Soy Dressing Capellini

20230922 #breakfastdiary 852, 15°C/mostly cloudy The trouble is that language and writing live under the influence of complicated, delicate human relationships. Naming the subject of an action too clearly can seem rude, or land you in trouble for no good reason. Sometimes you simply don't know who the subject is. Sometimes the object is more familiar to the reader than the subject, or you want the focus to fall on whoever is affected. Saying 'the marine ecosystem was destroyed' can feel sadder than 'the Japanese government destroyed the marine ecosystem.' (Kim Jin-hae, Embrace the Passive Voice) Reading Lee O-deok's books, and having learned from a senior at the campus newspaper that sentences should always be written in the active voice as much as possible, I thought, well, there are sentences where the passive voice carries real force — and tried to write today's recipe in the passive voice. I failed. Boil capellini in bubbling water. The strands are thin, so they cook in no time. Mix soy sauce 3, tsuyu 1, oligosaccharide syrup 1, sugar 1, sesame oil 1, minced garlic 1/2, and sesame seeds to make the dressing. Plate the capellini, top generously with chopped scallions, the dressing, and an egg yolk.