dear space...

yeah i know i know, in this square...sex, love, relationship, drugs and rock & roll sell well! so i started off my jrl with a propagandistic title ; )

here is how my love story begins...

in Thailand, we dip fruits in salt,

we eat banana with cheese

and

we sprinkle fresh lime juice on papaya.

yeah, three love stories here and there...

it's as simple as you can see, salt reduces acid in fruits, esp. sour ones, so they dont sting your tongue and destroy the enamel on your teeth. that's accidentally makes sense. a perfect match indeed!

banana and cheese, they compliment each other and infuse each other's tastes and fragrances.

same as the previous couple, papaya and fresh lime juice compliment each other so well.

maybe i can compare these couples with cheese and wine or cheese and grapes or cavier? and so on and so on...

on thing these pairs seem to have in common is that each pair seems to have some contrasts btw the two. sour and salty, smelly and sweet, etc...

chemistry is what i am actually talking here ; )

is this how the real life couple shuld be paired?

should we look for someone who's totally opposite to us?

if so, what should we go by the idea of finding someone who 'have sth in common'?

can a couple who has many things in common have such contrasts that still compliment each other?

where is the right chemistry here? in this combination?

; )

atomica

ps. this jrl was inspired by my bf. he just went koo koo and called me crazy when he saw me sprinkled salt all over the fruit salad that i made. he tasted one bite and shooke his head and said..'i'm open to try many things, but fruits with salt...NOOOOOO!!!!'

well my fav. is lime and papaya....

but i love all those 3 pairs and cheese with wine, wine with cavier or cheese with cavier and... and ...and ...and...

ok ok you are talking abt. chemistry... )

Too much in common is boring.. too much contrast never works... i like sth in btw that we compliment each other well in some way but at the same time we have enough difference to discuss with and that gives relationship a flavour...

To me I personally dont think there is a fixed pattern in relationship.. i go for it if that makes me happy...

what about pork with melon in italy, beastie!

How about leather and lace!!!

Going out with someone who has the same interests as you and is very similar to you is boring isnt it? But going out with someone who is totally opposite to you will make you feel alienated and distant...i guess somewhere inbetween the 2 is pretty good...

The Cl dissociates with the sodium in salt (NaCl) to buffer the acid in fruit (H+), but there are strong and weak acids so the outcomes differ. My point, dunno? lol.

Fruit with salt is great. Even better something is hot sauce! Something I tried recently that is amazing is french vanilla ice cream, coconuts, pie crust and a little whip cream all blended together....deliciouso!

no no no Marco...anything that contanis coconuts are bad...

coconuts should be illigal!!!!!

i dun like coconuts

ahhh...thought i could like you....now not anymore....

:"(

Two alternatives I've come across. A good friend who was a chef used to serve strawberries drizzled in vinegar - yuk and my grandfather used to sprinkle sugar on his lettuce in a salad???

Personally I like toast with bovril and golden syrup (sweet and sour LOL).

Giles xxx.