Not only are finals evil because by the time you get to this massive challenge of memory and you are so burned out on whatever topic it is that you are focusing on that when you take a break to watch a movie or your car gets towed you can only think of it as a puzzle- to figure out whose rights were being infringed upon, or what theory of war could best describe the situation. And on top of the inherent sleep deprivation that is completely unavoidable (as well as the impending doom of the end of the quarter body melt down/ failure/ cold flu plague hybrid), there is the challenge of nourishment.
I would love to make a curry with fresh vegetables and tofu, or a fruit salad studded with pomegranates that I saw at the store. Or maybe some butternut squash soup with apple and curry powder. Or some lemon sole with a green salad. But no, I can't. There is no time. I was happy when I was able to throw together some scrambled eggs with jalapenos and some questionable potatoes that I don't remember ever purchasing...
It's not even the time necessary to make the food. It's the time to go to the store, make the food, do the dishes (ok fine, I have not done dishes in a couple days and its driving me crazy to the point that i completely ignore the sink area). So what have I been eating? Bread, the bread of college students the nation over (pizza, i don't even like delivery pizza that much), some spinach curry from my Indian Place, eggs, questionable potatoes, spinach (yes mom, be proud, a vegetable), the odd tangerine, lentils and rice, sandwiches, and cake. Now, it happened that I had everything in the house to make cake (or so I thought). I have a well supplied pantry (yet no pasta sauce!) and for once I had butter and light sour cream in my fridge. (It's really the butter thats the surprise, I admit I use some gross spray that makes me cough and sometimes olive oil.)
Now, if you'll recall I said I had almost all of the ingredients... well I didn't have milk to make frosting with. So instead, I took chocolate, butter, powdered sugar and port and made a little paste that I dabbed on the top of the warm cake and put in the warm oven so I could spread it out. It turned out really well and made studying a lot easier.
Note: I did not eat all the cake! I gave 3/4 of the total cake (a half recipe might I add) away as a holiday gift and this is whats left from Friday.
Back to studying about war now. Once I'm done with finals though and back home in my parents' beautiful kitchen hopefully I'll be able to post more.
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