Friday, June 27, 2008

Basement Man

Today is a milestone day in my action plan. This morning I went down into my basement pantry where I will stay and make all the posts for the coming week. To build up strength I have stocked the pantry with the following items:

Onions
Scallions
Garlic
Hot dogs (frozen in coffin freezer)
Shoyu
Mirin
Ginger root
Sugar

Defrost hotdogs.

Mix 1/2 cup Shoyu and 1/2 cup Mirin together in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of sugar. Chop hot dogs and marinate in sauce for 30 minutes.

Chop onions and scallions and set aside. Smash a garlic clove or two and add to the onions and scallions. Finely grate a bit over ginger over the pan. How much depends on preference.

Heat up a frying pan on the stove. In this case a hot plate will be used.

Pour hot dogs and marinade into the frying pan. Add onions, scallions and garlic. Allow to boil in the liquid for 5-6 minutes. Serve over rice (optional) or eat straight, reserving some sauce as dressing.

There's no rice in store this week, because this regimen will require consuming only the hot dogs. The aim for this following week (until July 3rd), will be to eat a pack of hot dogs per day and to smoke at least 500 cigarettes in the basement pantry, and to not leave for any reason.

I bought 5 copies of today's Wall Street Journal and will read them during my week of seclusion. After this I will be prepared for whatever comes.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I lived in a basement for most of my life and I've gotta say it turned me in to a better person. You can't really figure out the world until you've secluded yourself from it entirely. A basement is the modern equivalent of an ancient philosophers secluded vale or a wise hermit's cave. Im glad somebody else agrees with me. Best of luck!

Anonymous said...

This hotdog recipe is excellent!