maybe you aren't what you eat in 'rona q-tine.

I wanna preface this by saying I’ve never really been a stoner or into weed. 

Through some strange twist of fate I’ve been privileged to’ve eaten meals at Michellen star restaurants around the world that I can’t afford and slept in some extravagant hotel rooms that are way beyond my own means. Sometimes I laugh at the absurdity of it all and I’ve always tried not to not take it for granted.

That being said, my favorite meals of quarantine have not been the fancy ones. They’ve been comfort meals that look gross. Meals that might seem “low-brow”— like a can of Hormel’s chill heated on my stove with cheap cheese and cornbread stirred into it with sour cream to make a budget-ass casserole. 

I have also ordered in some nice meals and made a couple meals that are more “fancy” (considering my limited abilities), like a hand-made bucatini with fresh basil pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, and blackened chicken, topped with a pan-fried burnt parmesan crisp and a reduced balsamic glaze drizzled about the plate as a nice touch. It looked pretty and was totally good and was fun to make but it wasn’t as delicious as that Hormel’s casserole that took like 8 minutes and looked like a bowl of actual shit.

I’ve also heated up some frozen Stoufer's parmesan chicken with spaghetti in marina and threw some Annie Chung’s peanut sauce on top of there, stirred it up and enjoyed a DIY Thai chicken pasta that sounds embarrassing but was fuckin' awesome. 

I challenge you to put a little slice of Tillamook sharp cheddar on top of a Kellogg’s frosted mini wheat and tell me its not as good as that “aged Gruyère cheese infused with Merlot” on top of one of those expensive dumb-ass water crackers you get on a $35 charcuterie plate. 

I’m not at all curious about the cute-looking, instagramable meals you’ve made but more the ones that look disgusting and are embarrassing but taste amazing.