Saturday, July 25, 2009

Burning questions

Is it better to:

1) Eat three courses, enjoying every mouthful and then moving on, so that by the end of the meal you've got lots of different tastes in your mouth?

or

2) Have one course, so that you can savour and enjoy that one dish, and that's what stays with you?

I know I can rush through a meal, so that by the end I can barely recall what I've just eaten. I would like to learn to slow down, to remember to taste and savour everything. But sometimes you just want a dessert. Does that ruin what came before? Does having the chocolate mousse kill the delicate seafood paella? Should I just eat the paella? Or, um, the chocolate mousse?

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