Times are hard, here. Broken water main, bad forced-air heater, etc.

A "buddy" brought me some boxes of Rice-a-Roni. Not exactly my bag
(rice!), but I thought I should try 'em (from SFBA, but never tried
RaR).

Had a 'wheat' and 'stir-fried-rice'. Added half a bunch of fresh
celery and minced dried onion to the 'wheat' and half a bunch of fresh
celery and a knob of fresh ginger to the 'stir-fried-rice'. Meh!

Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, but only barely.
I'll still never buy a box.

nb