But sometimes I'm not cooking for two or even 2+. Sometimes I cook for one. Like right now! And there are a lot of important considerations when cooking for one. I'm going to exhaustively list all of them.
The Rule of Knives (?)
You can't use a knife 'cause you'll be sitting in front of the computer watching music videos on YouTube (or similar). If you're going to cut it, it needs to happen at the prep stage and not at the eating stage. So the Rule of Knives is that you can't need a knife to eat it.
I guess if you're using a knife as a fork by spearing stuff with it you're okay but that also means you're probably cooking for one in Alaska after having killed a bear and are not reading this.
Can You Put It In Eggs?
You'd be surprised at how many things fit inside of a sufficient quantity of eggs. Call it a "scramble" so you feel better about yourself.
Here's a few things you can put in eggs:
- Capers
- Mustard
- Pepperoni
- Diced x where x is equal to some vegetable
- Any cheese
- Milk
- Water
- Sour Cream
- -Cloves (Careful with this one; note the negative sign)
- Any leftover meat; diced
- Hot sauce
- Leftover eggs (Recursive Property. Watch your exponents and be sure to check your answer!)
Don't put these things in eggs:
- Uncooked Rice
- Cloves
- Metal filings
- Moldy hot dog buns
- Apple cider vinegar
- Crisco
In all honesty, the set of things you can put in eggs is much larger than the set of things you cannot put in eggs.
If you can eat it by itself, you can eat it in eggs.
Will It Fit On Bread?
If you were thinking "A Kentucky Brown fits on bread, douche!" then I assure you that you are the douche because you're ignoring (or willfully forgetting!) the Rule of Knives. Open faced sandwiches don't even really fit on bread - they're only sandwiches nominally - and they often require the use of a knife. So unless you're going to make a Kentucky Brown scramble by preparing the sandwich-meal and then dicing it up and putting it in a skillet with a dozen eggs you can fuck right off.
I've lost my train of thought.
If it fits on bread, it can be a meal for one. Did you grill some righteous steaks last night? Do you want to eat on the couch? Put that steak on some bread, friendo. Now you have a steak sandwich - no knives required.
Other things that can be put on bread:
- Hot dogs
- Hamburgers
- Brisket
- All meats
- Lunch meats
- Eggs (but now you're just showing off)
- Mushrooms
- Cheese
- Cheese
- Cheese
As long as it's on bread, you can take it with you, sans knife and not have to fuck about with remembering which side of the plate the dessert spoon goes on.
Protip: It goes on the top side!
Borne of Desperation
This is perhaps most importantly of all. If you really had your shit together you would have made a real meal or you'd go out and buy a six pack of High Life for dinner. Or like, pick up fast food.
So to truly be a meal made for one, someone listening to the contents must be cringing on the inside (or on the outside, if you're doing it right).
Example:
"OMG all I had for dinner last night was [tuned out]."
"That sounds great! I had a mustard and Velveeta omelette with diced onions and diced ham and diced american cheese slices and diced leftover mac n' cheese."
"::cringes::"
Takeaways (Leftovers! Ha!)
No knives. Eggs, bread and desperation. That's all you need. That's it. Now you're cooking with fire (for one).
Hey speaking of leftovers, that's obviously a dinner for one option but that demonstrates a certain amount of foresight that isn't really in the spirit of a real meal for one.
Unless you're making a Lo Mein sandwich.
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