Food at college is pretty decent. Most of the time it’s relatively healthy, or at least a healthier option is provided. Of course one can choose to not eat their vegetables, to avoid the fruit bowl and to have second helpings of dessert every night. But one need not – it’s good practice in self restraint. Diligence. As with all college’s there’s been the occasional ‘huh’ meal, such as chicken meatloaf aka. chicken mince baked into a pale, lifeless slab. Mmm yummy. Unless you start to go all ‘foodie’ and ‘snobby’, most takes on the classics are perfectly fine. Despite striving to adopt a ‘food is food’ mindset, from time to time one cannot help weep over how easy it is for a dish to fail dismally, simply due to particular techniques or ingredients. On one such night we were presented with the option of sweet and sour pork or sweet and sour tofu. Now, the meal was adequate, in no way inedible. Yet it was blow-your-socks-off sweet and lacked any satisfying crunch from vegetables. This was one such time when the food snobbery rears it’s head and you can’t help but compare it to your own ‘better’ recipe. Continue reading
Taste Without Waste 