The Adventures of the Bachelors; Alex and Cyrus

So the food experience that I picked was when my friend Cyrus and I were at his house one afternoon. We hadn't had much to eat and the very few ingredients that we had was also lacking. But we made do with what we had. As we set up a pot of boiling water and threw pasta in it, we buttered up a pan to prepare our sauce in. Now this was the tricky part, we didn't have much to make the sauce with, but Cyrus had a trick up his sleeve. I watched as he threw in some milk, mayo, flour, hot sauce, bacon, cilantro, garlic, various seasonings, and a couple other ingredients that I do not remember. He mixed and stirred and cooked up the sauce as I watched, bewildered by this concoction that he had created. Nevertheless I trusted him and continued to dump the water in the pot. We buttered up the pasta, split it amongst our bowls, and then poured Cyrus's strange creation on top. When I finally sat down to eat my food, I was slightly disgusted, yet intrigued by the strange mixture that he had just developed. I was slightly turned off by the way there was hot sauce in it, because I am NOT a fan of spicy food at all. But having high hopes and diving in face first, I pulled a piece to my mouth and took a large bite of the very poorly put together meal. Believe it or not, it was probably the most delicious meal I ever had. This was not your ordinary sauce, it was slightly spicy, sort of thick, and punched you in the mouth with a sweet taste every so often. I mean in a good way of course, otherwise I would not have eaten any more. Before I knew it, though, I had torn through my meal and finished it off with a glass of milk. This was definitely one of the most interesting and strangest meals I ever had. But it will be a food experience that will stick with me for the rest of my life, because I learned that even the strangest of ingredients can go together so well if you just know what you're doing. Alex H.