After spending most of the workday at school and in the lab, I would like nothing more than to come home and eat everything I spent in my classes daydreaming about. Alas, herein lies the rub: who has the time and energy to cook after a long day? Not this weary blogger. Oh, the tragedy of the young student glutton...to be aware of what's out there and to be sadly unable to eat it.
For the greater part of this story I've resigned myself to eating the brightly colored science experiments trapped within supermarket freezers. It was my only comfort knowing that if unfrozen, these instant meals would actually rot, as opposed to certain bagged or boxed preservatives laced with food that would keep my dead corpse pristine for years after my expiration date.
Here's the real tragedy: I CAN cook. I'm not one of those people who have a difficult time boiling water (based on a real life friend who called me asking, "but how MUCH water? which pot? how will I know when it's boiling?"). I'm no Thomas Keller, but I've been known to throw together some food now and again. I just have a hard time tearing myself away from work, studying and the ever-masochistic act of watching the Food Network while hungry.
So to give this story a happy ending (beginning?) I promise to no longer voluntarily deprive myself of what I know is within my fork's reach!...when I have the time.
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