it's may day.
yeah.
for real.
however,
the maypole is gonna need a giant bigtop umbrella over it,
because it's a sh!t-hot mess of cold air and wet drops,
(both crashing down around us in great quantities)
and really sorta ruining the vibes of may and merriment and all that.
so lame!
on the other hand,
it's still may.
after this outburst of cloudbursts,
i'm fairly sure it's gonna get warmer.
albeit maybe not by much.
then again, it may not.
ha.
i guess it doesn't matter, anyway-
i'm headed to the tattoo studio either way,
and the super dissatisfaction of a day of working
during a workers' righteous labor day isn't lost on me,
not even one little tiny bit.
lucky for me,
i've got the fresh memory of a super summery supper
to hold me over and help me along.
neighbors,
check the banh-mi-chay-type teleport:
am i serious?
this is all pretty serious!
reppin' that new hottness with some vegan vietnamese sandwiches?!?!
yep.
SOOOO expert.
that's a thing.
let me also mention, as a matter of real-life documentarian reporting,
without a hint of hubris,
that my vegan homemade roast game definitely goes to eleven.
really real talk on that one, kids.
pan-fried post-oven-cooled settled-down slices of that sausagey tube
of tofu and seitan and spices and smoke and stuff?
just what the sandwiches needed, for certain.
stacks on stacks of it, to maximize flavor, and coverage, at once.
laid over thinly sliced cukes as the cold crunchy base layer.
seasoned sweetened salted rice wine and lemon juice pickled
daikon radish and carrot slaw,
infused with coriander and black pepper and celery seed,
for a semi-spicy soft sauerkrauty sexiness.
and that coupled with pickled jalapenos for extra heat,
and sriracha for that last little extra extra bit of hottness on your palette,
with just a dash of scallion sprankles to make sure the light textures
stayed sharp and crisp with each and every single bite.
that's the way the middle of a between-bread feast should be.
don't be dumb.
between-bread, though, means that those bookends need to be brutally rad.
that meant we had to get molto motivated,
with vegenaise spread on a long, fat fresh baguette sections,
that were then toasted to an expert level
of crusty-outside/creamy-inside activation!
damn,
it feels good to get down on a big ol' plate of leafy goodness.
i mean it.
we repped an asian-idealized walpurgisnacht,
celebrating our passage out of winter.
nice.
and those salads, friends?
word the F* up.
so many light and airy warm-weather evoking eats
on a cold dark busted wet stupid night.
we made summer for dinner,
because that's just the way we like it.
the kumquats were a big hit with my dinner guests.
i'm just sayin'-
tiny eat-'em-all-up one-bite oranges are just s'cute!
awwwwwwwwwww.
***********
may day!
no matter what,
today is the day.
i s'pose that means i gotta get it goin' on.
ready or not,
it's loud fresh hardness, for your face.
no parades,
no poles,
no nothin'...
well,
except for taking it all too far,
all day long,
and making sure too much is the only amount available.
over the top and over the limit-
there is only ever going to be more of all of this,
and today is a perfect example;
never quiet, never soft.....
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