food as texture, home

Fujita blog
In other words-
Stretching onions,
washing tomatoes,
dancing peppers,
playing pumpkin organs,
yawning carrots.

Dream
We are in a crappy/old fashioned kind of Italian restaurant sitting at a little two top. We are talking about crushes and she says “Who is your crush like that?” and I say “Well everyone, you” and then she looks at me in a way and takes my hand maybe and then comes to sit on my lap and starts kissing me. Either I am in a pleated schoolgirl mini skirt or she is, I don't remember. It is getting kind of hot and I get nervous coz we are in public in a restaurant but she does not seem to care. I think how it would be hot if we got kicked out. We haven’t ordered. Somehow she is kissing me. I wonder if anyone will come over to take my order soon.

Georges Perec - Attempt at an Inventory...
so ridiculous to read "7 tomato salad", "eight melons" - wonder if he is talking about the whole (as in tarte-tartin) or slices, pieces, servings

i dont think he ate any nuts or seeds, snacks really. mostly at restaurants

nor did he really eat bread or pastry. but yes cakes

2 dandelion salads with bacon

recipe for getting yellow sunscreen stains out of white clothing
do not bleach - this will turn the stain pink
do not wash before treating - this will bake the stain in, as it were
1. sprinkle baking soda over stain and rub in gently with dry toothbrush
2. put dish soap on stain (i use white or clear dish soap just to be safe) and rub in gently with toothbrush
3. leave to sit for a few hours
4. do not rinse. pour white vinegar over stain, then soak overnight in 50/50 water/vinegar solution
5. next day wash cold in machine with your normal laundry soap - should come out!

how did i spend my 20s
cooking without an apron?

i have perfected the art of leczo
sautee yellow/white onions and/or leek in lots of olive oil
add some kind of smoked, kiełbasa-adjacent sausage or bacon or smokey veggie sausage/bacon & sautee until browned and kinda sticking to the bottom of pot (but not burnt)
add garlic and chopped red pepper and sautee for a few minutes
add chopped zucchini and salt and sautee for a few minutes
add smoked paprika, tomato paste, pepper, more salt, other spices (like dried margoram, bay leaf) and sautee for a bit
in blender or with stick blender, blend some cooked white beans (like navy, butter bean, cannelini, etc) with equal amounts canned tomato or passata etc until smooth
add bean-tomato blend to pot, stir, heat thru, taste, season with more salt + pepper and smoked paprika if needed. bean-tomato blend should just cover the ingredients to make a thick stew.
if you want it soupier, add water swooshed around in the tomato can (or just water lol)
i usually let it sit on low heat for ten minutes or so to integrate
serve with parsley, sour cream, bread

polecam
https://www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/tiny-salty-chocolaty-cookies
https://www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/slow-roasted-oregano-chicken-with-buttered-tomatoes

lobster palace society
"the vaunted Delmonico's, which offered a hundred different soupd on any given day" - Bourdain, Typhoid Mary

I used to not like almond butter, which is crazy
Why do chickpeas come in glass jars rather than in cans in Europe?

I think about this.. frequently

Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
Anise candies were first made by the Benedictine monks of the abbey of Flavigny (founded in 719), as reported by the Roman traveller Flavius. After the French revolution, several confectioners began making this delicacy using the same recipe. Only one manufacturer remains today at the abbey, Maison Troubat, who claims to follow a recipe which has been in use since 1591.

Rotten chestnuts
taste like salmon

Things for things
It's like when you rearrange all of the items in your kitchen and then find yourself instinctively going back to where they lived before, and catching yourself in that moment

Gooseberries, the last seasonal fruit
A favourite country house dish was a gooseberry tansey, made by frying the fruit in butter and pouring a mixture of egg yolks and cream sweetened with sugar into the frying pan. The finished tansey was then strewn with rosewater and sugar.

Things to Do with Sorrel
"Pan sear with butter, and pair with a thin piece of veal in a port reduction, with a very light sprinkling of sumac."

Gaudí's birthplace
Riudoms is a town in the comarca of Baix Camp, province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, located about five kilometres from the regional capital Reus. The main product is the hazelnut, today in recession, and extra virgin olive oil.

Nevio scala gargante garganega veneto italia
Person silently reading a book about wine on the train. Another person reading out loud from a book. A bit of a weird thing to do, read out loud. Riders steal glances and so do I. If they were talking to someone their behaviour would be deemed socially acceptable, a non-thought. Reading out loud to self unacceptable.

After Perec's Life: A User's Manual
-Things on a tray obscuring the image printed on the tray
-Room so long you can't shoot an arrow across
-Whiskey and salted biscuits
-Jane Sutton's room (light green wallpaper)
-Blown glass grapes
-A coffee pot kept always hot
-Children in clogs going gathering milk with dented cans
-Mint cake found in an almanac