So I'm going to go ahead and blame the Spanish coffee that I had around 11pm as the reason why I'm up wide-as-the-province-of-Ontario-awake at 5:35am. It's either that or there's something unsettled in my head that I need to process. But all that I've been thinking about for the last 40 minutes is what I'm going to make myself for dinner tomorrow at work.
Let me paint you a picture.
This really evolved from I'm not sure where-I think I just wanted some fries or something. But the plan is to take fries and deep fry them (already a brilliant idea, right?) and then take some chicken strips and do likewise. Then I'll chop the chicken into bitesize or slightly bigger pieces and coat them in Frank's Red Hot sauce. I'll take the fries and put them in a pile with a dip in the middle for the chicken to sit. Then, sprinkle-no, no smother-the hot-chicken-potato with a blend of fine mozzarella and sharp cheddar, throw some jalepeno peppers, red peppers, and whatever other tasty produce will add some colour dynamics to the plate. Put it in the conveyor oven for three and a half minutes and on the other side will be a delicious creation of various forms of fat with some peppers (I suppose that's the Mexican in me..).
I'm going to sauce it with some BBQ sauce and a side of ranch for heat-stifling purposes. And I'm probably going to drink a rootbeer.
I feel like there is a lot of potential in this dish. That might be the Spanish coffee talking but what's not to love? I'll try to be a dedicated blogger and actually go through with making this and maybe even take a picture.
Anyways, I was mostly hoping that if I wrote something in this then it would make me sleepy. Not the case! I'm still wide awake, thinking of deep frying things and some honest conversations that I've had with people in the last few hours. It's the best thing when you try to live a life full of love-one that's honouring to the God who made you and every other being on the planet-and then someone acknowledges you for it. It's not that praise that matters, but the affirmation that "yep, God's working in peoples' hearts; he's doing some big stuff right here, right now." That's the best. That's like hot chicken fries baked in an oven with cheese kind of best.
So whatever we're doing, let's do it big and bold and full of passion. Let's just wow people. We are not dry toast meant to sit half propped up in the toaster, quickly turning into crumbs. Nope. We're meant to be a feast-flavourful and full of nutrients (hey, cheese has tons of calcium!). People should look at us and crave whatever it is that we are-whoever it is that we're all about. So let's use up all of our spices guys. Let's not hold anything back. Be sweet like honey and hot with passion. Be the best thing that people have ever had. They might just wonder what kind of soul food you've been eating, and lucky for them you'll know exactly what to say. You're on that 66 course diet from a Master Chef who knows what you like better than yourself.
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