20220709 #breakfastdiary 490, 28°C/cloudy, 10 min/exercise
In a hot pan, drizzle olive oil and grill the prettiest eggplant in the world.
Layer tofu sheets, tomato sauce, eggplant, and mozzarella, stacking them up (one eggplant is enough for 2–3 layers).
Bake in a 180°C oven just until the mozzarella melts — #tofusheetlasagna
Scientists have identified terpene, the scent created by rain and soil. Terpene, which smells of pine, peppermint, and ginger, is released by conifers and mosses and seeps into rock and soil. When rain falls and moisture begins to move, the terpene trapped in the rock is released and carried off on the wind.
Cynthia Barnett traces the traditional method of crafting rain's perfume in the village of Kannauj in northern India, where locals know how to capture the scent of rain from bone-dry earth before the rain even falls. The fragrance of the season's first rain on the land was traditionally made only in May and June, just before the monsoon arrives. Indians called it the scent of home, 'the perfume of earth.'
Jung In-kyung, Rain: A Chronicle of Rain Through Nature, Culture, and History
May this rain carry a lovely scent all the way here,