Do you ever have one of those days when all you want is to make something simple for dinner and sit on your butt watching movies? And then when you’re making that box meal that you just add ground “hamburger” to, you notice that the gushy processed cheese food packet somehow got punctured in the box. 16 weeks of food microbiology has taught you that you probably should not eat that now contaminated cheese food. I mean you could wind up with febrile gastroenteritis or something. And nobody wants that. But you’ve already browned the hamburger and added the noodles and seasoning packets to the water. Ever have a night like that?

That was me last night. And I asked myself, what am I going to do? And the answer came to me from the deep well of scientific discoveries from ancient times. So, on my lab coat came. The slap from my goggle strap echoed from the mountains high. It was time for me to once again don the visage of Dr. X (unfortunately Professor Danger is in New Orleans) and summon the dark art of Food Chemistry.

Sometimes when you get groceries from Jesus, packets are busted, boxes are dented, cans are swollen with infectious disease, but it was free so who’s complaining? That was the case last night. My box of instant cheesy meal was busted up and the “cheese” packet was compromised in the process. Better not to risk it. Safety first even in the Dangerous Kitchen. We will mix crazy things together to make new food of the future, but gastroenteritis is no laughing matter and is not to be taken lightly. So, there was my predicament. I just lost the “cheese” of my cheesy dinner box, but the rest of it was already cooking.

To the cupboards for a solution! I’ve got some pepper jack Cheez-its. No, that would solve the cheese problem, but would over carb a pasta dish. I could rob the powdered “cheese ” packet from another box of instant dinner. Nah, we’re out of butter which is necessary for making “cheese sauce”. Damn. Dig around up top and see what we can find. Eureka! A can of Easy Cheese. That will do. And what’s that? Some hot sauce?! Sure, why not? Who doesn’t love to spice up their cheesy noodle hamburger meal?

Of all of the experiments ever performed in the Dangerous Kitchen, that was not one of the more dangerous. But, I was flying solo and it had been a while. I mean it was no shrimp eggroll, yellow mustard, mac-n-cheese, chicken pot pie surprise, but that day will come again soon. Mwhahaha…

It’s a lazy Caturday today. No idea what I’m doing. I do know that both Teacher Sis and Word to Me are participating in  some sort of foot races, both separately, this morning. Suckers. I think maybe I’ll take a nap instead of joining them. This sounds like a plan. Enjoy your lazy weekend. More soon. ~SC