Erin Hanson's What You Are Not: Yum Woon Sen

20201219, Your age is not you Nor the size of the clothes you wear Nor your weight Nor the color of your hair Your name is not you Nor the dimples in your cheeks You are every book you have read And every word you speak You are the rasp in your voice each morning And the smile you couldn't quite hide You are the loveliness inside your laughter And every tear you've cried You are the song you sing at the top of your lungs When you know you are utterly alone The places you have traveled to And the place you call home You are the things you believe in And the people that you love The photographs hung on your walls And the future you dream of You are made of so many beautiful things But it seems you forget In the moment you decide To define yourself by everything you are not (#ErinHanson #WhatYouAreNot) If I can add one more line: you are the food you've eaten, the breakfast you've had (#najosik #WhatsOutside) The cilantro I bought last week at #Marche is still fresh — I wrapped it well in a damp kitchen towel. So it's #YamWoonsen again. -Slice celery, onion, and tomato into a bowl. Finely chop the world's prettiest #cilantro and some scallion. (No chives on hand.) -Blanch the glass noodles (made from konjac) in boiling water and drain, then — no need to boil fresh water — blanch the squid, shrimp, and ground pork in the same pot. -Toss everything with a dressing of fish sauce, palm sugar, lime juice, a little minced garlic, and 2 crushed peperoncino peppers. -Top with a little peanuts and cilantro.