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January 27, 2006
You CAN Make Elaborate Dinners For Yourself
So said MR when I complained about having no one to cook for. He will soon return to his status as daily victim of my cooking... it's kinda like Prometheus, except that every night I show up and feed him, and every day he gets hungry again so I come feed him again. Much more pleasant than having your liver eaten by an eagle all day (which I always thought was a metaphor for alcoholism, but anyhow.)
The problem with this theory is that I simply don't find it as much fun to cook for myself as to cook for others. I enjoy my extremely simple cuisine when I'm alone, and I don't feel like taking the time to create something fancy that no one else will appreciate. It would be kinda like getting dressed up in fancy lingerie to go to sleep alone. It's not beyond the realm of possibility, but it does seem rather silly. When I'm alone, I'm much more likely to eat a simple vegetable soup and go to sleep in one of my leopard, tiger or other cat type print nightgowns (the cats like that... I fit in better.) When I have MR to cook for... well, you read about the food, and the question of what I wear to bed need not detain us here.
So while MR is still away, for just couple of short weeks, I have decided to recruit people to cook for. I took the first step by inviting a couple I've never had over for dinner to come by tonight. They're interested in CR, so it should be fun. Not 100% sure what I'll make -- I never am until the food is on the table -- but here's what I'm contemplating:
appetizers: CR quesadillas
salad: organic dino kale with organic tomatoes, artichoke hearts, olives, and a tomato-balsamic vinegarette
entree: Quorn tenders with roasted peppers and broccoli and some kind of sauce that I have yet to make (perhaps cream of leek sauce?) over a bed of green bean "pasta"
dessert: something apple-y or berry-y
On Saturday, my mom is coming for dinner. On Sunday, I have a potluck with the potluck feeder friends. On Monday, I've arranged to have that friend whose birthday party I missed come for dinner. On Thursday, it looks like my two best friends in town are coming, and one is bringing her fiance. That should satisfy my need to cook for others for the time-being.
More soon... I got the computer hooked up to the cable modem without causing a massive power outage, so I should be able to go back to posting DWIDPs tonight.
Posted by april at January 27, 2006 8:13 AM
Comments
Wow, April. I wish I had friends like you, CR'ed AND who love to cook. What a combo. And the meal you have planned sounds delicious. Think I'll have to try that Quorn stuf....
Posted by: Sam at January 27, 2006 10:15 AM
April,
It's wonderful to cook for people, I love to do that too, but you should also enjoy to cook for yourself, because, well, you are all alone in this world anyway. Forget about your lover, your family, your friends etc. for a moment, aren't you alone all the time even when you're with them? Thus, all those delicious sounding dishes you have to cook for yourself as well. Because friends, lovers and family come and go and you're always left by yourself and to yourself until you die.
So, enjoy cooking elaborate dishes for yourself. That's one way of really loving yourself. Besides, kitties will always be around to eat your leftovers :)
Posted by: zeynep at January 27, 2006 7:19 PM