secrets

Keeping secrets is the hardest thing, because by their very nature they want to be told. They're thoughts under pressure, and they want to expand.

The wisdom of the cook writing the recipes of life is making it clear that this tidbit is better off in the pressure cooker. Something about it needs to be tenderized, slowly heated. Take it out too early and it will be too crisp, sickening. The most important ingredient is time, and time does not come in an instant dry-mix envelope. Yet.

The ingredients in the pressure-cooker are raw when they go in. But time will bring them flavor.

And a watched pot never boils.