Spring and Kepler’s Moon
Sunday gratefuls: The Ancient Brothers. Food. Food. Food. Colonoscopy prep. Warming Weather. A gentle Breeze. Doug. Finished. A good guy did great work at a reasonable price. Kep. Kate. Vega. Rigel. Gertie. My Colorado companions. All dead. Still here. Black Mountain clear of Snow. Snow melting in the front. Hanging around in the back. Remembering special meals with Kate.
Sparks of Joy and Awe: Food
Irony. Being on a colonoscopy prep day when Ancient Brother Paul chooses food as the topic. See the questions.* I’ll give you a bit of my answers.
Meal anywhere: Crispi’s. An Italian restaurant down the hill from the Hotel Internazionale in Rome. Our honeymoon. Fresh, wonderful food. We ate there everyday we were in Rome. Also included in the thought. Italian coffee and croissants in the hotel every morning.
Second place. Mama’s Fish House. Maui. Gentle breezes, windsurfers. An older Hawai’ian decor but not kitsch. Again Kate and me. So many times. The name of the fisherman who caught your fish on the menu.
Favorite food: Korean fried chicken. Sashimi. Poke salad. Rare filet mignon. Macaroni and cheese. Hot dogs. Hamburgers. These last four I have only on occasion these days.
Allergic to or detest? Not allergic to anything. I don’t like slimy foods, e.g. lutefisk. Yet I love oysters. My rule: if a human can eat it, I can eat it.
Most memorable meal: D’Amico’s Cucina in Butler Square with Kate. We’d been dating for six months or so. She leaned across the table, looked me in the eyes, and said, I make $120,000 a year. Oh.
Another one. We took the 10 hour train ride from Venice to Vienna. On a train with no food. Surprise! When we got into Vienna at 10 that night, we passed our luggage to the bell guy, and walked across the Ringstrasse to a little Viennese cafe. Red checkered table cloths. Wienerschnitzel. Spaetzl. Cabbage. N.A. Beer, Thomasbrau. Oh, so good.
Food preferences changed. Not really. I’ve added, but not subtracted.
With others: As Paul said, communion. Nourishment of the body and soul. Yet. I also love to eat alone. A good book and a meal prepared by somebody else? Yes.
Foods I like to cook: Roast chicken. Fish of all sorts. Eggs. Potatoes. Steak. Pork.
Any new foods? Not really. Oh, wait. I did have a mushroom quiche at the Plant Magic Cafe. That was pretty good. Umami.
Taste preferences: Yes. But salty if pushed.
Favorite ethnic: Japanese. Middle Eastern. Greek.
Most expensive. Ruth’s 16th birthday meal at Sushi Den in Denver. I asked the waitress to bring us sushi and sashimi she thought we’d like. She did.
Stories. Kate and I stayed in the Hotel Wales in New York City. We went to a restaurant nearby. Sitting next to us were Joan Woodward and Paul Newman. Kate kept trying to touch the hem of his sports coat. He made his own salad dressing.
Favorite fruit: Jackfruit. Blueberries. Blackberries. Raspberries off the cane. Plums. Fresh cherries.
Favorite dessert: Banana’s Oscar. Gulab Jamun. Sesame covered fried balls of chocolate. Crema. Dulche de leche.
*-If you could have any meal anywhere, what would you eat and where?
– What is your favorite food(s)?
– What food(s) are you allergic to or absolutely detest?
– What is your most memorable meal?
– Have your food preferences changed over the years?
– What does a meal with others represent for you?
– What food(s) do you like to cook?
– Have you tried any new food(s) recently?
– What tastes do you prefer, sweet, salty, savory?
– What’s the most exotic food you have ever eaten?
– What’s your favorite kind of ethnic food?
– What’s the most expensive meal you have ever eaten?
– Do you have any stories about dining out?
– What is your favorite fruit(s)?
– What is your favorite dessert?
– Is there something else you want to say about food?
