toro and turkey

[mindstalk]

Two 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

Comments

[thomasyan]

I regard one privilege of being relatively modest in my spending as the ability to splurge now and then without guilt. At Japanese grocery stories, besides salmon or toro, this can include scallop sashimi, amaebi sashimi, uni, and bento boxes, especially if they go on sale about an hour before close.