A new recipe...

By Vichara

When you are following a recipe you need to carefully measure out the right amount of ingredients needed. And then add each ingredient as the recipe dictates in order to produce what was described. Add too much of one thing and it could be too salty. Not enough of another ingredient and it will not bind, then things fall apart. Each day is another in the kitchen where we have the opportunity to cook something up for ourselves to share with others. The recipe for each day is basically the same but that is the starting point where you can become a gourmet chef and add your own flair to the dish. Add a dollop of humor and make the dish bubble. A pinch of zaniness, a splash of goodwill, a sprinkle of encouragement, a half cup of reflection, stir and simmer. With your creative heart you can serve up a dish that will be enjoyed by many. Don’t forget to leave room for dessert. Tonight’s special – “Dreams”.

foppery • \FAH-puh-ree\ • noun
1 : foolish character or action : folly
2 : the behavior or dress of a fop
Example Sentence:
"There was certainly no harm in his travelling sixteen miles twice over on such an errand; but there was an air of foppery and nonsense in it which she could not approve." (Jane Austen, Emma)
Did you know?
The word "fop" once referred to a foolish or silly person, a meaning that is now obsolete. The current sense of "fop" -- a man who is extremely devoted to or vain about his appearance or dress -- still holds a rather quaint charm. "Fop," which derives from Middle English, is related loosely to a Middle High German word meaning "to deceive" and dates from the 15th century. The noun "foppery" arrived on the scene in English about a century later. Its "folly" sense can be found in Shakespeare’s King Lear, where Edmund speaks of "the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars…."