Expired

Someday in the future we will no longer need to eat. We’ll have permanent IVs and just plug ourselves in to get our energy.

But until that day, I will continue to almost cause fire alarms.

I’ve never had to cook for myself. I don’t really know how, nor do I have the motivation to learn because it seems like a hell of a lot of work just for a meal. First you have to decide what you want, then you have to make sure you have the ingredients for said dish (or go and get them), then you have to prepare for the cooking process (preheating the oven and such), then you have to do the cooking, then you have to do the eating, and finally you have to clean up the super big mess you made by just trying to get yourself fed.

This year, I’m living on the Gage side of campus (aka the non-cafeteria side) where the nearest food is a not so short walk in the rain away. Or in your kitchen, just daring you to attempt to make it. Given the amount of walking I do each day (more details in another post), I am not fond of doing more walking to the village to get food. Therefore, Chef Morgan has come out of hiding and has almost been burning down the house.

So in the past two weeks, I’ve learned a lot.

Don’t buy anything that expires within the next month unless you are eating it that day. Food in cans is awesome. Delivery is even more awesome (except more expensive). Minifridge freezers do not work unless you turn the whole thing into a freezer (which is possible). Remember what you’ve bought or else it may never ever get eaten. And last but not least…

Do not make pancakes with half-frozen milk, no eggs, and do not smush things around with the plastic spatula on the frying pan, or else there may be a ton of smoke, a small fire, and disgusting pancakes.