Dear Anna,
Whoever is in charge of prepping your tidy station has clearly given up. Illuminated by the cold fluorescence of a sneeze guard everything looks a little tired. But it’s the chicken I want to talk about most – The chicken salad I order every day. It wouldn’t take much to go from pale postmortem gray to something much more alive.
The onion and celery you use for texture are lifeless so why not try nuts? If you really cared for me, you could roast them. Their toasty aroma would perfume your kitchen as well as my lunch. Add a handful or two of golden raisins and cilantro for more than bright color –their flavors would brighten taste buds as well. Perhaps we could finish things off with just a touch of curry? Just enough to let me know there’s something there, but not quite recognize what.
I’m not trying to be needy. It’s just I know all these ingredients are at your disposal. I see them in the salsa, soups and other dishes that are also a little flat. Let’s shake things up, and let ingredients trapped in monogamous relationships with their recipes get out and swing a bit. If you truly love them, they won’t betray you I promise. And we all might have a little extra fun.
