Pho is the food you want in the middle of the night after a gig.
Pho is the food you need when it’s cold outside and you want a huge bowl of food.
Pho is Vietnamese penecillin.
You can make Pho too - it’s easy.
Slow cook meet for 12 hours.
Add onion, spices, ginger, and slow cook again for 12 hours.
Here’s the thing about Pho that nobody talks about…
Skim your scum.
As anybody who’s boiled meat or made broth will tell you, meats (and chickpeas) when heated have proteins that denature and rise to the top of your cauldron in the form of scum. If you want a beautifully clear broth/soup you need to skim the scum off the top.
When our life becomes “denatured” how likely is it that our eyes and minds get clouded with scum? Where things just don’t “feel” that clear? Where we feel anxiety and stress because we’re unsure of what to do next?
That is scum, and we need to skim it.
Pho is one of those food products where gratification will be delayed, and much like you, it is the journey and the effort that matter most.
Skim your scum.
If you don’t know about Pho - you’re missing out.
