Slightly spicy

I still don’t have a food photographer but I hope these pictures are better than nothing.

This is just a quick snack that takes more manual dexterity and patience than usual but it’s worth it in the end.

• Triscuit thin crisps quattro formaggio
• fresh jalapeno
• diced tomatoes
• sliced onion
• Tapatío hot sauce
• sour cream

Spread approximately 1/2 to 1 full teaspoon on each triangle and for presentation purposes, only cover a part of the thin crisp leaving the rest exposed. Slice your jalapeno into rings and then slice each of those into half. Since these are fresh jalapenos, there really will be no need to remove the seeds. The bite will not be as strong as a pickled jalapeno.

Place each jalapeno half-slice onto the exposed part of the Triscuit, gluing it in place by pushing one edge into the sour cream. Next, place two or three tomato pieces along the top edge of the jalapeno, also gluing into place with the sour cream. Your onion slices should be about one quarter inch to one half inch long. We will be stabbing these into the remaining edge of sour cream leaning in towards the middle. Finally, top with a drop or two of Tapatio hot sauce and serve.

Upon opening my package of ramen I noticed that it had already been torn open and the flavor packet was missing. Oh joy. I’ll eat most anything but I love to have some variety and flavor. What can I do to make this taste better? Please do not read further if you are offended by bums and hobos because that is exactly what is going to happen next.

Looking across the cubicle hall I can see a carl’s jr bag and a taco bell bag that are getting ready to go into the garbage. I remembered that my co-worker had jalapenos from the night before that he didn’t use on his burger. These would help the ramen taste better. Especially with that unused taco bell sauce packet in the bottom of the taco bell bag.

I’ve eaten ramen without flavor packets before and I usually eat it raw. Well, not quite raw and dry. I eat it how I like to call ‘medium-rare’. I accomplish this by splitting the brick in half and passing both halves under some water. Then I shake out the excess water and sprinkle the flavor packet. When I don’t have the flavor packet, some leftover pepper packets from Wendy’s are always floating around the office that really make the ramen not all that bad. The one thing that you must have on hand in an office environment is salt. I happened to have my own which I use on eggs and potatoes that I occasionally bring to work on which to snack.

I prepared my ramen medium rare like I always do. Sprinkled a generous helping of salt and pepper. Then I stretched the one and only one taco bell sauce packet across both halves, topping each with several jalapenos. My lunch wasn’t too bad. I enjoyed it and so did my taste buds and my stomach. Mission accomplished.