Sometimes when I'm on a cooking spree-- perhaps making ribs, potato salad, and rhubarb tarts-- I get a little too caught up in the task at hand and I forget to eat. With all of those food smells wafting around the kitchen and the occasional taste to check for seasoning, it feels like I've had a meal when, in fact, I'm running on empty. Then I might find myself starting to lean against the counter a bit. Perhaps stirring a little more slowly? Suddenly the pot feels heavier, the knife feels duller, and the cat is much more likely to get stepped on. Yes, I've come down with a case of The Hungries.
The Hungries can be the downfall of many a cook. Other symptoms include snappishness towards kitchen helpers, (cats included), careless measuring, forgetting to set timers, and loud crashes followed by louder cursing.
The only solution to The Hungries is a quick, light snack. Yes, putting together another dish sounds like a terrible idea at the time, but making the small effort to create a quality snack instead of reaching for a bag of salty mc'crispins will pay off when you aren't filled up on junk food and you can enjoy the fruits of your day-long labor later on.
A delightful spring snack, radish and butter sandwiches can make an excellent cure for The Hungries. For this open-faced version I topped a slice of good bread with a smear of butter, some arugula fresh from the balcony, sliced French breakfast radishes, and a sprinkle of sea salt. The whole thing took maybe four minutes to put together. Making myself take a pause and sit down to mindfully eat this snack was certainly worth the slight delay in my prep work.
Enjoy!
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