Brewing a meal in 2013

Brewing a meal in 2013

       Now I recognize the term "brewing" is usually associated with alcohol brewing.

            But I suggest adding another connotation to the phrase "brewing a meal".

            Mostly I would add just slow cooking to about anything, and then allowing the ingredients to mix together in their own way and on their own time table. 

            And slow cooking as a method is so convenient to most.

            The idea is twofold.

            One is just to present a meal that has also has some medicinal qualities that you want to promote. Like it is both food and some medicine that helps the intended recipient's health, and  usually one's Family.

            Of course what to add and how to add it is a personal choice.  Today I added some minced garlic and chopped green peppers  to my canned baked beans with onion and bacon and brown sugar already in it, and then I let it "brew". It smelled wonderful.

            Two is just to be honest to yourself and others.   Mostly to me that means making healthy meals if you can, and let flavor come in second.  Others may disagree, but that is my opinion, at least if times should get hard.