Photorecipe: Schrödinger tomatoes

Author: Marco Bernardini Status: published Published: Jan 28,2009 license cc-by-nc-sa tags: cooking, food, tasty, yum, tomatoes, yummy, chili, walnuts, this is a photo, linux user, questo non è un video, questa è una fotografia, 100% microsoft free, ready to leave, this is not a video, linux, slackware, cibo, schrodinger, pomodori, cucina sperimentale, principio di indeterminazione, noci, sperimental cooking, cucina, quantum physics, papavero, poppy, cucina italiana, mascarpone, semi di papavero, uncertainty principle, poppy seeds, fisica dei quanti, observer effect, erwin, italian cooking, 0   Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Why to dedicate these fancy recipe to the great physicist Erwin Schrödinger, usually hated by cat lovers?
Well, just like in quantum physics, in "sperimental cooking" there is always to keep an eye on the uncertainty principle, because the combination of tasty ingredients can bring to a result spanning from "very tasty" to "very horrible" (I don't even dare to try a bruschetta with chocolate!) and some preparations can't be tasted without to interfere with them (the observer effect).
I'm sure physicists will understand this better than me.
Anyway, just like we don't know if Mr. Schrödinger's poor cat is dead or alive, while creating this recipe I didn't know if it would be tasty or not before to eat it: no Guinea pigs were used!
But, after the experiment, I can assure you the result is really perfect: a very yummy mix of flavors.


*** INGREDIENTS ***

The ingredients are for one person.

- 1 tomato, the size of a baseball or more
- a tablespoon of mascarpone cheese
- 1 walnut
- 42 poppy seeds
- chili powder
- salt
- some leaves of fresh sweet basil


*** PREPARATION ***

Wash the tomato, slice it and leave it on a slanting wood breadboard to drain its inner water.
Add a pinch of salt on every slice.
While the tomato is draining, open the walnut and smash it into a mortar, with just a few strokes to have large pieces, not a powder.
Put the tomato slices in the serving dish.
Spread a thin layer of mascarpone cheese over the tomato.
Add the smashed walnuts, the poppy seeds and the chili powder.
Decorate with the basil leaves (they can be eaten, of course).


*** WINE ***

I suggest a fresh fruity white wine.

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