During exam time, when you are practically on house arrest(by choice of course) our Satiety Center in the brain refuses to comply with space in the stomach. Every 5 minutes, i find myself wanting to go around hunting for grub. The following experience is not lifted from Ghajini or Memento, and i do not have anterograde amnesia, i hit the refrigerator, looking for the left overs from breakfast, i find nothing, so return to my books. Beside my books i find a plate with what was the leftovers from breakfast. I wonder hmmm...perhaps i did eat it some time back. That done....with food on my mind, i cant concentrate on my books can i? so i make a beeline to the kitchen cupboards. And to cut the disappointing story short...Old Mother Hubbard just moved down a notch.
Grumbling i come back, I don't want to make Maggi or anything, nor do i want to ask my folks to cook something for me. I come back to my books, and resume my session of study+ reverie. i recall seeing bread in my fridge, and some cheese. Now then.... :)
Swiftly i swing into action...2 slices of bread, one slice of Britannia Cheese, slam them together, put it on a place, and shove in the Microwave!!!
Voila!!!! There it is...the solution to my- perennial, and probably harmful in the long run- desire to be fed!!!
The cheese melting down the side, just the right consistency, and the flavor blending in with the bread perfectly. Couldn't ask for more i think....and head back with the plate to my books....
I read with maximum attention on my sandwich. Savoring each morsel. And before i know it....its gone.
One more i think...but i manage to control myself...like an old Malayalam story says (loosely translated)...if i eat the first one today, and the second one also today....then what about tomorrow?
So thats my story, of the simple cheese sandwich. Lovers of cheese rejoice.....this is one for the books!
4 comments:
Its the simple solutions to monumental problems that are most elegant and beautiful... a Cheese Sandwich is one of them.... ;-)
Over active brains is the cause of such Ghajini style hunger :p
BTW you sound like a Jap - Creating a sense of adventure in such mundane tasks :)
As Wata-Shi Va said, the fun in life is in creating a sense of adventure in mundane tasks (or indeed ANY tasks). The sandwich exercise is noteworthy and serves to demonstrate that you can make anything interesting; all you need is an unwillingness to take life too seriously. One can take life more seriously than warranted and get into a complicated web.
And for all those who love non-veg sandwiches, let me remind you of the American comedian Tommy Cooper who went into a French restaurant and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' The waiter said, 'Yes,' so Cooper said, 'Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich.':)
aaha...
may be cheese sandwich is the thing for morning sessions...for nighties like kesh bapat and me...its always maggi..(not always though...coz bpt stuies throughout the day and so he has sandwich during mggi sessions)
the philosophical aspects of this article has already been pointed out....ill meddle around with the cullinary aspects...
for eg. try adding some pepper and tomato ketchup on the cheese ...
for variety u can also try mayonaisse instead of cheese ...talkin abt mayonaisse you can also try marie biscuits with a layer of mayonaisse ..:)
i think ill stop here...coz i might just go on and on...
anyways nice article...
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