On Sunday, we found ourselves discussing Experimental Cookery Tuesday, and in particular the madness that is my cooking a salmon stir-fry when I hate fish. My thinking on this is really quite simple: in the absolute worst-case, whatever I find myself cooking will be at least edible, if rather unpleasant. And, in the best case, I might find something I actually really like. So, there's not really much of a risk for a decent gain.
Besides, I find it extremely easy to fall into patterns and routines. Indeed, Experimental Cookery Tuesday itself stands as a testament to this very trait. That being the case, it would be easy for me to identify six foods that I really like, and to simply cook them in turn each week. It also sounds a bit dull. However, since my life is not really where I want it to be (probably a good thing, that), there is a need to constantly challenge, to push against boundaries, and to try new things. And so, just as I didn't shrink from abseiling despite a now-vanquished fear of heights, so too shall I risk the fish.
I'm not really sure what it is about this meal that makes it 'super-quick'. As far as I could tell, it took about as long to prepare and to cook as did the prawns or the beef last week. Still, it was pretty easy to put together.
And, yes, it was another winner. I'm not yet ready to remove salmon from the list of food nemeses, but this was pretty good.
And so, the "Tasty Stir-Fries" chapter comes to an end, and Jamie has won this bout 5-0. The highlight of the chapter is the sweet & sour pork, but just barely. Both the chicken chow mein and the beef were also excellent. The weakest entry was the prawn stir-fry.
Next week, I will start in on the "Easy Curries" chapter, which begins with a chicken korma.
2 comments:
I'm impressed with your tenacity! Did you know you're a talking point for the whole family now!
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I didn't.
Of course, I'm now tempted to make up loads of stuff, just to see what the family makes of it all...
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