Lamma Island, 12:00PM – Overcast.

entry 3

Hermit’s Lunch. For when you need to be cheap. (Most days).

Boil the kettle. Dump a packet of ravioli or pot stickers into my only pot. Pour the contents of the kettle into the pot. Fiddle with the obstinate safety button on the electric hotplate. Hold thumb on button to a crush and let the beep sound. Boil. Wait 3 minutes. Ladle out the lunch into a wide and shallow bowl. Dowse with dark soy sauce. Leave to cool. Unfold living room table. Unfold living room chair. Fetch lunch. Set lunch. Sit. Eat.

Things to Consider
1. Ravioli is twice the price of pot stickers.
2. Ravioli is vegetarian (cheese & tomato). Pot stickers are not (pork & chives).
3. Pot stickers come in packs of 10 but there is twice as much ravioli, at least.
4. Either way you will not stay full for very long. Better take a nap to make the most of it.
5. Nobody actually calls them pot stickers.

Finish lunch with extended glances out window, a hint of existential dread, and several thoughts about what it would be like to be your rubber tree plant if only for a day.