tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post5292693541139310894..comments2023-06-21T18:53:11.897+10:00Comments on Pykk: enigmas which we all in our innocence believeUmbagollahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-17025509475170143222012-08-18T06:05:26.275+10:002012-08-18T06:05:26.275+10:00There you go, and then something about the police ...There you go, and then something about the police arresting prostitutes but who can forestall a liquid -- seriously though, if you wanted to write about vinegar (and this is all unsupported opinion on my part; I've never done any food writing) then maybe you could start by thinking not only <i>what evidence of this food do I have in my cupboard</i> but also, <i>What does it do to other foods, how does the sensuous world change when it appears?</i> What is vinegar? It's not a basic need, it's not a piece of meat or a nourishing vegetable, it's a vehicle for a taste. So then, why would you want to change the taste of anything, why do you have so many potential alterations in your cupboard, why store them, why keep them, why this multitude, why not a solitary hermit vinegar bottle away behind the canned sardines? I had fish and chips at a mock-English pub the other day, bit off the tips of my chips and poured malt vinegar inside each one. Did they taste better or was I hoping they would taste better, or was a switching from a lot of vinegar to a little vinegar to almost no vinegar in the hope that I would magically improve them even though they were already fine chips, quite thick, with a tasty tense skin and a relaxed heart? (Theme: hope in the human breast, do we need it and why, etc.) Many places you could go with vinegar. Have you read De Quincey's essay <i>The English Mail Coach</i>? He takes a subject and roams all over the scenery with it.Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-60235033608513343132012-08-18T01:01:57.042+10:002012-08-18T01:01:57.042+10:00"Vinegar is the prostitute of order, its acid..."Vinegar is the prostitute of order, its acidity wears away the very building blocks of society." Just had to get that out there in case I ever write the vinegar list story.<br />Thanks for stopping by sparkling squirrel. Sparkling Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899640164757220074noreply@blogger.com