{"id":161,"date":"2021-01-03T14:41:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T12:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:51:23","slug":"cooking-with-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/2021\/cooking-with-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking with Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Covid-19 has impacted us all but so differently; imperceptible for some yet devastating for others. If you are unlucky enough to catch it, one common symptom is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anosmia#COVID-19-related_anosmia\" target=\"_blank\">anosmia<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or smell blindness.<br><br>Here are some recipes I enjoyed with a focus on texture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.inlineImg {\n float:left;\n margin: 8px 16px 12px 0;\n width: 40%;\n max-width: 305px;\n border: 1px solid white;\n border-right: 0;\n}\n@media screen and (max-width:800px) {\n   .inlineImg {\n     float:inherit;\n     display: block;\n     width: 305px;\n     margin-bottom: 16px;\n   }       \n}    \n<\/style>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"777\" class=\"wp-image-170 inlineImg\" src=\"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cooking-with-COVID-19-e1609677270838.jpg\" alt=\"Cooking with COVID-19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cooking-with-COVID-19-e1609677270838.jpg 585w, https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cooking-with-COVID-19-e1609677270838-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><strong>Stir-Fry Veggies and Smoked Tofu:<\/strong> throw together a bunch of roughly chopped onions, garlic, ginger, chilli, fresh veggies: carrots, capsicum, and mushrooms. Add in big cubes of smoked tofu, snow peas, coriander and lime towards the end of cooking. Optional: crushed cashews, fish sauce, hoisin sauce, chilli sauce, and noodles. <br><br><strong>Baked Veggies and pan-fried chicken breast<\/strong>: not sure why but the carby goodness of baked potatoes combines with the texture of pan-fried protein perfectly for a really nice mouth-feel.<br><br><strong>Pastel de Nata<\/strong>: simplicity is king: the custard, sweetness and texture of the pastry make this a great dessert.<br><br>We tried a bunch of recipes over the course of the illness. Fish fingers were also a favourite for simplicity. Fondue was ok. We joked about eating old socks and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-10-26\/tony-abbott-eats-a-raw-onion-onions-australia\/6883110?nw=0\" target=\"_blank\">raw onions<\/a> but didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get to that point. In short, this is not the time to eat gourmet chocolate or choice cuts of meat: you won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t taste the difference, so focus on the texture and simple mouth flavours. Good luck!<br><br><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: There is no info in this post on how to destroy, recover from, contract, or spread coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 has impacted us all but so differently; imperceptible for some yet devastating for others. If you are unlucky enough to catch it, one common symptom is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153anosmia\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or smell blindness. Here are some recipes I enjoyed with a focus on texture: Stir-Fry Veggies and Smoked Tofu: throw together a bunch of roughly chopped onions, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/2021\/cooking-with-covid-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cooking with Covid-19<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boxc.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}