Slackers have mothers and their words of wisdom leave an indelible scar. “Don’t waste good food” resonates down the years. Slackers don’t. They put left-over food in a box and three weeks later throw it out.
But! Mum was right. Why not eat for nothing? Mish-Mash is the way forward.1
There isn’t a recipe for Mish-Mash it’s a technique. Slackers everywhere can now have meals which cook themselves. This is serendipity.
Technique: this works for ALL combinations of left-over food
Let’s imagine you have cooked potatoes, a carrot or two, and a bit of cabbage hanging about in the fridge embarrassing themselves. What to do? Nothing to it.
Mash the potato severely – use a fork
Fine slice the carrot so pieces are nearly transparent
Dice the cabbage into tiny pieces.
Pour into a cereal bowl and mix. The potato will help bind the rest together
Stir an egg into the mixture as evenly as possible to finish off the binding process (but don’t be perfectionist)
Splash some spices in if you want. This is a technique NOT a recipe
Heat up a frying pan until its nearly on fire
Pour the mixture in and level it out with a spatula
It will steam and splutter a bit and then smell wonderful
Turn it over. And repeat
Outcome
A frying pan full of delicious cooked food.
Option One
Eat direct from the frying pan
Option Two
Serve onto a plate. This option is for those who can still hear Mum.
Note
1 Mish-Mash is far superior to its kissing cousin ‘Bubble and Squeak’ by being stupid simple and unpretentious. Easy bubble and squeak recipe – BBC Food [Hint: It isn’t easy]
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