i may never cook again..

okay so the other day i decided i was on strike and wasn't going to cook any more until the attitude and gratitude of the resident cook-ees improved dramatically. but today i was faced with a bit of a dilemma with a friend coming to spend the night prior to having to deliver a lecture in geelong at the ridiculous time of 8 in the morning. now this friend has never done anything but nice things for me, so letting them starve seemed a tad churlish but life was further complicated by the fact that i was going to be tied up til about 5 today and she was arriving at 6...fortunately, on the way back from burwood, i remembered this tiny little shop in this tiny little street in a tiny little suburb of geelong which sells tiny little beautiful, prepackaged gourmet meals. so tonight we ahve supped on sushi, tomato tartlets, vegetable canneloni and strawberry and white chocolate mousse. and no one has realised that i haven't lifted a finger (well, no fingers other than those punching the EFTPOS buttons...). now obviously to preserve the power of the strike i am now going to go and ruin the illusion that i am a cordon bleu cook in my spare time and 'fess up but gee it is nice to know that there are short cuts out there that don't involve deep fried chicken or MSG.