#563
SUN, SEP 25, 2022
Jamón Asparagus Plate
Notes
20220925 #breakfastdiary 554, 20°C/mostly cloudy
Medically speaking, when consciousness and strength decline to the point where a person can no longer take in food, death follows naturally. In that process dehydration sets in and the blood turns acidic, and what comes isn't suffering but a sense of euphoria.
(Source: Park Jung-chul, a doctor who has watched over terminal patients, "The kindest death I've ever seen was...")
A natural death is sleep. Drifting naturally into a long sleep and meeting death there. I wonder whether a death like that is even possible.
Broccoli, asparagus, and jamón nearing the end of their shelf life, with carrot rapée made a few days ago.
Ingredients
Check items off while grocery shopping - it’s remembered here.
Steps
- 01
Trim the asparagus, wrap with jamón, and sear in an olive-oiled pan.
- 02
Blanch the broccoli briefly in boiling water, drain, and sear in a pan.
- 03
Plate the asparagus from step 1, the broccoli from step 2, and the carrot rapée.
- 04
Carrot rapée — julienne 1 carrot with a mandoline, pour over the dressing (2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp white wine vinegar, 1 tsp whole-grain mustard), and mix evenly. Let it sit for 1-2 days before eating.
