Thank you for the very nice compliment. I feel sad that I no longer seem to be writing since I went back to the piano. Maybe we are only given a small allotment of creativity a day, and when it's used, it's used, like a hot water heater.
Bull pizzles sounded so fascinating, I went to Google to look up recipes. Really. I was thinking that maybe you could deepfry them and serve them like breadsticks. Almost anything is edible if it's fried and crunchy.
But all I could find was a lot of cites about dog snacks, one very nasty recommendation that homosexuals be flogged with whips and bull pizzles, and a defense policy called, Pizzles for Peace which I am thinking of forwarding to Donald Rumsfeld.
Culinarily frustrated by the lack of pizzle offerings, I went to the kimchee homepage and learned it is pickled cabbage. (I thought it was a nut. What was I thinking of?) And it is THE most important ingredient of the Korean diet, which explains the prevalence. Someone at the homepage wrote:
I remember as a child, the festive atmosphere during every winter Kimchee making gathering. This 'Kimchee makings' left me with the impression of important holidays as a child.
This is just like spiritual event with all the relatives and friends helping one another, lasting several days. For Koreans Kimchee is heavenly.
I have no doubt that a plate of kimchee and pizzles would induce strong religious fervor in me.
THEN I went looking for the singing rice maker. (I couldn't believe that was really the name but it IS!). I have been toying with the idea of trying to make my own sushi for fun, and had read about these perfect rice makers. My family looked dubious at the proposition of me and raw fish, and so I haven't pursued it. I wonder if you can find a not so fuzzy, illogical, tonedeaf rice maker cheaper.
For 199.00 I want Luciano Pavarotti to spring forth singing "Nessun Dorma".
I have had such a nice morning! Thank you for all the funny leads. |
