A Step Up From Swill Stock

The overabundance of webpages concerned with making meals and visually documenting each step sets a high bar for the justification of yet another. You might say I’m having a laugh. At what? At the juxtaposition between my lack of kitchen credentials and an innocent reader’s expectation that a morsel of culinary wisdom will be found within such posts of mine. Comedic element aside, it’s worth noting that I wouldn’t treat a topic I didn’t have genuine interest in. Far from being by any measure a cook or baker, and notwithstanding my laments about there being too few food categories, I nonetheless have tasted the satisfaction of achieving an edible result that required more of me than reaching for the butter knife and a chunk of store-bought baguette.

Where, then, to begin? On the simpler side of the spectrum, with each subsequent entry focused on an incrementally more complex recipe.

Ramen: A stereotyped staple of the college scene whose simple employment of heat renders it a good starting point in this series.

Take care not to lose the ‘soup packet’.

Tenderize until al dente.

Reject the invitation to tear with fingers in favor of scissors.

Dinner is available!

 

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