In article >, Michael Odom
> wrote:

> I think I'm becoming a better cook, but corresponding to that increase
> there seems to be an equal decrease in my interest and ability to
> write anything about it.
>
> A few nights ago, I made a dinner based on a (not injected with
> saline) pork tenderloin smeared with a paste of galangal powder, fresh
> basil, shiso, brown sugar, fish sauce, a dried red chile and lemon
> juice. Roasted at 400 F in a convection oven till it reached an
> internal temperature of about 150. I served it with a dressing made
> from mayo, galangal, lemon juice, and salt and pepper mixed with
> arugula. On the side I had a slaw made from broccoli stem match
> sticks seasoned with mayo, wasabi, lemon juice, and sesame oil. Also
> a baked sweet potato with butter.

Michael, do you ever eat anything "common"?

> I liked it very much. Especially the pork. It was better than any
> restaurant meal I've had in months. It was better than anything I
> cooked last year or the year before. But I only got around to writing
> about it after days of -- um -- digestion. And only a cursory note
> about it at that. Writing about food is just becoming less and less
> interesting. Like porn is less interesting than sex. Like an art
> review is less interesting than a painting. Like vacation photos are
> less interesting than Paris.
>
> Maybe it's just a phase. I've phased out of here a time or two in the
> past.
> modom

Shane! Shane! Don't go, Shane. Come back, Shane! Serially, you're
the most interesting foodie here. I would miss you.
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