Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Letter to Julia 20140514


In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Are you hungry?  Are you ready for some REAL food?  I sound like a commercial.  Anyway, I bought some sole at last night's market.  I was watching chef Sakai dealing with sole, and suddenly I had the craving.  Chef Sakai has to be the best Iron Chef.  Anyway, sole makes great sushi and great crispy fry, so I thought I would combine the two.  Crispy fried sushi?  Nah.  Sole takes time to prepare, it's like you have to fight for whatever flesh there is.  Both sides have to be scaled, and there's a lot of scales.  There's not much to gut, so I take off the head and the guts with one move with a scissors.  I peel and fillet the fish before gutting, but I suppose I could do it after, it would it easier to peel.  Yes, you can peel the skin off.  Don't throw it away!  The skin and the fins are the best part of the crispy fry, so trim the fins with the scissors, and save them along with the skin.  I stretch out the skin and the fins straight when I put them in the hot oil.  Yes, this is for sushi.  Sole is sweet meat, totally awesome for sushi, and combines with the crispy skin and fins, plus egg and chives, makes totally awesome sushi.  Of sourse I left some for you, I can't eat al 24 rolls in one sitting.  But you didn't show up for dinner, so I had them for breakfast.  I can't seem to get the scent of raw sole to go away.  It's as if I had an extra fish, and left it on the floor.  It's never done this before, sole is such a mild and sweet fish.  Thus, the advantage of having an outside kitchen, especially when odors take a supernatural quality.  You were right, Julia.  You both must join me for dinner sometime.  But where would you sit?  I need a table, and a candelabra.  Oh, sadness.

Obviously, it's not me who sustains you.  And even if I had all the money in the world to give you pretty baubles for your retirement, it still wouldn't be me who sustains you.  Allah is the One who sustains you.  Perhaps some celebrities seek you as the only means of reaching me, but that too is the Will of Allah.  After all, why should I care about people who didn't care about me long ago when I tried to seek them out?  Now I've become extra lazy.  So do not make comparisons of Allah to other things, when you do not know.  God is Incomparable.  And pray that soon Allah will grant me the means to give you a secure and happy marriage.  Thank you for your love.  I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.