We all know what goes together, or at least, what we feel goes together. I'm a basic person - I don't veer to far from the unusual, at least when it comes to food. The Food Channel has opened my eyes to some weird foods. My husband was watching some show the other night where the adventurous, wealthy patrons were paying to go to an event to eat things like snakes, mice, spiders, and other - in my opinion - nasty a** stuff. I couldn't watch it. I sat there for a minute and thought, "Ew. Who the hell pays an exorbitant amount of money to EAT this gross crap??" I mean, they are paying to eat it, not the other way around?? Watching starving contestants on Survivor eat cow intestines (or whatever) is one thing, but at least they are trying to WIN something - and watching that makes me squeamish.
Clearly, I am just not that adventurous when it comes to food. The most daring food I've tried was Uni (a type of sushi) and I spit it out. My son, on the other hand, is definitely a daredevil who loves trying different things - that's what I think, anyhow. Last night, he made this:
Check it out closely.
That's stir fried veggies (in Sesame Ginger sauce) floating in miso soup with milk.
That's stir fried veggies (in Sesame Ginger sauce) floating in miso soup with milk.
And I may not be a terrific cook, but I promise you that I did not make that. He mixed it all up. One would think that after experimenting with the flavors, he would then push away the nasty combination; one would be wrong. He continued to eat the mixture.
It took every ounce of self-control not to stop him. I want him to explore - and mixing foods and eating it is okay. Obviously, exploring how the food looks on the wall or the floor would be too much exploration for this mother to allow, but I think mixing and eating things is pretty harmless. And I think it's good to try new things. Who knows? He could be the next Top Chef. The other night, one of the groups mixed chocolate with other stuff that most would not think would go with it....but that group won.
So, even though *I* don't think it goes together, maybe Sesame Ginger marinated veggies in miso soup milk tastes good. Maybe not.
