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September 12, 2006
It's Like A Little Waffle
That's what MR thought I said when I was describing the dinner he was about to eat to him.
What I actually said was, "I thought it might be awful."
I love mis-hearings. My all time favorite was when in college I was entertaining a very attractive young man at my house, attempting to woo him with a home cooked dinner at my off-campus apartment. He was admiring my considerable stuffed animal collection, and his gaze fastened upon a fuzzy plush banana with eyes and face.
"I won it at a fair," I said.
He looked stunned. "With a banana?" he asked, incredulous.
As it turned out, he thought I said, "I wanted an affair."
My most recent mishearing wasn't nearly so bad... I thought MR's dish last night of brussels sprouts, eggwhites, okra, and some other veggie that I am currently spacing out on, steamed in veggie broth, might be bland. I spiced it up with a curious combination of ingredients: garlic, cilantro, vegan worstershire sauce, and chipoltle Tabasco. He loved it. "This is really good," he repeated. It made a strange ginger-esque flavor all mixed up, and was delicious with a baked apple dessert topped with hazelnut oil and hazelnuts.
Tonight's meal will be an effort to get rid of some stems. Our salad-making creates tons of tough stems that need to be cooked and eaten, so we incorporate them into stews, tattas, parfaits (just kidding about the parfait. I have not yet made a stem parfait.) I'm mixing kale, mustard green and arugula stems in veggie broth with Quorn tenders, cooked eggwhites to up the protein, cauliflower, and perhaps the same spice blend as last night. He liked it so much I told him I'd make it frequently. Tonight I'm making apple parfait, using the fat free ricotta that is now a staple of my dessert making along with tart Granny Smith apples.
Posted by april at September 12, 2006 4:57 PM
Comments
I trust that you know the best when it comes to taste, so a little southern slur misunderstood cannot be an issue in good food making. You rule in taste!
Posted by: istanbulwitchy at September 12, 2006 5:50 PM