Rubbishy Cookery

  This is a very basic and delicious potato soup that was introduced to me in my young adulthood. One summer, my roommate’s boyfriend Scott spent a lot of time staying at our place, but he was such a delight we didn’t mind. In fact, he was like a 5th housemate. Except he didn’t pay rent.  But he did make us this soup. I can still picture the bunch of us sitting around, listening to tunes, bantering, and peeling potatoes for this soup. I remember Scott made it for us in the late summer when there was just the touch of a chill in the air. It was perfection. Good ole Scott. I wonder where he is today? Ingredients: Directions: Peel some potatoes, chop into cubes, and boil in salty water: Until fork tender: Then drain: Melt a good sized chunk of butter in the pot: Chop an onion into thin slices and add to the pot: And sauté until softened but not browned: Add milk to the pot and heat without boiling: Then return the cooked potato cubes to the pot: Heat through and, without boiling,...

Hello hungry readers! Welcome to my lowbrow recipe collection. Here you will find my favourite tasty treats—all of which are my own inventions, or highly modified versions of classics made with my own rubbishy spin.  Let’s start with this fan favourite: beans and rice and processed cheez. I invented this dish when I was a young, poor university student. I was living away from my parents for the first time and rooming with my friends. This dish met the student criteria of cheap und gut. I thought it was such a weird and lowbrow and rubbishy dish that my housemates would leave it alone and it would be all mine. Unfortunately, they all tried it and loved it… as did their visiting friends and partners.  One of my housemates urged me to up my game and stop using the cheapest processed cheez. She urged me to switch to a slightly higher-brow product: the gourmet “Ingersoll” processed cheez. I did use Ingersoll in this dish for years, and it was a game changer. Unfortunately, Ingersol...