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Tuesday, May 31
Breakfast Sludge: Formula Three
I must have a recessive British gene - my food habits over time seem to show some decidedly UK-ishness about them.
Case in point: the common assertion that all British food is bland and/or boiled. Throughout my young life I loved nothing better than plain food. Mac & cheese with nothing weird floating in it, like hot dogs or ketchup or even pepper; cakes without frosting; toast with butter but never jam; scrambled eggs without meat or veggies..... the list goes on and on.
As my culinary wings started to feather, I became interested in spicy foods and exotic nibbles, true. At the same time, however, I developed a love of porridge and endless varieties of soups (especially those with long simmer times). Because I lived in a rather temperate climate and always had a soft spot for oatmeal anyway, its anyone's guess why the porridge phenomenon happened.
Previously, I have described two of my weird "scare the coworkers" breakfast concoctions, including one that involved cooking a raw egg inside my oatmeal. I like eggs, I like oatmeal, I like cottage cheese..... why not mash them all together? Why not, indeed!
Today, for a little change of pace, I invented a new one and I believe it is even weirder than my previous standards. Ultimately, the idea came to me as I realized that eating dry cereal is supremely unsatisfying - it doesn't seem to fill one up, and you can consume a vast lot of it before you realize it. So, lets take that dry cereal and make it a bit more substantial. Introducing:
Dry Cereal Sludge with Yogurt (serves 1)
1 cup dry and non-sturdy breakfast cereal. (GoLean is a good example, GrapeNuts would not be)
1/4 cup yogurt
1 tsp flaxseed oil (optional - for the uber hippies out there)
In a bowl, combine the cereal with about 1/2 to 3/4 cup HOT water. Put the bowl in the nuker and get the whole thing boiling.
Take the bowl and stir the cereal vigorously for a minute or more, until it starts to dissolve and the mixture takes on a pudding-like texture. If you have non-sturdy cereal, this should not take long. Add the yogurt (and the optional oil), stir to combine - or not - and eat.
You are now one gigantic leap closer towards being a true earth muffin, but don't blame me when half your paycheck is going to La Montanita.
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