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[deckardcanine]

Yesterday at lunch, I had shrimp ramen. It was like any other time, until I absently reached for the pepper and almost grabbed the sugar and cinnamon. I was amused.

Then I thought, Hmmmm. And sprinkled some halfway thru the bowl.

If you read John Steinbeck's light-hearted novel Cannery Row, you may remember that Doc drank so much beer that one onlooker told him he'd someday order a beer milkshake. Doc didn't laugh it off; he couldn't get it out of his head. So one day he went to a town where nobody knew him and casually ordered a beer milkshake, claiming it was doctor's orders for...some nine-syllabled condition ending in "-ectomy." The barmaid bought his story. When he tried it, it wasn't bad: "just stale beer and milk." He claimed to have been drinking it for 17 years, to explain why it didn't disgust him.

Anyway, back to my cinnamon shrimp ramen. If a beer milkshake tastes like just beer and milk, then this tasted like just cinnamon and shrimp ramen. I didn't expect the sensation to be so...segregated. The condiment neither ruined nor improved the soup for me. Maybe I should have stirred in a good portion?

This was a lunchtime between two experimental dinners for me: grouper with pepper ragout at a new Spanish restaurant, and homemade fondue. Personally, I prefer gustatory experiments on my own terms. I may have to get creative again for a while.

Comments

try this experiment

[billis.livejournal.com]

This drink out of an Indian cookbook is great, I think.

Squeeze limes, strain juice.
add an equal volume of good-grade maple syrup.
put in some chili powder, variable according to your taste, but it should be present.
Then add water and chill.
ideally, the book says 180grams of juice and syrup, and two liters of water- to give you some idea of what the suggested ratio is.

Re: try this experiment

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm! Is there a name for this drink?

Re: try this experiment

[billis.livejournal.com]

I don't know- my friend makes it, and I had it at his house, however I made it myself after suggesting it here, and I didn't add enough water. It's still pretty good, but it needs to be fully chilled I think.

Re: try this experiment

[-fairest.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I like trying new cold drinks. Wish I had a commercial-quality blender/ice crusher. I love smoothies!

[octan.livejournal.com]

Heh, once I get my own place I'll probably be experimenting like crazy. (There's a sentence begging to be taken out of context, but anyway.) The weirdest thing I've ever made yet is a grilled peanut butter and cheese sandwich. Which my mom thinks I'm crazy for liking.

An Almost-Disaster

[-fairest.livejournal.com]

On my son's b-day this summer, we played mini-golf and had dinner at the mall. The kids chose pizza. Well, I was exhausted from four hours of 'amuzement'. As I waited for the pizza, I noticed some paper packets decorated in an Italian manner with red & green designs. For whatever reason, I assumed it was parmesan cheese and I brought the packets to the table along with the pizza slices. Well, the kids had doused their pizza with -- SUGAR!!! Good thing they liked it! What a dope I was! After the fact, DH asked "Um...have you ever SEEN cheese packaged that way??" Criminy!