Because its food only ever served as
a beautiful arrangement….on the sofa.
What ever the weather!
Easy Food: As an Art Form

Warning: Never talk while you are eating.

(Also: Try Leaving a little food for someone who is hungrier than you, or even buy a portion specially).

Today’s seasonal menu
Cheese Sandwich
Strawberries and Cream (always strawberries)
Burger
Banana crackers

It’s another  late afternoon/ early evening in the middle of summer and you are pretending that the weather is OK, even though it is cold and it is raining or too hot and you are fed up. Now is the time to eat something that’s easy….

Let someone bring the food to you or pretend someone has brought the food to you. But what ever…. it can be got ready (in about 4 minutes) and you’ll be ready. Line it up and then settle.

Crisps and Cheese Sandwich:
Needed per person:
Two slices of bread (thickly buttered)
Filling:
Packet of Walkers crisps (crushed)
2 ounces of Cheddar Cheese (grated)
Put a very thick layer of grated cheddar cheese on one of the pieces of thickly buttered bread, followed by a thick layer of rough crushed crisps and cover with the other piece of thickly buttered bread and cut into dainty squares. Serve.

Afterwards … Strawberries (only ever sun warmed strawberries!)……

Strawberries : get a good supply in. Cheap is good! Cold hard strawberries from the store can be turned  into something delicious if warmed…… as if just picked from the field.

Mock Sun-Warmed Strawberries
Items needed:
One Fork
Fresh English Strawberries (or cold, cheap ones (not frozen) from the supermarket).
Large Bowl
Wash strawberries in cold water and drain. Dry with kitchen towel and place them all in the bowl. Put through the microwave for 15 seconds to slightly warm, soften and sweeten.This really works! Or you can cover strawberries in boiling water for a minute to warm them up (to sweeten). Then drain, dry and replace in bowl. Either way you can now pretend the strawberries just came in from the field, sun warmed. Sprinkle strawberries with caster sugar (preferably stored for a day or two in a jar with a vanilla pod for an extra tang). To eat, take turns (If there is someone there) to pick up a strawberry with the fork to dip into a bowl of whipped double cream, sprinkled with Muscovado sugar. This can be quite good fun! (although  If you are on your own you can eat the lot!)

Burger [delivered] and a bit of strange company
Andy Warhol  famously said everyone should live in one room with a bed  and do everything there. So laying around on a sofa is OK! Arrange a burger delivery and join Andy Warhol for a while.There is no need to talk but you will need your own  tomato ketchup, any brand.You’ll see Andy eating and not talking because he doesn’t do both at the  same time…yet. He is trying to acquire the art. According to his book Warhol reckons he has no class and that it is only very posh people  who know how to talk and eat at the same time. Now you know that see how long it takes before he says something! He does right at the end of the clip. Andy rarely talks.  He is very minimal!  Be patient……….

Time for more food again. These can be made  ready to eat in minutes.

Banana on crackers
for one portion
One heaped teaspoon of Dark Muscovado Sugar on three slices of banana on thick butter on one cracker.
Preparation time:Three minutes

A word about Soft Dark Muscovado sugar….  It is one of the most important ingredients for cushion/sofa food,so make sure you keep a supply in the cupboard. However it has a natural tendency to go hard and become completely unusable. The packet says ‘In certain weather conditions this natural sugar may harden. This is not a sign of deterioration. Just place the sugar in a basin and cover with a damp cloth. Leave overnight and its moistness will return. The sugar won’t mind’. Yes it really said that!

And make sure you have something sparkly to drink.

You must realize that I am talking to me about the stuff I like cramming every now and again. You can adapt this  format, as I do, with just about anything really! Mostly though …forget philosophers who mostly have nothing better to do but look at their navels…… (except Andy Warhol).

Gill

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