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Mod Days

Tomorrow i'm off to Western MA for work-related stuff. I went to college up there at Hampshire. My experience had extreme good sides and extreme bad ones, so going up there without knowing anyone anymore, seeing the new proliferation of Wal-Marts and Barnes & Nobles AND it being a work trip has me dreading it. I am looking forward to having a danish at Henion Bakery, coffee at Rao's and pizza at Antonio's. I have fond food memories from college partly because i learned how to cook then and partly because the people i lived with were all really into food. (I know a lot of Tauruses!) I recall many nights when we made great baking sheets full of nachos, just like in Stone Soup -- everyone added whatever they could, and lo and behold we had nachos with guacamole, beans, cheese, salsa etc. We used to go to Stop n Shop at 3 in the morning, all piling into my car and buying so many things our fridge was Packed. After quite a few cooking disasters we all honed our skills and before long, people were coming over to our "mod"/apartment for grand dinner parties.

Mama G once proclaimed that "cheese makes the world go 'round," as she offered a sad mod-mate a chunk of cheddar. I don't think it's really about the cheese, but more that with food, you really create a bond with someone else. That's why such odd foods like: "hot olive cheese balls," $0.10 ramen with sesame oil, "casseroles," kimchee "soup," big bowls of salad, canned gluten and the aforementioned nacho platters will always hold a dear place in my heart.

posted by beXn @ 2:18 AM