Every now and then, I get semi-obsessed with music. Either a band, song, composer, or genera. The last time I was taken in was when I discovered the works of Erik Satie, which caused me to listen to as much of his music as I could, and also find out as much about him as possible. I don’t think I’m alone in having these waves of obsession when it comes to music. It’s like short little love affairs, or infatuations.
So, and follow me on this, I was looking up new egg recipes the other day. My goal was to find a new egg breakfast dish to make on the weekends for my family; something a little fancy, but also easy. (You know, just like me.) And I came across this video for oeufs cocotte. It was that background music that I got obsessed over. It’s “Valse de la Rose” and I think its performed by Les Petits Parisians. I could be wrong on that, but according to Spotify, it sounds pretty damn close.
Besides deciding that oeufs cocotte would be my next culinary challenge, as I don’t cook many French inspired foods, that café music was playing on repeat in my head. After a couple of days, I got on my Spotify account and typed in “French café music” and sure enough, there is a playlist for that. I can only listen to so much of this style of music. Not that I get tired of it, but my wife and daughter do, and there are limits to my small obsessions that my family can endure.
But today, I have to task of making mushroom stock, as it is needed for our Thanksgiving dinner, and the music is doing a nice job of underscoring the work that I need to do in the kitchen today. Sure, it’s a little silly and hokey, but still feels a little appropriate.
