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

One last 'production' before kitchen clean up time.....iron skillet chicken cooked in walnut oil with scallions, ginger, tomatillo paste, garlic, orange bell and habanero peppers, corn chile, blackberries, red jalapenos, garlic and sourwood honey with a matching mound of nutty brown rice with cilantro, lemon juice, paprika and powdered chipotle.... .......the taste pinnacle of this week's 'kitchen stadium' experimentation.....to balance hot, sweet, sour, bitter, nutty, fruity and meaty......the scale's 'needle' is exactly on Zero....This little piggy had chicken thighs.....then, already home, had a big mess to clean up!

  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dr-chris-van-tulleken-why-i-ve-given-up-ultra-processed-food-zjhs6mzb5

  THE STRANGE HARPIE SERVER............i received this, with a copy of Max Beerbohm's "ZULIEKA DOBSON"......... This seemed so oddly coincidental.......... After i initiated my collection of unusual silver serving objects, i read Huysmanns' "AGAINST THE GRAIN".........which confirmed my acceptance of 'eccentric' as a nomenclature....... I have always preferred the bizarre and unusual to more accepted aesthetic sensibilities that have the designation by conservative thinkers as objects, events or ideas whose envisioned end has determined the appropriate means for their realization. Perceived Beauty is the advancement of yesterday into tomorrow, with an instinctual regard to proportion, meaningfulness and philosophical ideology, in such manner as the highest expression of pure mathematics is manifest, perhaps...........

Cooking tomatoes releases the antioxidant lycopene, which is linked to a lower risk of cancer and heart attacks; cooked mushrooms, unlike 'raw' mushrooms, has been shown to support immune response; and beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin in spinach is more absorbable, when cooked......So, I should be super-healthy, since my favorite omelet consists of these, along with red bell peppers, scallions and chopped herbs.......all of which boost the Immune System's response to toxins, bacteria and viruses.......Now, to make some chocolate disks.....as reward for having eaten a half pound of grilled Brussel sprouts last night......(admittedly, with lots of asiago cheese and pepper)......Now, for some inspiration from the 1974 cookbook, Les Dîners de Gala.......

  Thinking, through some 'taste overload' about Limits.....This morning, preparing some spicy chili, with ground turkey, 3 types of onion, chili powder, spicy chopped tomatos and white northern beans, I decided to 'empty' a half-full bottle of Scotch-Bonnet pepper sauce and the last of the Harissa powder, some pestle-ground cumin seeds, the last of a bottle of 'jerk' sauce, a half cup of dried coriander, a few grinds of black, yellow and red peppers and some ground pink sea salt......I 'knew' what was coming! Just getting close enough to stir all this 'HEAT' in the iron skillet, my eyes flooded with tears; and, a half spoonful of this Cajun/Indonesian concoction gave my nostrils a 'FIRE ALERT!' signal, with my sinuses flooding mucus to quench the pain.......I'm having a tiny souffle bowl of this fire-breathing dragon's exhalation....nose running, lips pulsing and tongue...begging for a soothing spoonful of vanilla iced cream......