So, the weekend happened...
Good: I got a new furnace! The old one got banished to the side of the road and became part of the winterscape of my front yard Saturday morning. Yeah, I'm classin' up the joint:
Someone picked it up at some point. Good riddance to bad rubbish. I much prefer my functioning (and much more quiet) new furnace. Although, my skin is crazy dry all the time now. Maybe I should invest in a humidifier?
Bad: The Colts lost to the Cowboys. Something is wrong with Peyton. Four interceptions in two consecutive games? I know our O-Line is bad, but COME ON. We need to pull out of the nosedive Thursday against the Titans or we are SOL.
Annoying: I exceeded my bandwidth (totally typed 'bandwitch' there... which is totally how I'm feeling) on Photobucket again and I'm not sure how since I haven't posted much of anything. Plus, I removed all the gifs, so it's not that. However, instead of living with my page looking like horse manure for the rest of the month, I moved my background elements over to livejournal.
I need to find a better solution (maybe a second Photobucket account?) because I hate the LJ gallery system. And, I'm going to do a quick picspam, so the annoyance is fresh in my mind:
I made pork buns this weekend to edible, if weak, results.
I used this recipe on Maangchi, where I found my previous recipes for bibimbap and a few other things.
The FillingZucchini, onion, green onion, and mushrooms got chopped up like so. Then I sprinkled them with a little salt, let them set, and squeezed out the excess water. Then they got sauteed for a few minutesBrowned some ground pork, garlic, and soy sauce together, then mixed it with the chopped vegetables
The DoughThis was the part I was most concerned about actually, since I don't even remember if I've ever made bread before. There was yeast and rising and kneading involved. But I did it!The real issue was actually making the buns. As you can see, they came out less than aesthetically pleasing. Also: I have the world's tiniest rice cooker.
The Finished ProductLooks aren't that big a deal though. My main problem is that I was so terrible at wrapping the buns that I didn't put enough filling in.As a result, the ratio was kind of off and the buns looked a little sad. :( They tasted alright, but it wasn't worth the trouble.
Someone picked it up at some point. Good riddance to bad rubbish. I much prefer my functioning (and much more quiet) new furnace. Although, my skin is crazy dry all the time now. Maybe I should invest in a humidifier?
Bad: The Colts lost to the Cowboys. Something is wrong with Peyton. Four interceptions in two consecutive games? I know our O-Line is bad, but COME ON. We need to pull out of the nosedive Thursday against the Titans or we are SOL.
Annoying: I exceeded my bandwidth (totally typed 'bandwitch' there... which is totally how I'm feeling) on Photobucket again and I'm not sure how since I haven't posted much of anything. Plus, I removed all the gifs, so it's not that. However, instead of living with my page looking like horse manure for the rest of the month, I moved my background elements over to livejournal.
I need to find a better solution (maybe a second Photobucket account?) because I hate the LJ gallery system. And, I'm going to do a quick picspam, so the annoyance is fresh in my mind:
I made pork buns this weekend to edible, if weak, results.
I used this recipe on Maangchi, where I found my previous recipes for bibimbap and a few other things.
The FillingZucchini, onion, green onion, and mushrooms got chopped up like so. Then I sprinkled them with a little salt, let them set, and squeezed out the excess water. Then they got sauteed for a few minutesBrowned some ground pork, garlic, and soy sauce together, then mixed it with the chopped vegetables
The DoughThis was the part I was most concerned about actually, since I don't even remember if I've ever made bread before. There was yeast and rising and kneading involved. But I did it!The real issue was actually making the buns. As you can see, they came out less than aesthetically pleasing. Also: I have the world's tiniest rice cooker.
The Finished ProductLooks aren't that big a deal though. My main problem is that I was so terrible at wrapping the buns that I didn't put enough filling in.As a result, the ratio was kind of off and the buns looked a little sad. :( They tasted alright, but it wasn't worth the trouble.