James Makes Marinades

When I marinate meat, it goes a little something like this:

 

"Hm, I have this bottle of dressing / marinade stuff, so I guess I'll toss it in a plastic bag with something.  Maybe chicken?  Chicken goes with Sesame Orange, right?  And then about half an hour later I'll put it in the oven.  I'm sure that'll be great."

And it typically isn't. 

When James marinates meat, it goes a little something like this:

"I have an actual type of meat I'm going to match a marinade to.  I think pork would be great with something sweeter tonight.  I'll take these items:

 Leftover vinaigrette from a salad Kathryn tried to make once, fresh cherries, and a little bit of a great summer wine.  Toss them together, spread over pork, squeeze cherry juice on to the pork, remove the pits, leave the cherries on top of the meat, bake the perfect amount of time, and voila, perfection created from nothing but random leftovers."

Can you see why I love this man?  And why he gets to be the one who marinates things?