Cooking for One

By luigi_pagano

Thu, 18 Jul 2024
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I'm cooking a meal
without a recipe;
only relying on 
my memory.
 
I'll need an onion
and garlic too,
a large potato;
a carrot, or two.
 
I'm not yet sure
what I shall do;
I could make soup
or a lamb stew.
 
The soup has to be
processed in a blender
and the meat pounded
if it isn't tender
 
It would take ages 
to prepare a roast
so a better choice
is beans on toast.
 
 
 
© Luigi Pagano 2024
 
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Comments

Submitted by Turlough on

A gourmet of one person cuisine would eat the beans cold, with a spoon, straight from the tin and then have the toast with a bit of jam on it for dessert.

I'm telling you this for a friend. 

laugh

Turlough

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

In my student days, it had to be beans on toast. Jam was a luxury we couldn't afford.laugh

Cheers.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

oh yes - cold baked beans from the tin are delicious! I think we must have the same (non) recipe book Turlough

 

Submitted by Turlough on

I knew that I'd made it in life the day I bought a tin of Heinz curry beans... the epitome of exoticism!

Turlough

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Now I won't be able to sleep at night, Claudine, thinking of the delicious treat I missed all these years.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

or you start a recipe and realise you have run out of the essential ingredient. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Very true, Rhiannon. It has happened to me on occasion.

Luigi x

 

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

My tastes are not sophisticated enough for curry beans, Turlough.

Best, Luigi

 

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Oh Luigi, I hope this doesn't happen often! I cook for just me quite a bit as I am the only vegan in our house. If you have an onion, a carrot, tinned tomatoes and baked beans, you might rinse out the sugary sauce the beans come in, and cut up half the onion small and soften it in oil in a pan, then add the beans and tomato and, if you have any, some other left over cooked vegetables chopped up, and herbs, and make a lovely soup? It's not a proper recipe, but sometimes it turns out delicious if there are the right odds and ends in it ("Pot Luck"!) And the other day while looking for something easy for my son to cook, I found a wonderful recipe from Italy (not vegan) called polpette di uova? Have you tried this? You being a great cook would know all about it I expect, but I had not heard of it before. I think there must be lots of variations one could do, like adding mushrooms instead of cheese, or different kinds of cheese (I had cheddar, not Parmesan, so it wasn't proper). I made spaghetti while cooking the polpettes, then tipped them out and made a quick tomato sauce in the frying pan, then mixed it all together

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Sorry for the late reply, Di.Many thanks for the lovely suggestions. I am not a good cook, really, but I can manage to make a variety of soups and meat dishes. I am a carnivore and not a vegan but I have tried vegetarian recipes such as stuffed aubergines,  roasted peppers and 'gnocchi' (potato dumplings), although the latter may not be entirely vegan. I cannot make dough; I rely on a bread maker for bread. Beans on toast would be the last resort, but mentioning it has given me the opportunity to come up with a piece that I hope you find humorous.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Hi Luigi :0) Very glad that your poem was not biographical! I remember from previous writing of yours that you have a wide knowledge of ingredients. Of course I found this poem humorous, you have a brilliant wit :0)

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Thank you, Di. yes

Luigi x

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Luigi you should try instant oats and banana bread for breakfast, and instant oats for supper with banana bread for desert, and with a 2 liter Coke but my doctor said I must stop the coke so I switched to milk. Instant oats comes in three flavours, banana and srawberry, and caramel think. But usually you make two packets the helpings are a bit small. Yes and gingerbread is also quite good instead of the banana.

I was living alone yes, these days my brother cooks his food is excellent.

All the best! Tom Brown

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Excellent advice, Tom, much appreciated. Thank you for letting me know.

Best, Luigi

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Luigi do you know how to make a banana bread? All you need is a banana and a slice of bread.

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

On your birthday you can have hot milk for your instant oats And a 2liter coke for a treat instead of the milk, and for christmas you can have a cracker too. For the diet you see). Lucky my girfriends birthday is every day (just not Christmas day, that is Christmas day).

Salut! Tom

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Thanks for your suggestion, Tom. yes