Wonderful and Yummy Quesadillas

On August 20th I was sitting in my dorm just hanging out when all of the sudden this wonderful smell came into my room. Naturally I had to find out where it was coming from and it turned out that it was coming from the Mabee kitchen. It also turned out that what I was smelling was the quesadillas that Ally and Christina were making. Once I was up in the kitchen I actually began to help them make the rest of the quesadillas that they were planning on making. We had a lot of fun making them and all in all these were the best quesadillas I have ever had. We made chicken and cheese ones, veggie friendly ones, and then chicken, cheese, and veggie ones. Also if you have a chance you should try quesadillas with guacamole on top because it is amazing. I most definitely give all of the credit to Ally and Christina for coming up with the idea to make quesadillas.

2AM Eggs

Inspired by uninspiring Spanish Linguistics, Statistics, and Calculus, a trip to Wally World (Walmart) at 2AM seemed not only possible, but likely. Waltzing through the breakfast cereal aisle, only buying milk and Kellogg's seemed like a provincial idea. Coming away with purchases of eggs one day from their expiration date, Great Value Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product, Roman Meal Natural Whole Grain Goodness, and packaged ham (probably from corn), we set up our stove and pans and began our breakfast a few pre-sunrise hours early. First came the scrambled eggs and Turkey Bacon, next the grilled cheese. At 2:41 our meal adventure was complete, and now the dish washing duties fell upon un-wanting hands. Everything was excellent...but really, what isn't at 3AM?



FYS Contributors: Abby Dunn, Danny Jozwiak, Deeana Claeys. Special thanks to Leslie Ramey. She really knows how to dougie.

Jalapenos and Avocado

Yesterday, I had my first encounter with avocados! I know you're all super proud of me :). They were mediocre, but I assume there is more to it than just the raw avocado (as Wrangham would say I'm sure) so I expect those of you more inclined to food prep/cooking to show me the ways of the ever so healthy avocado. I had salsa and "guacamole" (it didn't look like the normal guac that I see at other Tex-Mex restaurants) and the salsa was waaaaaaay too spicy for my little white girl taste buds. The guacamole was kind of spicy too, and it was very watery. If you don't know what I'm talking about, Dos Salsas (where I had dinner last night) is just down the road.

I ordered a grilled tilapia tostada, which was definitely something new to me since whenever I go to "Mexican" restaurants I'm usually the girl who orders chicken fingers or a grilled cheese. It was pretty delicious I must admit...but then I encountered jalapeno. :/ This sent my tastebuds into a burning rage, initiated a clearing-out of my sinuses, and nearly made me cry. Needless to say, I'm a wuss, and the only spicy food that works for me is crawfish.

SOOOO in conclusion, my first encounter with legitimate tex-mex food wasn't the greatest but it wasn't too miserable, but I have been formally turned off of jalapenos. Maybe I'll just stick to speaking the language. :)

Thanks for reading, and adios, mis amigos.