Serendipity

I have always thought that most dishes that we love so well were created by accident, and the person who had the accident was clever enough to remember what exactly caused it and could repeat it.

Our accident of the day:

Yellow bell pepper, carrot and onion in tomato ketchupy gravy, with chili powder. Eaten with rice.

I had wanted to make something different and ended up with. I did not like it at first- it was too sour, but it turned out pretty ok when I mixed it with rice.

I think this encourages me to be wild and experimental with cooking so that I end up discovering those various dishes that people invented but were not clever enough to remember how.

Experiment! (as a verb not a noun. I am asking you to actually. Not only with pepper but with life also. )