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My microwave has a sensor that tells when food is hot enough by the amount of steam given off. I toss a bunch of meatballs (or anything else that was previously cooked) onto a plate, select reheat and press start.
I'm tired of simple, dry meatballs, so I decided to jazz them up. I tossed some chicken gravy powder in a pot with dry onion chips, chipotle powder and some of my triple powder (equal parts cayenne, garlic powder and turmeric powder), added a can of chicken broth, and stirred while it heated enough to become a gravy.
Nine meatballs will fit on a slice of bread and I had heated 18 meatballs, so I tossed two slices of bread on a plate, arranged my meatballs on top and poured about half of the gravy over it.
Heating the meatballs and gravy produced a fragrance that attracted both Delia and Cathy's dog Rocky. I offered Delia a couple of meatballs, knowing she had already eaten breakfast. The pair of meatballs with gravy on multi-grain bread just made her hungrier than the cooking odors had: she wound up eating a total of seven. The remaining balls were sufficient to fill me up.
By the time we finished, Rocky had become frantic. I suggested tossing some of Rocky's dry food onto the dirty plate and topping it with a little bit of the remaining gravy. Delia liked the idea because it would encourage Rocky to eat his dry food but she was reluctant to give him very much because the gravy was both salty and spicy.
Rocky loved the gravy and licked it off of the dried food, leaving over half of the stuff we most wanted him to eat. After Delia left for work, I decided to give Rocky the rest of the gravy on top of the dried food he had left, hoping the dog would consume more of what he should be eating. But Rocky was greedy and stuck his head in the way before I could finish applying the gravy. He wound up with gravy on his right ear, which he later rubbed off on the living room carpet. Altogether, he consumed over half of the dry food he left initially.
One dirty pan, one opened can, two paper plates, a moment in the microwave and a little bit of stirring produced a satisfying meal for two humans and one canine. It was even worth having to clean the carpet Rocky dirtied.
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