Sunday, July 22, 2007

This Makes Me Drool

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the art of burger

who needs a grill when you have a teflon pan and an oven.  sear both sides of the meat at high heat for 30 seconds, then stick it into the 350-degree preheated oven.  after desired doneness, top burger with desired goodies.  how simple, and how tasty, is that.  a good burger is something you rarely get at the Calvin dining halls (although there are some other good foods there).

cooking for myself has been both a joy and a pain.  it’s a joy because i can master specific recipes and eat some awesome food, however the joy comes at the expense of time.  and time is not something i have a lot of usually.  buying the food, preparing the food, cooking it, eating it, and cleaning up can be a lot of work for a meal.  at the dining halls, i just walk in, fill up my plate, eat, and then leave my plates and cutlery to be washed.  that’s 30 minutes of my time (or more, if i feel like chatting with people, which usually happens).  cooking at home takes double that time.

i’m told by friends who’ve moved out of the dorms that dining hall food isn’t really appreciated until we leave it.  now, that’s a very debatable statement, but i agree that dining hall food saves time.  i appreciate that aspect of it, and i don’t find much wrong with the food.  some people enjoy complaining about dining hall food, saying that it’s plain or repititious, but maybe because i’ve had chinese food all my life, western food is a pleasant change and i haven’t gotten sick of it yet.  this is my second year of constant western food, and i’ve had 18 years of chinese food.  i guess if i went to a dining hall that served chinese food that wasn’t as good as i’m used to for years on end, i can find some things to complain about.

Posted by Nehe555 on 07/22 at 01:58 AM
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