Every Tuesday in the high school cafeteria they used to serve spaghetti. It was watery and the sauce was essentially ketchup, but because I liked it so much the name stuck. Now every time I make spaghetti, it's Spaghetti Tuesday, regardless of what day of the week it actually is.
It's really not much of a recipe, but it is one of my all-time favorite foods. Here are a few things that I do to make Spaghetti Tuesday a bit more interesting.
Season the beef twice. I like to add Italian seasoning to the beef while it's cooking and then add a bit more after I've drained it off. It's all salt really, and frankly I'm the kind of guy who could eat the ground beef by itself and not feel much shame.
More garlic or basil. After adding whatever new sauce I wanted to try out at the market (usually something from Classico) I like to add garlic and/or basil if I have it. I've often used garlic powder and dried basil as substitutes to the fresh stuff and it still gives the sauce a bit more kick.
Mozzarella. What isn't improved with cheese? I like to shred mozzarella and put it directly on my spaghetti before I add the sauce over it. It ends up melting with the sauce and it's like incorporating your cheesy bread into the dish - who needs the extra bread with pasta anyway?
Cafeteria connoisseur? I think so.
In a year quickly filling up with meet-ups, group trips, and reunions, it was fitting to visit with my old film school buddy, Tyler to coordinate some of our upcoming plans. Tyler drove in from Regina after a whirlwind trip to Toronto to meet up with his 'friend' Kristine who he hadn't seen in person in years. So, yeah, there was no delay in getting the conversation rolling.
A few beers in we then headed off to Local to continue the discussion. Strangely enough we ran into my old friend Leah, who I went to high school with and who everyone expected to be in charge of organizing our 10 year high school reunion this year. It sounds like things are going ahead with that too, and the chance meeting actually seemed fittingly on-point with the evening's theme of discussing our plans for the year.
Tyler and I and few of our other friends are working on a trip to Vegas in September, I have trip with my family in July, and a few weddings to round out the summer (one of which is for Tyler's sister). It should be simpler than it is to make a lot of this stuff work, but somehow there's always one more thing to consider. Really though, it's a good kind of busy.
After getting back to my place I think we were both sufficiently sauced, but continued with a few Skype sessions with Kristine and then our friend Wendy back in Regina. It was a lot of fun, and as is typical of a night where you can let yourself go a bit, I recall a lengthy discussion with Wendy as I took a bath in my swimsuit . . . as you do. Tyler meanwhile caught up on his sleep.
The next day we checked out American Reunion, another fitting reminder of our own reunions this year. We added a few more green bottle beers to my collection, and we made our routine-middle-of-the-night trip to Hat News and Tobacco. The long weekend always goes by quickly, but it would seem there's going to be more than enough opportunities to create some great memories in the coming months. So much for planning, I think it's time to start doing.
The hours spent studying, or more honestly, spent desperately searching for that lost book I needed to complete a paper happened here in the Archer Library. I found these images I shot in 2006 only to be reminded of how thankful I am that reading has actually become a pleasurable pastime. It's that time of year though. It might be a bit frowned upon, but it's really easy to sleep at any of those desks with cubbies on them on the 3rd and 4th floors. Good luck on those finals.
