Archive for September, 2006
Sunday, September 17th, 2006
Reminiscing of meals of yester-week leads me to ponder about the comforts of carbohydrates. Yes. Last Thursday was a long day that didn't end until the sun had set. And really, there's nothing like walking through the door, tired in clothes that I couldn't want to peel off of my ...
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Sunday, September 17th, 2006
Chai tea seems like too much trouble to make on my own-- the combination of spices, the can of condense milk I may have to open and then finding the magical ratio of tea to every-other-ingredient-in-chai.That's a bit much for me. And while I'm sure some day after splurging excessively ...
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Saturday, September 16th, 2006
Mom did a lot all morning, so she picked up something from...somewhere...for lunch.She said I should take pictures.
(Ah, to be understood!) :D
Rice noodles, roleld up
Hot sauce
Sweet hoisin sauce
Sweet soy sauce
These weren't very good though. :( Despite having them heated up in the skillet, these were still pretty hard and not ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
If life threw potatoes, I'd run, cry and be really scared. Potatoes aren't exactly light. In fact, they can hurt much more than lemons, I imagine, if they were ever projected and headed my way.Anyway, I tried to make something like pan-seared crab cakes with the potatoes I had cooked ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
I decided to bake cookies, since oatmeal ones have been absent from my home for a long time. It has indeed been a while, so I creamed much air into my butter and sugar. The result was a very tender, delicate and cake-like texture.The batter was rather soft and almost ...
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Saturday, September 9th, 2006
Well, school just started and the peaches we got from the produce market today were not nearly as sweet. Other signs that summer is fading away? The avocados are no longer 79 cents each. Bummer.This is just to say life...is peachy. And since school has started, I won't be able ...
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Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
I wish I had a Muffin Man tell me how much baking powder to use. Yes, I'm very shy about using baking powder, because it can alter the way something should taste.And alas, such shyness resulted in unleavened muffin. Which was pretty much like a wet, dense cake when fresh ...
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Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
Today I would give myself an F in baking. The lesser of two evils will be Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies.I believe I got into making brownies from scratch, because it was fun and a certain someone liked brownies. It didn't seem right to just whip something up from a box. So ...
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