Decided to get a little ambitious tonight and make something I haven't had in quite awhile: a nice, traditional beef stew. Did all the shopping earlier today, then spent about an hour carefully preparing all the ingredients. Cooked it for a few hours, and now I'm set for the next couple of days.
The Good: Absolutely delicious. I followed a recipe I first worked out back in 2005.
The Bad: I was so eager to dig in, I scalded my tongue and the roof of my mouth. Whoever first said, "Eat it while it's hot" should be skinned alive.
The Ugly: My waistline. I refuse to go anywhere near the bathroom scale.
Signor V.
"For me, there's only my wife..."
"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"
"It was a grass harp... And we listened."
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"
"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."
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