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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
I had an absolutely amazing biscuit from a local cafe yesterday. It contained butter, an egg, cheddar cheese, and one quarter avocado. And it ended up being less than the cost of their avocado toast.
It's a Breakfast Burrito for lunch almost every day these days. I found a good actual-burrito sized tortilla's from a local ethnic grocer's (it's actually called "Ethnic Grocery Store"), so I've been pretty happy making actual burritos.
In a good hot pan, sauté whatever veggies - I usually do a couple of mushrooms and a shallot. I usually put the tortilla in the pan on top of the veggies, so that it softens a bit. Leave that for a minute or so, then put it on a plate. Get the veggies nice and gold, then add 2 or 3 eggs and scramble them up. In the tortilla put a bit of cheese and salsa, then add the eggs and wrap it. If you don't know how to wrap a burrito, go to a burrito place and buy a burrito, wand watch carefully. You can repeat the "go to a burrito place and buy a burrito" as many times as necessary to learn.
Well, it's that time of year... I have so much sweet corn. I like it, but preparing it in any way besides "on the cob" feels so time-consuming!
I heard the other day some people boil corn in sugar water. Seems strange to me, not sure it needs it.
I made kare raisu, here's a bowl
It was fun to do, I made a jambalaya a few years ago, but have never done anything with roux as a thickener, so it was kinda scary, but worked out in the end. It was also an excuse to eat some shortgrain rice. I used pretty much a whole jar of Badia Jamaican curry in it, because I'd planned for it, instead of one or another available Japanese curry blends, and it came out mostly okay, but a little bland. I increased the roux, but not the broth, and used Osem consomme instead of broth (can't use dashi, my mom's reaction to fish is a bit unpredictable), so there are two changes I would immediately make. Next time I'm using a B&J box I bought to see how that compares.
On a side note, I almost bought a fresh durian while I was at 99 Ranch. I had to resist the urge which was helped by the fact that 1: They're huge, 2: They smell really strongly, 3: I'd be the only one eating it, and 4: It would've cost me $55. I love the smell and taste of durian, and managed to acquire the taste thanks to some candies my dad recommended, but couldn't justify pulling the trigger on the real deal.