Phoren Diaries - 3
Weekend is over. A new week starts, it is Monday when IB officially becomes a student of the Newcastle University. His classes start today. He has quite enjoyed his culinary adventures so far, most of which included how to cook an omelette, how to make a vegetable sandwich (by vegetable, I mean tomato), and how to locate and cook cup noodles (not Maggi or Top Ramen or the millions of varieties that populate our Indian markets).
IB finally managed to cook an omelette that came out looking like one. As in, the eggs weren't runny, the omelette wasn't brown and burnt. So he managed to make a meal of it along with slices of bread. I have always maintained that cooking any form of egg is one of the easiest things on the planet. Boiled, scrambled, poached, fried, omelette -- everything is super easy, plus healthy and nutritious. Guess IB is learning the tricks of the trade.
Here's a picture of the much-improved omelette, on the second try. It isn't as golden and perfectly shaped as you would have it, but what the heck, I'm sure it tasted nice anyway.
IB loves paneer. So it saddens me to see when he cannot have any. The boy walked to a restaurant called the 'Spice of Punjab', located 15 minutes away from his college, in search of Indian food, more specifically, the thing called paneer. But since the place only opened in the evening, he came back empty-handed (or shall I say on an empty stomach). Since IB cannot have paneer, I have decided to forgo its pleasures as well -- until he can find some and eat. This is the least I can do for the moment.
IB also learnt how to make vegetable sandwiches. Though I'm still unsure of what one needs to learn to create them. Because a vegetable sandwich sure as hell does not involve any form of cooking. Just toast/butter the bread, slice and dice assorted vegetables, maybe use a slice of cheese on top of it, and garnish the whole thing with assorted toppings and sauces -- mayo, olives, cucumber, mustard sauce, pickles, ketchup, etc. But obviously, IB's sandwich was not so elaborate. Quite simply, it was buttered bread, with messily cut slices of tomatoes on it. (The shape of the tomatoes was a thing to see!) But for IB, it turned out to be a welcome change from the regular fare of milk, cornflakes and bread -- so I am not complaining!
And these are the famous 'vegetable' sandwiches.
IB finally managed to cook an omelette that came out looking like one. As in, the eggs weren't runny, the omelette wasn't brown and burnt. So he managed to make a meal of it along with slices of bread. I have always maintained that cooking any form of egg is one of the easiest things on the planet. Boiled, scrambled, poached, fried, omelette -- everything is super easy, plus healthy and nutritious. Guess IB is learning the tricks of the trade.
Here's a picture of the much-improved omelette, on the second try. It isn't as golden and perfectly shaped as you would have it, but what the heck, I'm sure it tasted nice anyway.
IB loves paneer. So it saddens me to see when he cannot have any. The boy walked to a restaurant called the 'Spice of Punjab', located 15 minutes away from his college, in search of Indian food, more specifically, the thing called paneer. But since the place only opened in the evening, he came back empty-handed (or shall I say on an empty stomach). Since IB cannot have paneer, I have decided to forgo its pleasures as well -- until he can find some and eat. This is the least I can do for the moment.
IB also learnt how to make vegetable sandwiches. Though I'm still unsure of what one needs to learn to create them. Because a vegetable sandwich sure as hell does not involve any form of cooking. Just toast/butter the bread, slice and dice assorted vegetables, maybe use a slice of cheese on top of it, and garnish the whole thing with assorted toppings and sauces -- mayo, olives, cucumber, mustard sauce, pickles, ketchup, etc. But obviously, IB's sandwich was not so elaborate. Quite simply, it was buttered bread, with messily cut slices of tomatoes on it. (The shape of the tomatoes was a thing to see!) But for IB, it turned out to be a welcome change from the regular fare of milk, cornflakes and bread -- so I am not complaining!
And these are the famous 'vegetable' sandwiches.
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