Scallion Gratin

20221015, #breakfastdiary 570, 20°C/cloudy at times After eating breakfast more slowly than anyone else on earth, it was already time for lunch. Make a roux with butter, flour, milk, heavy cream, pepper, salt, and parmesan cheese. In a hot pan with olive oil, blanch the prettiest scallions in the world, cut into bite-sized pieces. Pour roux into a pot and lay the scallions neatly on top. Pour a bit more roux over that, then scallions, chopped salami, peas, 30 minutes in a 180°C oven, and before eating, pepper, pepper, pink peppercorns. #scalliongratin This is my recipe for #myFrenchstyleovendish. At train stations in Belgium and Germany, the announcements are mostly about departure times and locations, delays, or platform changes. On the subway or bus, you get the destination announced, and in Germany, where masks are mandatory, you get a mask-wearing reminder in German and English. That's pretty much all of it. Korea is different. Every time the subway doors open and close, you're told they're opening, they're closing, be careful. Since COVID-19, every time you board a bus, there's a mask-wearing announcement - and not just when you board, you keep hearing it every time someone else boards too. In other words, what Germany or Belgium reserves for only when truly necessary, Korea treats as a kind of customer-care service. At a glance, Korea looks more customer-centered. But think about it a bit more, and it starts to look like what matters more isn't really serving the customer, but demonstrating the service provider's diligence through that kind of consideration. - Robert Fouser, "Announcements: Between Consideration and Control"