Concept food
At work lunch today, I chose to give up the certain satisfaction of a club sandwich and order the not-available-at-any-store garnet yam and lemon gnocchi in basil pesto sauce.
I had burned 1063 Calories this morning in my hour, and I figured I could use some carbohydrates. Plus, I like to try intereting flavor and ingredient combinations.
The bread on the table was excellent. Almost a light purple color from the Kalamata olives in it, dense and sweet. An egg gave the crust a glossy sheen. And the butter was soft and abundant. But I held back. For I had garnet yam and lemon gnocchi on the way. I wanted to save room so I could stuff myself with sweet, squishy orange pasta. In basil pesto sauce.
My gnocchi arrived.
I looked in my bowl.
There were 6 of them. Table spoon sized.
"Not what you expected?"
"Oh, no, these are what I expected. I just didn't expect to be able to count them all so fast."
I had burned 1063 Calories this morning in my hour, and I figured I could use some carbohydrates. Plus, I like to try intereting flavor and ingredient combinations.
The bread on the table was excellent. Almost a light purple color from the Kalamata olives in it, dense and sweet. An egg gave the crust a glossy sheen. And the butter was soft and abundant. But I held back. For I had garnet yam and lemon gnocchi on the way. I wanted to save room so I could stuff myself with sweet, squishy orange pasta. In basil pesto sauce.
My gnocchi arrived.
I looked in my bowl.
There were 6 of them. Table spoon sized.
"Not what you expected?"
"Oh, no, these are what I expected. I just didn't expect to be able to count them all so fast."
posted by Kenneth at 12:50 PM
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