Opus 2026-219: Click Bait: Learning to Count

You would think I would learn but it isn’t happening.  I keep falling into the trap of people lying about things that are minor.  I got sucked in again.

The caption claimed the delicious results of only one cup oatmeal and one egg.  I am looking for simple recipes that I can make with little fuss.  I have experimented with journeycake, oat flour and water, which came out edible but nothing worth lying about.  I tried it with honey and cinnamon and it was a little better but I have not gone back to it.  I never tried it with egg so I was a victim waiting for a trap.

When someone says “only” I assume that means only.  Adding salt and pepper does not violate the contract.  Those are season-to-taste items.  I began to have doubts when they added cinnamon.  Then came baking powder.  Then honey.  It also required a blender which technically is not an ingredient so I let it go.  I can’t remember is there were more.

What came out, surprise, were pancakes.  They poured like pancakes, cooked like pancake and looked like pancakes.  I do not hate pancakes but they are far down my list of choices when I go out for breakfast.  If I come to your house and you are serving pancakes I will eat them with gusto and compliment you on your culinary skills.  I would be sincere, but I still would never choose them on my own.

Since I still want to develop some simple meal preps I will continue to seek ideas but I think I can put the “only two ingredient” mantras in with the posts that claim to be the most hilarious or shocking.  When Trump talks that way I can tune it out and still get some information.  When it comes to You Tube, life is too short.

homo unius libri