbers.....Give Bucky a grilled cheese and a cup of Java...and he and his clan could built another Boulder Dam.....After this morning's intake of fat and java juice, I DID pick some lint from my pajamas! Perhaps, I need nicotine with the caffeine....and some harissa-infused tomato juice with tabasco sauce........