Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Homemade Cooking or Something of the Sort...


Living on a pretty tight budget, we have managed to figure out ways to save a few extra Euros here and there and one such way is buying food at a grocery store. Lucky for us, the hostels we have been staying at have fully equipped kitchens so we are able to actually cook warm food! (Yes, this is a very exciting fact, and we may sound somewhat pathetic telling you this, but if you were walking around in the cold, wet rain too you probably would be just as excited about warm food.)

So after taking a free walking tour of Dublin and feeling numb in our feet and hands from the bitter cold, we decided to cook pasta with our new Australian friend named Hamish. It is cheap, delicious, and warm. What more could you ask for? Off to the grocery store we went, picking out the cheapest pasta, the cheapest sauce, some off the shelf tiramisu (we were having an Italian meal, so although probably not a very authentic Italian dessert for two girls on a budget it was quite a treat), and of course the bread (you can absolutely never forget that!).

With our hands filled with food, we quickly went back to the hostel to prepare because at this point we were getting a little hangry pants and that is no good. The pasta was delicious and although starved so at this point we probably would have eaten anything anyways we still think it was nice to have cooked a meal. But if we are being completely honest, we must give most of the props to Hamish, who was the main chef in this endeavor. Nevertheless, when it was all said and done, we were quite full and happy people with leftovers to spare :) 

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