Ming's Beef

Ohh I have a craving! A terrible craving this very moment. I want to eat Ming's Beef. Not just a bite, not just a taste...I want an entire plate of it all to myself. The very thinly sliced beef, the bamboo shoots, all of the delicious and transparent onions, mushrooms and cellophane noodles all oozy with the fabulous sauce. Oh my.

There are people who love food, and there are people who eat food to survive. I have finally understood that people who only eat food to survive actually exist. Being a true food lover, I never realized that there were two types of people in the way of food. I just always assumed that everyone loved food just like me. Most people in my family love food, and I finally found a man to marry who also loves food. The very strange thing is that you can actually grow up in a family with food lovers and non food lovers. I would think that it would be difficult to raise a child to understand food only as fuel, if you were indeed a true food lover, as would it also seem strange to have a child who loves food when you are not a food lover.

This time of year that we have just passed through known to many as the "holiday season" exposes those who are not true food lovers. The best way to uncover this, is to spend a holiday meal with a non-food lover when you are a food lover. The food that this non-food lover makes...is not up to par with the food that a food lover would prepare for a magnificent feast that food lovers know come once a year. There is great detail and preparation put into the menu. Fine selections are made for the "best" produce, meat, cheeses, wine, and dessert that can be made. The presentation and and preparation must be perfect. Any food that is burnt or ugly, just isn't ready for a holiday spread.

If there is a food lover who wants to cook things, and understands the importance of cooking amazing "feast" food, then let the non food lovers stand by and drink their drinks. Let them waste their counted calories on glass after glass of wine, but step aside for those of us who want to be rolled away from the table with our palettes completely satiated with the true holiday feasting ritual that only comes once a year.