last Monday, yesterday
had all the inevitable symptoms
of a blue Monday
cumulus of neurosis and apathy
climbing up & down my spine
traces and hope and lost alternated in me
and mood swings were frequents
and switched between minutes
and sometimes seconds, intervals
and no coffee amount was enough to bring to me
the urgently required spark
the smell of carpet glue lingering in the office
from last week's repairs
soporific loads of work
regrets of a not well-enjoyed weekend
having missed a party among friends
were bringing me down...
in 4 colloquial words:
i felt like shit!
but about 1/2 working day
after lunch and the Mondays staff meeting
my pinche best friend and boss
reminded me that he had brought to the office
some left overs from his party the day before of
"molten chocolate cake with vanilla creme freaiche, and raspberry coulis"
oh so all went so much better then!!!
and i truly appreciated
el perro's dedication to deliver the dish
so properly!
he carried each ingredient in separate containers
and instructed me to warm up for 7 seconds the molten cake
in the microwave at the lunch room in the office
once the cake was warm
he dropped carefully the creme freaiche on top
and told me to place the three coulis
i must confess all lasted little after served
barely enough for the shot,
promptly i devoured it all!
the cake was soft and moist and just warm in the inside
and the creme was still cold and the raspberries crispy
all served on an office paper plate
was great! top chef delivered at my desk
i am glad my friend is into cooking so professionally!
ah! i got many great meals already, ha! but not just that
i am also glad to hear every day more people get the importance of home-made cooking
the importance of food and the role of it in our lives
on how nutrition can alter one's body chemistry for better or
worse; it seems to me that, gladly, food is recovering a new importance
on people lives, all these chef TV programs, cooking contests, etc. seem to encourage this new age where we respect fresh and interestingly cooked food instead of industrialized pre-fabricated so-called food factories have been feeding us. I just find it beautiful, all this food & cooking renaissance!
and i guess...
i just love to see people playing with their food again!
2 comments:
Hallo Berenice,
Hope you have further recovered from this bout of blues. Judging by your comment on my blog (I answered it) you seem to feel chirpy again.
Elisabeth (meine Frau) is allergic to raspberries. Very, mucho maxi. Thus I never have them. I'll try to feed on those of your photo.
This whipped cream (Schlagsahne) is in French "crème fraîche" or "chantilly".
Some years ago, we were in Aranjues/Spain and were feeding there nearly exclusively on "fresas con nata". And this was real nata, thick, stand upright quality, not the thin watery stuff you get in San Diego.
Cheers, Berenice,
animo, valor
Georg
hola dear Georg
yes! getting in better mood around here, but you know how it is! some days are great, some other not, but i still enjoy life, don't think i don't even in midst of the melancholy :) but yeah, i rather smile too of course
and yes! this cream my friend made was thick and nicely home-made. As for "natas" yes, in Mexico we have them too, but they are different, they are the cream that you get when you boil cow milk, or other milk, we collect the cream on top of boiled milk for a couple of days and refrigerate it and they use it to bake with it or for desserts, i think maybe that's what you had in Spain and yes!! it's much thicker than Chantilly but also very different
oh Georg, and i wonder if Elisabeth is allergic just to raspberries or all sorts of berries? i hope not!
hope you had a good Sonntag
Prost!
Berenice
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