15 August, 2011

The philosophical solo cook



Pita bread is a kind of Mediterranean bread that is made such that a pocket is created inside it. It is used as a container for falafel and salads, a popular street food all around the world.
Ready made pita bread - to be bought and baked and eaten. Filled with a salad of lightly fried carrots, cabbage, bean sprouts and spring onions - also available cut and ready to fry. The solo cook must try to experiment with new kinds of food even if it is with ready to cook dishes. It keeps the spirit of the whole ceremony of cooking food alive. What ceremony? You would only understand if you have been through the process of making something for over an hour or two only to devour it in a few fleeting minutes. It is the spirit that matters. It doesn't even matter how the food tastes. Yes, that's what I said!
Holding the bread in my hand and squeezing it gently was the only way I could get the filling in the picture. So there it is! Fun to eat!

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