uh oh i wake so phlegmy. i video call my mom from bed to wish her a happy birthday then get up and do a lateral flow. negative ! i make some coffee in the cafetière and while the kettle boils i eat a few little tomatoes. i arrange a plate of bread, cheese, tomato and dolmades. this boob cheese tastes so milky.
i drink the rest of the bottle of milk kefir in my fridge. i sometimes imagine that the people in the shop have noticed how much of it i buy and laugh together when i visit, like ‘here comes the milky boy!’. i’ve had my own pet kefir grains twice and both times i’ve forgotten and left them to ferment too long, resulting in the most terrible smell.
i have some work to catch up on today for a beginners’ html course i’m taking. i don’t feel like doing it. i bribe myself with a bag of salty plantain chips which make me very very thirsty. i go to the kitchen and gulp down three delicious glasses of tap water in a row, spilling quite a lot down my front. i like glasgow water but sometimes it tastes and smells very strongly of chlorine. i have a huge fondness for dublin tap water and its metallic tang.
i start my coursework and i enjoy myself, feeling silly to have dreaded it~ classic
i eat two dolmades as a snack. i crave something sweet so make a very strong hot chocolate with oat milk in my mug, a gift from seamus for my birthday last week. it’s wintery today. i put some hash browns in the oven and return to my html.
i eat the hash browns with some coleslaw and a fried egg with a very runny yolk and sriracha on top. i am very hot-and-cold with eggs. currently i’m in an egg phase and can’t get enough of them but any day now the tables could turn and i will be disgusted by the thought of them.
have you ever touched red cabbage against cooked egg white? it turns a strange blue.
for dinner i decide to make the curry i had planned to make yesterday. i have an emotional moment while chopping aubergines ~ i love my little life!! i exclaim to myself. in this moment i love my little life. i eat the curry with rice, yoghurt and some coriander. i drink some beer from a fancy glass.
A small note from saoirse wall (they/them)…
hello! i’m saoirse (they/them) i’m an irish artist in glasgow currently. i am excited to be sharing with you my encounters with food this week ~ expect probiotic dairy and many snacks! i am gluten intolerant so don’t expect gluten. if there is some gluten (there may be) it will be a scandalous indulgence.