The Mild Wife and I have a running joke about the sensuous life. It grew out of a conversation with some friends of ours, and it basically turned into a tongue in cheek remark about trying to inject little touches of flair into our life. If you didn't read that initial post, we're talking about things like buying the dino nuggets instead of the regular, boring chicken nuggets. Let's just say that it involves some chuckling whenever it comes up.
Now, it's worth noting that the sensuous life is only remarkable because it's not the norm. If we ate super expensive food every meal and had diamond encrusted items lying around the mansion, that wouldn't be the sensuous life. That'd just be life. It'd be a filthy rich one (and I can't even imagine living like that), but it'd just be what we knew. Basically, we appreciate the sensuous life precisely because it is the spice of life, not the staple of life. In fact, my favorite way to describe our lifestyle is "casual with a touch of pinkies up."
Ultimately, we like a lot of the simple things in life. I love eating burritos, for example. It's not my absolute favorite food (that'd be ceviche), but I would happily eat burritos several days in a row. The Mild Wife was once visiting family in another country, and all she wanted for days on end was home cooking. Picture rice with steamed fish. In fact, she enjoyed that simple food so much that her relatives were playfully upset that she wouldn't let them cook fancy things for her. So yeah, we like to keep it pretty casual.
Still, we find little ways to add a bit of pinkies up. Sometimes, we talk about whether adding a different spice to the food would improve the flavor or if we would use a different ingredient altogether. It makes things a little bit more fun, to be honest. There's just some bit of joy that comes from taking those simple recipes and making them taste better with a little creativity.
It just so happens that we were talking about the humble mac and cheese lately, and we stumbled upon a way to add some pinkies up to it. No, we're not going to add truffles or mix in some ridiculously rare ingredient. Nope, we'll just change the name ... to French. From now on, we may very well start bringing "Pasta a la Fromage" to family gatherings.
Tell me that doesn't sound fancier. Hell, even if you know what that means ("fromage" is the French word for cheese), the fact that we describe the ingredients that way instantly adds class to the dish. I'm also picturing someone's face when they realize that it's *just* mac and cheese. Let's just say that I'm looking forward to the next potluck.
Now, it's worth noting that the sensuous life is only remarkable because it's not the norm. If we ate super expensive food every meal and had diamond encrusted items lying around the mansion, that wouldn't be the sensuous life. That'd just be life. It'd be a filthy rich one (and I can't even imagine living like that), but it'd just be what we knew. Basically, we appreciate the sensuous life precisely because it is the spice of life, not the staple of life. In fact, my favorite way to describe our lifestyle is "casual with a touch of pinkies up."
Ultimately, we like a lot of the simple things in life. I love eating burritos, for example. It's not my absolute favorite food (that'd be ceviche), but I would happily eat burritos several days in a row. The Mild Wife was once visiting family in another country, and all she wanted for days on end was home cooking. Picture rice with steamed fish. In fact, she enjoyed that simple food so much that her relatives were playfully upset that she wouldn't let them cook fancy things for her. So yeah, we like to keep it pretty casual.
Still, we find little ways to add a bit of pinkies up. Sometimes, we talk about whether adding a different spice to the food would improve the flavor or if we would use a different ingredient altogether. It makes things a little bit more fun, to be honest. There's just some bit of joy that comes from taking those simple recipes and making them taste better with a little creativity.
It just so happens that we were talking about the humble mac and cheese lately, and we stumbled upon a way to add some pinkies up to it. No, we're not going to add truffles or mix in some ridiculously rare ingredient. Nope, we'll just change the name ... to French. From now on, we may very well start bringing "Pasta a la Fromage" to family gatherings.
Tell me that doesn't sound fancier. Hell, even if you know what that means ("fromage" is the French word for cheese), the fact that we describe the ingredients that way instantly adds class to the dish. I'm also picturing someone's face when they realize that it's *just* mac and cheese. Let's just say that I'm looking forward to the next potluck.
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