Impeach Cobbler: Or, How I Celebrated the Fourth

Gourmet Cuisine with Meryl Ann

LA COUNTY, CA. July 4th, 2008.

After writing and posting an article about Jefferson, I set about to make myself a solitary celebration of Impeach Cobbler. I was inspired last year by Swami Beyondananda’s recipe for “Impeach Pie,” which looked delicious, but, sheesh, a pie crust? Who has that kind of time? So here’s my easy recipe. It took me 7 minutes, and that includes inventing the recipe, and throwing the dirty dishes in the dishwasher.

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 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

What you need:

A couple cups of oats (not that instant crap, unless you have no other choice. Can I say "crap"?)
Frozen, concentrated, apple or white grape juice. (Optional)
Walnuts, almonds, pecans, other nuts and/or sunflower seeds (Optional)
Cinnamon (Optional. Come to think of it, most of these ingredients are optional.)
Salt
Honey or maple syrup
Butter or oil

First I cut up the peaches, into eight wedges, each. You really can’t get away with making them any bigger, and it takes too long to cut them any smaller. So I cut eight.

As I cut them, I toss them into a Corningware casserole dish (whichever one is clean at the moment, I’m not picky. You can grease it first, if you want to.) I don’t peel the skins off, geez, who has time for that? Gone are my days of whipping up six-course gourmet meals for casts of thousands, I just want something yummy to eat while I type.

If there are any peaches in the freezer, I throw them in too. (That’s where the peaches that disappoint me get incarcerated until future use.)

Then I throw a dollop of the frozen juice on top of the peaches, maybe a couple of tablespoons. Heaping. Just follow your heart, it will tell you how much to add.

OK, now, here is the real “cooking” part—you will need an actual mixing bowl:

Put the oats in the bowl. Throw in a couple of handfuls of nuts and/or sunflower seeds, a few shakes of cinnamon (if you like cinnamon) and a few shakes of salt.

Dump about 1/4 cup of melted butter or oil, and about 1/4 cup of honey or maple syrup in, and stir the hell out of it. (Can I say "hell"?). If it seems too liquid-y, add more oats. And you can add more or less of the oil/butter and/or honey, to taste. Clearly, you don’t need to measure. I don’t even know where my measuring cups are, anymore. Probably in storage in another state.

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