Mon four éclaté
UNLIKE my dear j e n n , I do not make every meal a visual extravaganza. My man:
a) never had anything perishable in his fridge due to his work [think about what this means for a moment and imagine trying to cook something decent with non-perishables, ie frozen foods (but no microwave), salsa, tzatziki, and Kraft singles]
b) does not have a stove [ok, he has a toaster oven, a wee grill, and two electric burners, 'un four éclaté' if you ask me...men!]
c) is wooed by his stomach (as am I), and not his eyes [I admit, the eyes often convey to the stomach that they have some MMM Mmm good stuff heading their way, but still.]
So, as you can imagine, food with me is plain but good, 'slimy yet satisfying' (quote... anyone? Bueller?), hearty and, well, 'making do' with a wee flourish.
This comes to mind first of all after months of seeing j e n n 's scrumptuous virtual meals unravel before my eyes on Flickr, and because, despite having been to two groceries this eve, and probably having passed a slew of fruit/fish/bakery/ethnic stores on the way home, AND having hours of wait (potential feast making hours) before my dinner guest shows, I'm making plain old pasta, and my idea of being fancy is doing it Alla Matriciana (ouf, OB1, its been a while!). And I have a spinach salad with bacon and a (bought as in bottled) garlic dressing. And ice cream, in a bowl. A dinky Shell (as in gas station), collected dish-set bowl (as in 'for-10-cents-mom-gets-a-plate-when-she-fills-up-with-gas'... 'each-have-a-traditional-quebecer-scene'... 'all-this-when-I-am-10-years-old'...
'and-finally-builds-a-set-of-24-dishes'... 'that-she-gives-me-and-my-bro-when-we-are-in-our-thirties'). Basically, I suck.
ADDENDA: OMG, someone actually sells replacement for this set on the internet, wait until I tell my bro!
a) never had anything perishable in his fridge due to his work [think about what this means for a moment and imagine trying to cook something decent with non-perishables, ie frozen foods (but no microwave), salsa, tzatziki, and Kraft singles]
b) does not have a stove [ok, he has a toaster oven, a wee grill, and two electric burners, 'un four éclaté' if you ask me...men!]
c) is wooed by his stomach (as am I), and not his eyes [I admit, the eyes often convey to the stomach that they have some MMM Mmm good stuff heading their way, but still.]
So, as you can imagine, food with me is plain but good, 'slimy yet satisfying' (quote... anyone? Bueller?), hearty and, well, 'making do' with a wee flourish.
This comes to mind first of all after months of seeing j e n n 's scrumptuous virtual meals unravel before my eyes on Flickr, and because, despite having been to two groceries this eve, and probably having passed a slew of fruit/fish/bakery/ethnic stores on the way home, AND having hours of wait (potential feast making hours) before my dinner guest shows, I'm making plain old pasta, and my idea of being fancy is doing it Alla Matriciana (ouf, OB1, its been a while!). And I have a spinach salad with bacon and a (bought as in bottled) garlic dressing. And ice cream, in a bowl. A dinky Shell (as in gas station), collected dish-set bowl (as in 'for-10-cents-mom-gets-a-plate-when-she-fills-up-with-gas'... 'each-have-a-traditional-quebecer-scene'... 'all-this-when-I-am-10-years-old'...
'and-finally-builds-a-set-of-24-dishes'... 'that-she-gives-me-and-my-bro-when-we-are-in-our-thirties'). Basically, I suck.
ADDENDA: OMG, someone actually sells replacement for this set on the internet, wait until I tell my bro!
posted by isabellenecessary at 9:54 PM
2 Comments:
"slimy yet satisfying"...the lion king! timone and pumba eating their scrumdiddlyumptios littl bugs...ah, it's almost lunchtime here...can't wait. thanks for the pretty meal props...having been doing so well in that department as of late now that working life has begun.
*DING* *DING* *DING* we have a winner!
Preceeded by the ever classic "taste like chicken!" (you hafta say it with the accent!). My fave part remains as follows:
Pumba: IIIII AAAAATE LIKE A PIG!
Timone: Pumba, you are a pig
*pause*
Pumba: ohhh...
Tee hee me thinks me will watch this or Aladdin tonight :)
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