I totally forgot I have a blog until I was looking over my Facebook profile. Hmm..mayhaps it's time for a small update. I have a bunch of baking pictures I can post. Yah, I'll do that, with a smidgen of writings perhaps. See you soon Bloggity-blog!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Mad-Eye be about Mooney
Seriously...this is from my lanai. I have the hardest time getting the moon and when it's full it's especially beautiful. This is around 7 pm, slowly but surely getting darker but with still enough light for me to capture the moon hiding behind the clouds, without using a flash. Full moon nights makes me love Hawaii and makes me love my house.
And this is from sitting in my living room...crazy! I wish I knew how to take a good enough picture that you can see all the grooves and crevices of the moon, which I could see sitting in my living room.
F-ing Pie!
It looks sloppy!! Damn you Martha Stewart and your genius pictures. So this is my second attempt at making pie shell. The innards were fine with my last batch of brandied cherries. But it's the pie crust...again...that has failed me. I tried to use something I found online...French Pastry actually and that totally failed...turned out super dry, cracked, and burnt. Quick fix because I couldn't find any help online...ready-made graham cracker on top of the ASS pie crust. haha. Hopefully the filling will solidify and keep it all together. Either way, this was an aesthetic faliure (see Martha's freaking pie under MarthaStewart.com under Fresh Cherry Tart). The top picture makes it look like an oogy mess!!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Death by Sesame
I attempted sesame chicken and it turned out so-so. I didn't feel like frying, so I baked it. Instead of brushing the chicken with the sauce though, i dumped it all in which probably made it too liquidy and I over sesamed the chicken. It's not bad tasting but I think I killed the cookie sheet cause the sauce of the chicken leaked and burnt the bottom of the pan. Sigh. As a side I made cabbage, broccoli, carrot stir fry...which turned out yum. Dessert I made dark chocolate brownies with brandy cherries. The chocolate was from actual candy bars (Hershey's Special Dark) and it's okay. Since it's dark chocolate it's not as sweet and it came out a bit fudgey, not solid. Half was done with mac nuts, the other none. Yay for experimenting.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Greek Me
I've been eating/drinking pretty badly and kept thinking about my Donna Hay cookbook. Back in San Francisco, I made her Greek Salad and have been meaning to do it again. I didn't want to go to the grocery store just for lettuce, tomato, fetta, and olives. Instead I kept thinking of beets and the red cabbage I already had in my fridge...done and done...! Here it tis:
Red Cabbage - sliced in chunks
1 Japanese cucumber
Mint Leaves
Canned Beats
Feta Cheese stuffed Olives
Dressing from Donna Hay
2 tablespoons olive oil (maybe too much)
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
Sea salt and black cracked pepper
Added some lemon juice once it was all mixed together
At the same time I made Sour Cherry Crumb Cake from Martha Stewart's magazine, but instead of regular cherries, I soaked the cherries in brandy overnight...CRAZY!
Red Cabbage - sliced in chunks
1 Japanese cucumber
Mint Leaves
Canned Beats
Feta Cheese stuffed Olives
Dressing from Donna Hay
2 tablespoons olive oil (maybe too much)
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
Sea salt and black cracked pepper
Added some lemon juice once it was all mixed together
At the same time I made Sour Cherry Crumb Cake from Martha Stewart's magazine, but instead of regular cherries, I soaked the cherries in brandy overnight...CRAZY!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
A Quote Hath Got Me
The Oxford American, Issue 65; Article: Taste Buds by Beth Ann Fennelly
"We accumulate friendships over a lifetime, but we shed them, too, when they stop proving vital, like species, adapting over generations, that finds it no longer needs a limb."
So I don't know what my problem is but in general I don't get obsessed with something I read but this particular quote just hit me. I'm riding on The Bus, on my way to work, trying to ignore the rude dude practically rubbing his butt against my shoulder while I was reading and this amazing quote just ups and grabs me. The article wasn't solely focused on friendship, but more about southern food (random I know...but then again that's me). But she did write this amazing line.
I've always acknowledged that the older you get, the smaller your pool of friends become because you grow, you become different people, your lives and interests just change. It's a fact. But I've been lucky to have the friends I have, many of whom have been in my life for more than 12 years, some even longer.
But what I loved about the quote was the severing of ties, of letting go of those no longer vital. That's amazing to me because I've only ever done that a few times in my life and recently had to do it again. We weren't the best of friends but we had been friends for more than 10 years. I had to end it because her continual behaviour toward me showed how much she didn't respect our friendship. Hey, I can be blunt if necessary but with her...totally over her head. Her last message to me, paraphrasing of course: "Well, I haven't heard from you in a while, so maybe you're mad at me. I guess I should've called to say I wasn't going to meet you so I'm sorry. Anyways, there's this movie coming out and I'd like to see it with you." Some shitte like that, totally not even acknowledging that she had done me wrong.
I had drafted an email to this ex-friend after hearing this message expaining why I was mad, why her behaviour continually sucked, and why this last action was the last straw. I asked another friend to read it before I sent it and although she agreed with everything I said, she wisely asked if I really wanted to severe ties with this girl. She said the best answer to my anger was to acknowledge with a "yes, I am mad" and leave it at that. The end. If, after so many years of knowing each other she still doesn't acknowledge her shitty behaviour, another email from me explaining why she sucks isn't going to help. Too true and so the communication was severed.
I miss her sometimes but again, the older I get the less patience I have for stupidity. And who wants stupidity in their lives. Thank you friends, who've been there forever or just recently added to my life. Thank you for understanding that friendship is more than just a word.
"We accumulate friendships over a lifetime, but we shed them, too, when they stop proving vital, like species, adapting over generations, that finds it no longer needs a limb."
So I don't know what my problem is but in general I don't get obsessed with something I read but this particular quote just hit me. I'm riding on The Bus, on my way to work, trying to ignore the rude dude practically rubbing his butt against my shoulder while I was reading and this amazing quote just ups and grabs me. The article wasn't solely focused on friendship, but more about southern food (random I know...but then again that's me). But she did write this amazing line.
I've always acknowledged that the older you get, the smaller your pool of friends become because you grow, you become different people, your lives and interests just change. It's a fact. But I've been lucky to have the friends I have, many of whom have been in my life for more than 12 years, some even longer.
But what I loved about the quote was the severing of ties, of letting go of those no longer vital. That's amazing to me because I've only ever done that a few times in my life and recently had to do it again. We weren't the best of friends but we had been friends for more than 10 years. I had to end it because her continual behaviour toward me showed how much she didn't respect our friendship. Hey, I can be blunt if necessary but with her...totally over her head. Her last message to me, paraphrasing of course: "Well, I haven't heard from you in a while, so maybe you're mad at me. I guess I should've called to say I wasn't going to meet you so I'm sorry. Anyways, there's this movie coming out and I'd like to see it with you." Some shitte like that, totally not even acknowledging that she had done me wrong.
I had drafted an email to this ex-friend after hearing this message expaining why I was mad, why her behaviour continually sucked, and why this last action was the last straw. I asked another friend to read it before I sent it and although she agreed with everything I said, she wisely asked if I really wanted to severe ties with this girl. She said the best answer to my anger was to acknowledge with a "yes, I am mad" and leave it at that. The end. If, after so many years of knowing each other she still doesn't acknowledge her shitty behaviour, another email from me explaining why she sucks isn't going to help. Too true and so the communication was severed.
I miss her sometimes but again, the older I get the less patience I have for stupidity. And who wants stupidity in their lives. Thank you friends, who've been there forever or just recently added to my life. Thank you for understanding that friendship is more than just a word.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Bloggity-blog-blog
So I decided to sign-up for one of these thing-a-ma-bobs. Who knows if I'll maintain it but I have 3 good friends on it and figure it'll be like Facebook...I read to peak into their interesting lives. So have at it friends...you've got a fan and if I'm not too lazy, perhaps I could contribute as well!
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