What does it mean? In my mind, it says that in order to begin to understand, appreciate or become interested in anything you first must be attracted to it. People are very visual (well, mostly). If you can get past how something looks, sounds or smells you are then likely to dive deeper into it.
Food is an excellent example. If you can make garbage look pleasing, someone WILL try to eat it. However if you have a delicious appetizer that looks like it came out of the ... end of a large savanna-dwelling mammal ... your hungry audience may think twice about wanting it anywhere near them, let alone amidst their taste buds.
I was in the kitchen with my daughter and she was helping me make some breadcrumbs for dinner later tonight. We noticed it was after noon and she nor her brother had lunch yet. She decided to make some of what I call "dorm-room pizza".
Take a slice of white bread (cheap, bland.... bleh). Find some leftover tomato sauce and any kind of cheese. If you have pepperoni, left over salami, ham or even bologna - slice or chop some up. Put the sauce on the bread, cheese on the sauce and meat on the cheese. Pop it in a toaster oven at 400F for 12 minutes. Simple enough.
She made four of these in total and the toaster oven went "DING!". They looked great. I asked her, "since you cooked these... can I plate them?" She looked at me funny. I explained what I meant. Then I got to work.
The outcome was pretty chic, if I do say so myself.
Just like elementary school art class: basic shapes and colors. Slice the pizzas in half to form triangles and lay them in parallel. Sprinkle a line of grated romano cheese across the slices. Add a "zig" of tomato sauce on the bottom with another sprinkle of cheese. Dust the top and the slices with a little oregano.
This meal was as cheap as they come for something you can easily bake. And looked fantastic. There were a few "wow" remarks heard. I didn't get a chance to try any (I had my greek yogurt instead), but both my son and daughter devoured them quickly.
Gormet dorm room pizza haha Chris makes garlic bread using plain bread....butter....cheese....tomato sauce...so no doubt i'd enjoy this!
ReplyDeleteYeah it's one of those things you make when you have a bunch of miscellaneous things lying around. Like "garbage pasta", "mystery loaf" and various confections made out of the bits of cereal left in the bottom of boxes.
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