Stuffing

Last night for dinner turned into a late night fiasco of course, instead of my healthy-ish ensalada mixta, I instead had a Tostino's pizza. Don't get me wrong, if you ignore the fact that they are designed to taste good through chemical manipulation, they aren't a bad thing sometimes. It can actually be a really good meal if you add some extra spinach, peppers, and onions about halfway through cooking process, then a bit of my favorite hot sauce later when eating it. But that doesn't excuse the stuffing abomination which I made for lunch today that reminded me more of a salt lick than real food.

I've not had one of these in years, my family (grandma) at big family meals making it from scratch. So with the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the USA I decided I could cheat and get a box of this for my own use.

I'll no go to my corner and flog myself in shame. I was wrong. Dead wrong that this would be a poor substitute for the real thing.

After scraping the taste off of my tongue, I promptly wept for the state of US food that 'this' was considered food. I could have eaten the box covered in butter and been happier. Why, oh why, have businesses produced such abominations? (alright, I am cynical enough to realize they did this for larger profit and I shouldn't need to explain this to you.)

Well through all of this experiment today, I shall now remember the mantra of the cook: if it can be bought on sale for under a dollar for holidays, it can be made for two dollars and a bit of invested time (and I'll be less inclined to want to peel the top layers of my tongue off so I can swallow it)).

Oh well, I guess this is why I started a crockpot with split pea soup for tonight. Until then!

Bien Camino.