[Heated some water and shaved.]
[OR ARE THESE GUAJILLOS? NO, THESE ARE GUAJILLOS. THESE ARE GUAJILLOS. NOW WE'RE NOT GONNA STEEP THESE IN WATER OR ANYTHING? NO.]
[And you want them longways? Yeah, long way, please. Fire it up. There is simply no alternative. We have to know them. First vinegar, sugar. And... ...water.]
[YES. SOY SAUCE, WATER, RICE VINEGAR. WHITE WINE. AND THEN SUGAR. WHISK, BRING IT TO A BOIL, TURN IT DOWN, LET IT SIMMER FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. AND THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE. A LITTLE BIT OF CANOLA OIL DOWN, THROW DOWN OUR POT STICKERS. I LOVE POT STICKERS.]
[There's a bridge over the water. I can see it like a rainbow. If you love me I'll be waiting.]
[We take a dough that's just flour and water. Gather as much virtue as you possibly can. And then we lather butter, shortening on top.]
[AND LET IT GO FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO COOK THOSE DUMPLINGS? ABSOLUTELY. READY FOR A TASTE? (scoffs) YET, REDRICK LOOK UP AT THE BALL. MY MOUTH IS ALREADY STARTING TO WATER. LOOK AT THAT. NICE AND THICK.]
[Up shells, and waded at the water’s edge.]
[Now that the baklava is done, we're going to top it with a finishing sauce, which is water, New Mexico honey, sugar, Baldick (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1965) (La nausée, 1938.]
[They're already toasted. And tomatoes. We add some water, and it's ready to blend. We're gonna add the molcajete sauce and some boiled cactus, and we just let it sit.]
[We're making Grandma's sauce. Hold on. People change, though, especially after they are dead. Tomato paste, tomato sauce, two cans of water in. Wait a second. When did the bird come into play?]
[-Okay. -Water. Some salt here. Half an onion.]
[Hoisin, oyster sauce, sambo, black bean sauce, o.j., lime juice, water, sriracha, brown sugar. Very nice. Prophecy for Odysseus. I felt myself tense.]
[Whole tomatoes, cumin seeds, roasted garlic, ginger, paprika, add water, cook about four hours. What's the next step? The onion gravy. Oil, cumin seeds, roasted garlic ginger, salt, onions, water, paprika powder, turmeric, let it cook for 7 hours.]
[MIX THAT UP, HIT IT ON THAT TOP ROUND. THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF MEAT. LIBERALLY SEASON THAT. AND WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO WONDERLAND; WHERE'D ALICE GO? OH TO MAKE MY DRIPPINGS. OKAY, SO YOU LET THAT WATER GET UNDERNEATH. FOIL THIS LIKE A PILOT PACKING HIS BAGS FOR FLIGHT.]
[Jesus was way cool. Everybody liked Jesus. Everybody wanted to hang out with him. Anything he wanted to do, he did. He turned water into wine. And if he wanted to. He could have turned wheat into marijuana. Or sugar into cocaine. Or vitamin pills into amphetamines.]
[Cousins flowed away from me like water around a rock.]