Achtung
02:02 on Monday, October 11, 2004 • 3 responses
A good friend of mine did his Ph.D. research on something I’d never be able to describe with any precision, but it had something to do with car frames and keeping them together. In any case, for quite some time, he was The Authority regarding all-things-car. He once explained, perhaps in jest, that the reason German cars were so safe was because German engineers would find the minimum thickness required to keep a cabin intact in a collision, then triple it.
After two weeks in Germany, I can say (without joking) that the same characteristic thoroughness my friend found in German car engineers is also found in German chefs. They find the exact amount of time to cook a vegetable perfectly—then triple it. They’ve honed this process to a science, and I couldn’t really feel more safe from the ever-lurking danger of undercooked produce.
Things are going well, though I miss the wife, the dogs, and the heirloom tomatoes I so carelessly neglected to savor before leaving California.
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