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GASTRONOMIC THESAURUS (part 1)
The trivial thesis held by the British is that we ” eat to live, not live to eat.” At the same time, as K. Fox observes, the enjoyment and admiration of the magnificent cuisine of the French does not prevent the British from treating with contempt their “shameless love of food.” Among the English it is not customary to advertise their love of food and openly admit that food gives pleasure. About food as sensual-
it is customary to speak of pleasure in a light-hearted, jocular tone. Apparently, this is why poetic and erotic language in relation to food and names of dishes in the English community is not welcome. This is evidenced by the common humorous term “gastroperiodynia”, when used in respect of colorfully illustrated cooking magazines and cookbooks, with detailed descriptions of mouth-watering dishes, as well as in relation to enthusiastic discussions about food. Continue reading
Mussels. How are they prepared in Spain?
“Revealed-throw away. Unopened-throw away, ” – I say in a hurry to a friend. “Throw everything away? she wonders. No, you need to cooking to throw out already opened. After cooking — discard unopened. Photo: Depositphotos in fact, these will be few. But what I have not been able to teach myself-is to use the broth after boiling mussels. Pour, even if the mussels were cooked in wine (if the wine costs less than one Euro, it is not so insulting and cook, and pour). Photo: Daniel Konstantinov, personal archive of course, you Can cook both in water and in mixtures of these liquids, fast wash, brush better, cut the “beard”, add to the pot and not to leave: the mussels are cooked quickly. If the liquid is not enough or a small pan, you can gently shake the latter or even more gently stir with a spoon to evenly warm up. It is written that the California mussels Indians ate about 12,000 years ago. Continue reading
