So in our sad and decadent age, critics have it rough. Because there really is only one criteria by which to judge a cultural object. Not its psychological insight, subtlety, restraint, sophistication, balance, harmony, or acuity. No no. There is one question. Is it boring?What is the not boring?
By appearances, it has something do with steroids, autotunes, and photoshop. It is bombast wedded with digitization. The not boring moves not at the speed of a gazelle, or even a race car, or even a space ship, but jump cuts beyond the speed of any known real-world device. It moves as a velocity conceived only through the digital imagination: the absolute, crowded instantaneous exchange rate of image for image. It is about sex, but is not sexy. It is a form of theatrical violence engineered by and for people who would prefer not to leave the living room.
Oh, wait a minute. I didn't want to talk about any of this.
I meant to talk about two other subjects, both concerning food.
See, this isn't really a blog about TV, or technology. It's really going to be about food.
I'm tricky that way.
Point one!
I was hiking in the woods today and saw the very first sproutings of the fiddlehead ferns! Soon, we're going to be making some kickass stir-fry.
Point two!
Man, I love peanut sauce. Thai style. Spicy and fresh and homemade. Nothing tastes better on grilled pork.
But the paleo diet precludes peanuts.
So as I was chomping away at the Southeast Asian, a restaurant in Lowell (yes, that's its real name) I suddenly came up with the idea of a spicy almond sauce, and today I made it, and I'm pleased to report it is delicious.
Here's how to make it.
Doug's Paleo Friendly Almond Sauce
One container of 365 smooth almond butter from Whole Foods.
One equal part water (use the empty almond butter glass, obviously)
One good splash of fish sauce
One green onion, minced
One small knob of ginger, minced
Two tablespoons coconut oil
White pepper
A light squirt of cider vinegar
Four bigass squirts of distilled white vinegar
One fresh habanero, diced
Cook over very low heat for one hour. Refrigerate. Enjoy.
Wait wait wait a sec... forgive me for taking until post 3 to come up with this comment but if you're REALLY trying to partially log your experience while giving up internets and tv and etc then you better do it in a notebook and transpose to this blog only AFTER the month is up. Blog writing is, by definition, unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteI'm not worried about this so much. Even the printing press is a technology. I am not so interesting in avoiding all digital technology, so much as controlling the direction of information.
ReplyDeleteTo me, there is a massive difference between an honest attempt to make sense of my life and communicate my observations and the normal, typically passive means by which most of us suck the glowing teat. I could forgo even notebooks and just make cave paintings on the basement wall, but no one would see them, and this sense that people might actually read what I have to say matters to me.
You see, creativity itself isn't necessary. Or so it seems. But it remains of vital importance to me to have this sense that, in writing, I form new and unthought of connections, even if they ultimately remain invisible to me. The immediacy of the experience of part of energizes.
All of this has to do with The Clash. I'll get into why later. This is important, so thanks for bringing it up.