The best meal in the U.S. was just served at my house. We had gotten some nice shrimp at Fresh Market and I took a Paul Prudhomme recipe for blackened redfish and blackened the shrimp in the same way. I took my second favorite cast iron skillet and got it smokin’ over the Dacor, tossed the shrimp in the Prudhomme blackening spices, and then sprinkled them into the skillet. Meanwhile, we sauteed some squash and onion and garlic with salt and pepper and lemon juice.
Mmmmmm, I’ve written elsewhere how a meal can sometimes transport you to a perfect place where all the universe is aligned to you. This was one of those moments. The fiery, peppery, shrimp, the salt and pepper and lemony acidic squash, a fine cold fizzy American beer…. I was at one with the infinite….
And there’s a peach pie cooling on the counter. Last summer’s sunshine captured in pastry.
Life is very, very good.
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