{"id":443,"date":"2020-07-30T17:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T00:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dontcrowdthepan.ca\/?p=443"},"modified":"2020-07-30T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T00:17:13","slug":"breakfast-with-baggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dontcrowdthepan.ca\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast with baggage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Happiness on a plate<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Facts about avocado toast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It’s tasty. <\/li>
  2. Apparently only Millennials eat it. (and I’m no Millennial. Gen-X, baby. Just like Douglas Coupland.)<\/li>
  3. It has an appalling amount of discussion and furor surrounding it, given that it’s avocado smeared on a piece of toast. From Nigella Lawson being pilloried for offering the recipe in her TV show to a hapless Australian millionaire suggesting that Millennials could afford a house if only they could stop buying so much avocado toast<\/a>. (see item #2) There have been more headlines about avocado toast than probably any single other breakfast item in the last decade. Even a condominium complex was giving away free avocado toast for a year with the successful purchase of a condo. That made headlines. How, I’m not sure, but feel free to Google away. <\/li>
  4. There is a secret to good avocado toast. Well, I’m sure there are several secrets, but the one that stands out for me comes from Trader Joes in the form of a jar of ‘Everything but the Bagel’ seasoning. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I live in the Trader Joe’s wasteland known as ‘Canada’ and you can buy the seasoning online from Amazon. I guess that some guy goes and clears the shelves at Trader Joes and then puts the jars up on Amazon. Price for a single jar, shipped to me in Canada? $30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yeah, all of a sudden it looks like you could buy a house in lieu of daily avocado toast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But if you have a pal in St. Louis<\/a> who regularly visits Trader Joes, and who knows you can cram 5 jars of ‘Everything but the Bagel’ seasoning in a fixed-price USPS box, well, then, all of a sudden you can have avocado toast AND make your downpayment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Super simple to make. The only caveat is making sure you have a decent, ripe, avocado. The joke about ripe avocados:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cook: Are you ripe?<\/p>

    Avocado: Not yet.<\/p>

    Avocado: Wait.<\/p>

    Avocado: Wait.<\/p>

    Avocado: Wait.<\/p>

    Avocado: Wait.<\/p>

    Avocado: Ok, now I’m ripe.<\/p>

    Cook: Great!! *reaches for a knife*<\/p>

    Avocado: Oh, too late!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Hey, I think it’s funny, mainly because for me it’s totally true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Regardless, this morning I had perfect avocados. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    See? Perfect!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    I had some really nice bread, and it was a perfect warm summer morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My coffee was made (saved $5 there, just in case anyone is counting, and not considering the capital cost of the espresso machine and grinder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Toast. Bit of butter. Avocado and a generous sprinkling of the seasoning. Step back and enjoy the fact that you made, for about $2, what would cost you several times that in a restaurant or cafe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Amazing toast (my goodness it was good) Good coffee. On a shoestring budget. Best part of making food at home – how cheap it is and how, with a bit of practice, you can make stuff that is as good or better than what you might get eating out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Just bring the Everything sprinkles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Didn’t last long. Even from a household where everyone eats like the proverbial condemned man, it disappeared in a hurry. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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