Soy Sauce Packets & Epiphanies: A DIVINE Cup of Java...

today, my cup runneth over. several times... not onto the counter top, or the floor, or the kitchen sink; but quite happily into my gullet. today i had a vision, or perhaps more appropriately, an epiphany; that i was sitting in the passenger seat of a red monte carlo, listening to 'fool in the rain' by led zeppelin, watching the sun set at brenton point (just past the mansions on ocean drive) in newport, rhode island, with my old friend karbo.

what brought this on you might ask? the most DIVINE of things. not JUST a tune, (which by the way, 'fool in the rain' always takes me to another time and place, and makes me think of several different people, for several different reasons) but because i had THE most SPECTACULAR cup of coffee that i've had in a long time. those trips to brenton point almost always included a 'thermos of love,' which is really what brought this on.

i know i always shamelessly plug green mountain coffee roasters, and i'm doing it AGAIN. their whole bean lake & lodge blend, ground to perfection by yours truly and brewed in a french press, was, and is, TO DIE FOR. i can't really say much more about it, but there are very few things in life that can instantly transport you somewhere else in time. my java did it for me today. and i appreciated every second of it.

**a little extra tidbit: although typically i agree that 'the french are a**holes,' i must admit they did get one thing right, and that's the french press. probably the simplest brewing method, but by far the most delish.

EXPERIENCE+CHANGE=2008

the story behind ssp&e:

so i'm not sure if you're anything like me, but being the 'off the cuff cuisine' chef that i am, i try not to let anything go to waste. you know, when you bring home some bk or mickey d's, and after consuming your poor excuse for food, have ketchup packets or sauce shots left over that you throw in the door and forget about. same goes for chinese food, and you know they always give you enough sauce to put out a fire at the pentagon with your order. you throw them in your refrigerator door and forget about them. then one day you're trying to impress some last minute guests that have decided to stay at your place for dinner and all you have in your 'gourmet' kitchen are some ramen noodles, frozen veggies and some leftover grilled chicken from last weekend's cookout. the makings of a superb, on-the-fly stirfry. but wait, OH SHIT!, how are you going to make a sauce for your stirfry with no sauce? you look in the fridge and all you see is a bottle of ketchup, french's mustard (i use the term mustard loosely when describing french's), and a jar of pickle juice. oh no, what to do, what to do. then you bust open the butter holder, that invariably has never seen a stick of butter in it's life, and VOILA! soy sauce, duck sauce, hot mustard! packets, but instant chinkychow sauce nonetheless! each one of those packets, collected over time, came from a meal, inevitably eaten over conversation, an argument or during a lone lunch of self-reflection, came from a time and place in the past. as are our lessons learned. we learn through the years how to cope, how to inspire, how to teach, and how to live. we don't always remember those lessons, as we throw condiment packets in the fridge we throw life-lessons into the back of our heads, until one day we find ourself in a situation where it becomes relevant and we pull them from the back of our minds as to not waste the advice and lessons of the past. the moral of this story, and the linking of it to my blog- our life experiences are our 'soy sauce packets,' our hidden links to our experiences of our past...

e·piph·a·ny - noun - a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. [www.dictionary.com]

the epiphanies that we experience in life, questions or situations that we find ourselves in, and don't know how to resolve, can most often be solved my raking our brains in search of a 'soy sauce packet.' an answer to a question. a solution to a problem. and so this, this blog, is simply an ever-expanding culmination of soy sauce packets in my butter box, and the epiphanies that have helped to make room for more butter in my fridge...

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Friday, March 07, 2008

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