A Good Thing for a Bad Thing

I had planned to try out some new recipes this weekend and post a great General Tso’s recipe I’ve been using and that I recently tried with tofu.  But then I come down with the stomach bug on Saturday morning.  And I’m a little over the thought of General Tso’s right now.  I will post soon about it.

I just cannot stand the thought of anything BUT Japanese food since having the worst stomach ache of my life.  (Thank God for the ginger salad dressing at my new favorite Japanese restaurant out here.  It seriously saved me yesterday. ) And you know when you try to fall asleep in a feverish state, and all you can think about is what might have done this awful thing to you?  Yeah.  Needless to say I will not be having any more fried pickles for the rest of my life.  It was a lame attempt at having appetizers Friday night at a local chain restaurant…as a vegetarian.  Even though I most likely caught this from one of my students, I will never want another fried dill again.  EVER.

And you know the only thing I could think about after being so sick?  A big ole steak.  I’m not going to give in.  But I thought about that steak.  I’ll forgive myself, though.  It was the only time I’ve craved actual meat since my month of vegetarianism started, and it was after being virtually starved for a whole day and half with nothing being palatable.  (I have got to find some fake chicken noodle soup next time I head to Whole Foods!)

On a similar note, my month is almost up, and besides this fluke of a virus, I have felt amazing.   I’ve decided to be a vegetarian for a good long time now with the exception of my birthday and Christmas.  I wonder how I am going to break the news to my grandmother, whose favorite thing to cook is pork chops and country fried steak?  How is she going to feel when I bust out the veggie burgers?  Maybe I should just eat the vegetables and hope she won’t notice?  But she always notices what everyone is eating and what they are not.  Oi!  And I can just hear my mother whispering to me to “just eat the meat.”  What to do?

About the title of this blog:

It was only a 24 hour bug, but I’m still barred from cooking since I could still be contagious when it comes to handling food.  So what to post about?  Joe made me some fabulous miso soup (a very good thing) while I was down for the count (with a very bad thing).  And last night he made a stir fry that was pretty darn good, too.  I’m going to pick his brain about proportions tonight and post (hopefully) tomorrow.  It is  the end of the grading period here in Teacherland, so the whole not cooking is really buying me some time with the grading.  I’ll hopefully be back up and running next week with my recipes.

What kind of recipes do you want to see next week?

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