Tales From the Kitchen Column 8: Moving-out Meals
Fellow college students, it is that dreaded time of year, and no, I'm not talking about finals week. It's move out (and in) week. Carrying heavy boxes up and down four flights of stairs in the boiling heat is not exactly how I like to spend my Wednesday. But it had to be done, and thank God, it's done … until I have to move into my new place on Aug. 1.
In the hustle and bustle of packing up your life into assorted boxes and plastic bags, I'm sure some of you have come to the point of trying to figure out what to do with all of the food that's left over in the kitchen.
You can't just throw it out because the guilt of knowing that there are millions of people around the world who are dying of starvation will get to you. You could maybe pawn it off on a friend who's lucky and isn't moving out.
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Or you could take what you got and make something out of it. You know what they say, when life gives you a cupboard and refrigerator full of food, you have all of the ingredients for a feast … or something like that.
This week I found myself in the same conundrum as so many of you. I had a bunch of food items and didn't really know what to do with them. It wasn't until a good friend, Ann McCarty, gave me the idea of using what food I had left (with some of her leftover food items) to make a meal. The product — the moving-out meal.
It was simple really, and I was surprised to find myself confident enough to make a meal without a recipe. I was even more surprised that the meal actually turned out tasting good — there's always that gamble when you throw a bunch of things together.
This last meal was the perfect ending to a summer of cooking successes and failures. I'm looking forward to tackling new recipes and making some of my own.
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