09-12-2016, 08:27 AM
I like stir fries. They are quick, nutritious and delicious. I also like slow-cooked lamb shanks. They take a long time to fully develop flavour but are nutritious and delicious.
Ultimately I get the same out of both meals. They are not the same. One is not better than the other -- they are for different moods, seasons, situations.
You can't slow-cook a stir fry. It becomes tough and unpalatable, and loses its essence of freshness. You can't stir fry a lamb shank. Sinew doesn't break down and the fat has no time to render into flavour, so it just remains an unresolved pile of chunky, stringy goo.
Novels and poems, while both written and ultimately delivering nutrition of similar value, are different. This is not a competition.
Ultimately I get the same out of both meals. They are not the same. One is not better than the other -- they are for different moods, seasons, situations.
You can't slow-cook a stir fry. It becomes tough and unpalatable, and loses its essence of freshness. You can't stir fry a lamb shank. Sinew doesn't break down and the fat has no time to render into flavour, so it just remains an unresolved pile of chunky, stringy goo.
Novels and poems, while both written and ultimately delivering nutrition of similar value, are different. This is not a competition.
It could be worse