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]