Rajah's Revenge
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanAfter some recent slacking, including the eating of the pizza and the drinking of the Coke last night, I have hauled my sorry arse back on the track of righteousness and eaten carrot sticks, humous (damn these words with dozens of spelling options) and a banana.
Unfortunately, it’s Diwali so my colleague Somnath, who is Indian, has brought in some tasty morsels to share about. They are the sort of thing that annoy Furtle in that they are crammed with worthy ingredients and then steeped in syrup. I have consumed a tasty morsel based as it turns out, almost entirely upon the humble lentil. It was very orange and suitably disguised as a round orangey thing. It tasted very nice and not at all lentily.
The thing is, disguise is all it was; a visual and gastronomic disguise to be sure, but just a disguise. You can hide the taste and the appearance of a lentil, but you can’t hide its essential nature and the essential nature of a lentil is sturdy and expansive.
Something sturdy and expansive is happening in my stomach as I type. I’m not sure that I dare have another cup of coffee for a while yet…
This does not happen with meat products.
Unfortunately, it’s Diwali so my colleague Somnath, who is Indian, has brought in some tasty morsels to share about. They are the sort of thing that annoy Furtle in that they are crammed with worthy ingredients and then steeped in syrup. I have consumed a tasty morsel based as it turns out, almost entirely upon the humble lentil. It was very orange and suitably disguised as a round orangey thing. It tasted very nice and not at all lentily.
The thing is, disguise is all it was; a visual and gastronomic disguise to be sure, but just a disguise. You can hide the taste and the appearance of a lentil, but you can’t hide its essential nature and the essential nature of a lentil is sturdy and expansive.
Something sturdy and expansive is happening in my stomach as I type. I’m not sure that I dare have another cup of coffee for a while yet…
This does not happen with meat products.