Ingredients:
2 beating hearts, one warm, one cold
1 more cruel word
1 unspoken apology
2 weeks of waiting
10 days of bitterness
1 week of insecurity
1 day of longing
1 day of self-pity (could be substituted by complaints)
1 day of anger
1 day of recrimination (this can continue over the next two days)
1 day of indecision
1 day of hardened resolve
1 day of silence
Love and pride in equal measures
Method:
Keep the hearts side by side. Add love and pride in equal measures. (Keep adding love and pride after each stirring to keep the hearts fresh.) Add the cruel word and keep aside for 2 weeks of waiting. Keep the unspoken apology in mind. After 4 days, add the bitterness. Wait for another 3 days and add insecurity. Stir in the longing, self-pity, anger, recrimination, indecision, resolve and top it up with silence. Serve elegantly on a purple plate with the unspoken apology as a side dish.
Alternative methods:
For two broken hearts, replace the cold heart with another warm one. The rest of the method holds.
Use three hearts instead of two for more interesting results.
If you are using a single heart, replace the cruel words with distant dreams. This method does not guarantee as exquisite a broken heart as the previous methods, and there is a greater risk that the heart will heal.
Warning:
Make sure the apology does not mix with the rest of the ingredients before serving. Premature addition of apologies might – though not necessarily – ruin the recipe for a broken heart.
Healing can start at any point of time from weeks to years depending on the hearts used. Guarantee expires after one month.
Note: This method works for both male and female hearts in various combinations.
Tried and tested over centuries.
