Last night I made the most delicious Banana Curry ever. Now, Banana Curry is already one of the most delicious things ever, but I made it better. Normally you sauté two onions with some red curry paste, the chop up four bananas, a 500g block of dried tofu (not actually dried, but much firmer than regular tofu) and throw them into the pan with some frozen peas or beans. After about ten minutes you turn off the heat and add the juice of a lime and a cup or so of coconut milk, then serve it garnished with chopped basil.
Right at that last stage, I spied the mango in our fruit bowl. Part of my brain decided it would be a good idea to sacrifice my first mango of the season to the banana curry. The other part of my brain cried at this idea. I compromised and added half, before eating the rest as quickly as I possibly could.
The first part of my brain is a genius.
Later, lying in bed, I said, “I should listen to the little voice in my head more often.”
A minute later, Mr Crumpet replied with, “What? Is that some new podcast you’ve been listening to?”