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Friday, December 12, 2008

How did this happen?!


I’ve never hidden the fact that cooking isn’t something I enjoy. It’s just not my thing. I suspect it has something to do with the transient nature of the product; as an artist, I like to create things that last. Which doesn’t explain my love of music, but I suppose you can record it and re-listen to it—plus I get a stronger visceral experience from listening to music than I do from eating. I’m definitely not a food connoisseur; I like fairly simple, basic dishes. Ken’s the same way on pretty much all accounts (although I don’t know if the transience is a factor).

Anyway. We cook because it’s better for us than eating processed food all the time. I gather and try new recipes to avoid getting bored (“Not this again!”) and to find easier things to make (“Ooh, I can throw all these ingredients in the crock pot in the morning and then not have to think about dinner for the rest of the day!”)

So how did I end up having to cook for other people four nights in a row this week?!

Last night we had some friends over to do some Black Oak Lodge plotting and planning. Ken actually did most of the work on the honey-mustard chicken and black bean burritos, bless him, although I wielded the food processor and chopped three onions (because two would be needed for future recipes), and made salad, and set the table, yadda yadda.

Tonight’s progressive dinner through the Historic District somehow mutated into a potluck, so I’m making a white trash version of scalloped potatoes (frozen hash browns, butter, cream of chicken soup, and Velveeta. And since the scary blocks of Velveeta come twice as big as I needed, I’m making this on Xmas Day, too. Deal with it.) because they’re easy and frighteningly tasty. Although I will probably avoid them because I’m trying to lose weight.

Tomorrow night is our Shire Yule party, and we’re making a beef stew in the crockpot. Rah.

Sunday we’re hosting a Men’s Italian Costuming Overview class because Ken’s teaching it, so we’re making sloppy joe’s in the crockpot. Of course, I’ll have to prep this before I leave for the LARA meeting in the morning.

And then, by the gods, I’m going to find somebody else to cook for a while. (Do you know you can order Pizza Hut online?!)

3 comments:

malvoisine said...

Ha. I think it's your Karma (snort). I just did my final stint as a feast-o-crat at our Yule last weekend. I realized in the middle of it that I don't enjoy it (though I love to cook) and I'm not sure why I volunteered to do it. Thus ends another era of my life (bigger snort). Still sorry we missed you - Jacob turned out to have had strep, so good thing we didn't come out.

Anonymous said...

Out of all that info about food, the only thing from this post that sticks in my brain is "Do you know you can order Pizza Hut online?!"

If Martha Stewart saw how I live, she'd shiv me.

- Alia (pushing 40, and still will work for food)

Dayle A. Dermatis said...

And Pizza Hut will send you a weekly e-mail with coupons! Dude!

We were watching Martha Stewart one day because one of my editors, who's a cupcake maven, was on. Martha was talking about making cupcakes and said something about this frosting being so easy, it takes only 7 minutes to make.

I turned to Ken and said, "What is wrong with her that it takes her seven minutes to open a can of frosting?!"