Everybody Spoke and I Went Into A Dream

 Woke up a few too many times with that familiar stabbing chest pain, legs like throbbing lead so I just came out at 5:30 am and sat on the couch, listening to the birds.  Feeling much better after coffee I took a long walk that I regretted quickly upon returning.  After about an hour of feeling so energized in the sun, I headed back to the apartment and through the park but when I reached the hill my lungs threw out a red flag.  The streets of Brooklyn are not the place you want to feel vulnerable.  My spirit crashed leaning on the stone wall as the runners whizzed by me so fast leaving me too aware of my worsening state.  For a few minutes I thought I may need to ask strangers for help, eyeing them all looking so normal, happily chatting in another realm entirely.  I was dizzy, my face flushed. I made it home before everything seized up and I boarded the COVID train once more.  

I spent the rest of the day laying on the couch but got up to make this one-pot potato, pepper, chorizo and egg scramble.  

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P's boss made the most amazing pickled red onions in a chipotle cranberry relish. I can't even describe how perfect and genius they are. Alone they blew me away. How great would they be on a nice juicy beef burger? Unfortunately this little experiment came on a fat pants week so I couldn't really go for it so to speak with full on burgerness excitement. But I didn't want to pass up the opportunity so I did small patties on low cal bread. Sigh.
The experiment would include this super spectacular bold relish complimented with whole grain mustard against a traditional mushroom and onion cheeseburger (open faced on wheat toast).
The results was likened to a Bobby Flay Throw Down. Competing new flairs against traditional goodness. It tugs at your emotional connection to the time-honored ways. There are memories involved, feelings. The mushroom and onion and Swiss won. Even though as you bit into the cranberry and onions you were wowed and delighted, the minute the customary flavors hit you, it was apparent that classic is usually best, hands down.