And today has been my day of cooking and reflecting, so here are my thoughts....
I was once again cooking a thai curry... and as i was cutting up the pieces of lemon grass, roasting the coriander and cumin... it made me think, there are so many flavors, and so many methods of preparing all the different parts, how much like a person they are. All those ingredients come together to make one fabulous dish.... and a person is made up of so many characteristics, and each part is shaped by experiences harsh and gentle, to make up one fabulous person.
And yet, burning the cumin rather than roasting it, or a little bit more salt, not as much water; a tiny little change can completely the taste of dish. and sometimes, one pack of salt is saltier than another! so no two dishes can ever taste exactly the same. And just like that, a single experience in a person's life can completely change some aspect of them, one decision can change the track of a person's life. How very fascinating.
Later, I was talking to a friend of mine. Of course, over skype as I am so very far away... Anyway, she was telling me how she had an absolutely ridiculous work week, and found it so impossible to cook herself a decent meal. And the lack of a meal just compounded with her stress. And when one feels unable to feed oneself, everything else falls apart. And thus the cliche, or old wise words, "you are what you eat." What happened to the world over the last few decades that we forgot that, and started to feed ourselves chemicals instead of real food w/ real nutrients... and why did/do we call it food? If food is our primary physical life block, isn't that what we should prioritise?
This week has been a relatively interesting week. Had a few meetings w/ potential work opportunities. Which can be both exciting and intimidating, since i haven't worked in a formal space in years!!! But the teams I spoke to seem innovative, interesting, so it could actually turn out to be fun (hopefully). But this meant that I ate out lots... and some lovely meals were had!
a lovely lentil/chickpea bunless "burger" w/ yoghurt/cucumber raita, eggplant mash, haloumi and a wonderful green sauce and micro greens. Then the necessary yumyum chinese takeout, and i even got a pre-marinated steak at the butchers, which made for a meal faster than take away (side of spinach and saute mushrooms).
So, with the possibilty of formal work in the future (meaning days not at home lounging), and a week of not really cooking much, I took a long lazy day to just cook and cook today.
My favorite thing (at the request of my husband) was Kash-style Indian curry. And I am very very proud of my innovations. I usually put a bit of yoghurt in it when marinating the chicken...but since there was none to be had today, I put in a bit of cheese! It was a lovely duetto dolce con figs and walnuts... so i took out the figs and walnuts, in it went... melted right into the sauce, and just gave it the right balance!
A happy day of balance in food, and therefore, in life!
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