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toro and turkey
2022-12-10 16:15Two unrelated items.
1) I've never been one to spend a ton on food, at least by my standards. I've upgraded over the years to orange juice not from concentrated, then eating actual oranges; I eat a lot of nuts and salmon, I'll buy the good consumer steaks from time to time. But I get antsy at spending more than US$20 on a meal, and I don't get super-expensive ingredients. I think even when I've dabbled, it didn't seem worth the price.
But today, I was at the local Japanese market, and got a bit of sashimi. $5 for some salmon, $13 for sliced toro. I thought I knew what to expect, raw toro, and didn't think it was regularly worth it, but it's been a while.
I was wrong! The toro was seared and seasoned and soooooooo good. Amazing.
It's also a unit price of $55/pound, eeep. So I don't intend to make a habit out of it. But I might do it again.
2) A few days ago, I was walking home, and heard turkey gobbles. As my loyal readers know, there are a lot of wild turkeys around here. But looking around, I didn't see any.
Then I looked up, and there, standing on the ridge of a two-story high roof, was a turkey, gobbling out to the world to announce it existence.
Photos! https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/albums/72177720304356457
1) I've never been one to spend a ton on food, at least by my standards. I've upgraded over the years to orange juice not from concentrated, then eating actual oranges; I eat a lot of nuts and salmon, I'll buy the good consumer steaks from time to time. But I get antsy at spending more than US$20 on a meal, and I don't get super-expensive ingredients. I think even when I've dabbled, it didn't seem worth the price.
But today, I was at the local Japanese market, and got a bit of sashimi. $5 for some salmon, $13 for sliced toro. I thought I knew what to expect, raw toro, and didn't think it was regularly worth it, but it's been a while.
I was wrong! The toro was seared and seasoned and soooooooo good. Amazing.
It's also a unit price of $55/pound, eeep. So I don't intend to make a habit out of it. But I might do it again.
2) A few days ago, I was walking home, and heard turkey gobbles. As my loyal readers know, there are a lot of wild turkeys around here. But looking around, I didn't see any.
Then I looked up, and there, standing on the ridge of a two-story high roof, was a turkey, gobbling out to the world to announce it existence.
Photos! https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/albums/72177720304356457