Culinary Explosion!

I like food. I also rather enjoy weird food. Some of my favorite dishes have come about in my living alone. It's great not to have to excuse what you're eating. Of course, freshman year, I had no issue eating a can of peas for lunch, much to the chagrin of those living nearby. It did smell, I suppose. But many of my meals come from throwing things that I like together and seeing how they taste together. Such as: crossing peanut butter and honey with tuna fish and cream cheese; mashed potatoes with spinach and frozen corn and sweet Thai chili sauce; eggs and veggies baked into pita bread. I like these things. I wouldn't serve them to other people, but I am not other people.

New Zealand has catered to my weird food fetish because they have weird food in general. Yesterday I bought some spicy apricot hummus. Yeah, think about those aspects combined. I also got onion and chive pita bread strips to eat the hummus with. I cannot express to you how delicious this combo was. I mean, really. I think when I eventually depart this country for good, I will miss the random things I can readily find in the grocery store. Luckily, I have another year or so to enjoy my crazy food combos.