Siren’s Song

Sometimes food (or ingredients) call to me. The other day, there was a package of marrow bones in the market calling to me like a Siren’s song. Wasn’t looking for them, didn’t even have them on my mind. But once food speaks to me, all bets are off.

Bought ’em and roasted ’em.

Roasted Marrow Bones

Nothing more needed than a little sea salt.

Roasted Marrow Bones and Whole Wheat Baguette

Of course I had a strong mug of “bitter needle tea” (ku ding cha) to keep everything in balance. Socks came off.

BTW, my internet surfing turned up a utensil call bone marrow spoons. They seemed to have been popular a long time ago. There are versions currently for sale but they’re kind of pricey. I noticed the shape is similar to the scoop end of our crab thingies (forks?)

Crab Thingies

Used them instead. Works just fine. 🙂

Enjoy. Eat Well.

The Mouse

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