SYZYGY金食獎

＊ 科學怪人獎
令我們又愛又恨的包心菜。我細心的照顧，依照書中的只是放在陰暗處，每一 顆分別用棉布包起，以吸收濕氣，每週更換新棉布。然而第三週開始，有的包心菜莖底部開始長出芽狀物與霉菌，有的從葉子處開始出現小黑洞至大黑洞；有的看似安好，一切下去裡面全部發黑發爛。Rob從雄心壯志的天天準備包心菜大餐以消耗龐大的包心菜至因其腐敗程度之快速距其千里之外，我則像是進行科學實驗一般好奇觀看其不同的腐爛方式與外觀變化。

＊ 韻律體操獎
三打雞蛋。新鮮、沒有冰過的雞蛋若時常翻身，就可以保存一段時間。書上寫的是二個星期。我們的蛋奇蹟似的度過一個月都還新鮮如常。有機蛋加上給予適當運動 ＝ 加長保鮮期！

＊ 青春永駐獎
理當富士蘋果莫屬。自始至終，始終如一。從第一顆到最後一顆，永遠香甜美味。我們等不及看蘋果究竟可以撐多久就吃完了。

＊ 千嬌百媚獎
麵包與豆漿！
取得不易的麵包。剛購買來時趁新鮮就沾橄欖油吃，配著Rob各式的創意沙拉。二、三天後略乾硬的麵包（若有幸還沒被瓜分完）可以做烤起司三明治、煎法國土司。放至乾硬的麵包撕成小塊，淋上熱濃湯也算人間美味。（註：麵包放塑膠袋內很快發霉，放在紙袋中會很快變乾硬，但不輕易發霉。）
鋁箔包的豆漿存放容易又長久。可搭配早餐穀類，可以當作牛奶用，加入鬆餅粉、蛋糕粉中，做義大利麵醬照 樣倒入當成白醬，玉米濃湯裡Rob也偷加了不少。加入咖啡就成了美國最流行的豆漿拿鐵。


[Translation]

The Syzygy Food Awards

The Mad Scientist Award:
This award goes to the heads of cabbage with whom we have a love hate relationship. I took great care of them, following the instructions in Annie Hill's “Voyaging on a Small Income.” I wrapped each head in paper towels to absorb excess moisture. Every week I'd replace the paper towels. Still, starting in the third week, the base of the cabbages started sprouting roots. Black spots of rot, and big black holes of rot started forming on the leaves. Some looked perfectly fine, but once cut they were rotten to the core. Rob heroically tried to imagine every cabbage dish possible to use up the ones that were still good. I took a scientific approach, cutting into each and every one to explore their various stages of decay.

Gold Medal in Gymnastics:
We award the gymnastics award to, the three dozen eggs. Eggs which have never been chilled can be stored for a long time, but you have to flip them over every week. Our books said they could be stored for about two weeks. Our eggs, instead, stayed fresh for over a month. Starting with fresh organic eggs and following through with intensive gymnastic training got us and additional two to three weeks!

The Forever Young Award:
The Fuji apples win. From beginning to end, and the first to the last apple, the Fujis have kept their crispness and sweetness. We'll never know how long they would of lasted. They simply tasted too good to keep.

Winner of the Syzygy Beauty and Talent Pageant:
Bread and Soymilk. Bread wins for its impressive versatility. When fresh, dipped in olive and paired with one of Rob's multifarious salads, it is simply heavenly. Two or three days later, drier bread makes excellent french toast. And once it becomes fully hardened, it can be broken into pieces and put into soups and stews to make a remarkably tasty and hearty meal.

Note: Bread stored in a plastic bag with mold quickly, but stored in a paper bag it will dry quickly, but will seldom grow mold.

Soymilk stored in metalized cardboard containers will store for an extremely long time if not opened. It tastes good on breakfast cereal, can substitute for milk in pancakes and layer cakes, and can even in a pinch be used to make a rough portrait of an Italian white sauce for pasta. Rob also secretly added a fair amount to his corn chowder to great effect. Add it to coffee and you get the popular American drink: “Soy Latte.”