At
some point today, Tigg and I will be having a fight.
Well,
that isn’t fair. Or really accurate. It won’t be a fight. Probably
not even close to a debate. Kind of a spirited, possibly laugh
during it, disagreement.
The
issue on hand will be banana bread.
I
have some bananas on the counter, perfect for baking a couple
of different delicious options. I’m thinking banana pancakes for
breakfast, and since I have several bananas I don’t want to lose,
some banana chocolate chip muffins to save for later.
Terry
tends to prefer making banana bread in these moments. In her defense,
the recipe she uses may be the best I have ever eaten. Great stuff.
But, I already know the kitchen will be turned over to me. In
short, I have the advantage of being the one doing the cooking.
Final say is a heavy plus to hold.
So…
pancakes and muffins?
Or…
two or three loaves of bread?
And,
perhaps most interesting of all, what do we freeze for later?
That’s a really good question, and the inspiration for this meandering
thought process. Where do we put the muffins (or bread)? See…
I
try not to cook to leftovers. When I know it’s just Terry and
I eating, I’ll usually divide up what we have to use in different
dishes over multiple days. Chicken defrosting? Ok… grab some veggies
and make kabobs today with some rice, then tomorrow grab the mushrooms,
marsala wine and angel hair pasta. (I prefer linguini, but since
I’m a pasta fiend I always defer to Terry’s favorites as a way
to get it included more often.) Seldom will I use all of the chicken
defrosted in a single effort, making a massive batch of kabobs
or marsala.
And
it is that concept that brings us back to the initial idea of
Terry and I having a fight. Because rather than considering how
to divide the bananas up, or what we will eat today and tomorrow,
when the conversation gets out of hand she’ll put together a bowl
of cereal and walk into the other room. Boom. Done. No discussion
necessary.
I
normally end up siding with Terry on most issue requiring some
sort of thought. There are times when the decision is so easily
agreed upon that the conversation is more of just confirming the
obvious. But… I do like presenting the other side.
There
is something real about the phrases that pass along concepts such
as letting sleeping dragons sleep. Something powerful. Something
well beyond muffins and bread. And it is what I do believe makes
Terry and I a stronger couple. We don’t mind kicking the dragon’s
tail occasionally.
There’s
a reason you sand before painting. If you tried to describe it,
it sounds like you are offering two completely opposite ideas…
smoothing a surface out while also creating a roughness that invites
better adhesion of the paint.
But
you don’t always need to sand. Don’t always need to pester the
dragon. You do need to know if you need space in the freezer.
At
some point today, Terry and I will be having a fight. But right
now, I’m making pancakes.