“How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalm 119:103)
We don’t eat a lot of honey, but it is smooth with a pure sweetness. Kris sometimes puts honey on her English muffins — mixed with a little margarin you can get a pleasurable taste. (Pam Cooke, in Placerville CA, makes some wonderful honey. Order some from her if you are so inclined.)
I’ve learned to make risotto — and if you use the right stock, and if you use a good solid-bottomed cooking pan, and if you heat the rice just right, and then if you mix in a little extra olive oil and some pesto and a little pecorino cheese, you can get a risotto that is smooth and creamy and — yes — perfectly pleasurable to the taste buds.