Aug 24, 2004 01:16
I enjoy cooking. When done with its own time and space, it's a relaxing yet energizing activity that provides one of life's necessities for you and those around you; it can be zappy, fun, and comically hazardous if you feel like experimenting; it's also a great time to just jabber with friends while each takes a turn dancing carefully across the kitchen floor, savoring flashes of heat and hints of scent as you go.
There are certain dishes that you can throw together with relative ease and minimal attention. A dash of this, a sprig of that, a daring twist of one of those, and you're all set.
Curry is not one of those dishes.
And the more that I try to persuade it to be a spontaneous, easygoing, even-tempered foodstuff, the more it clearly teaches me otherwise.
:P
Note to self: Do not try to "rescue" a flavorless dish by adding Cayenne Pepper. OUCH.