Cooking Under the Influence: Post-surgical culinary adventures

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Attention

I ripped my rotator cuff in very late October 2013, and had surgery two weeks later. For the two weeks after surgery, I was well-medicated but functional, depending on your definition of "functional."

I have forgotten almost everything from that time, however, I was able to discover one  new Rule of Life:

Morphine Makes You Stupid, impairing culinary judgment

1. It will never be a good idea to poach beautiful fresh figs in diet ginger ale.
2. Before putting a load of Chinese leftovers into the food processor to make little fry-able patties, consider that not every flavor is a good match for every other.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.