Intro Post & Some Magical Cooking Adventures
Well... I told myself I wasn't gonna do one of these, but whatevs.
To steal a phrase, I'll be a sheep. 8D
HELLO ALL OF MY LOVELY NEW FRIENDS.
I love you all so very much. 8D
Many of you I have conversed with at some point in time, for those of you that I haven't... What the hell have you gotten yourself into. Seriously. Get out. Now. While you still can.
Here's a little summary of my journal: Random cool TF news, a bunch of happy real life journals, a few sad real life journals, lots of fic, some recipes, and of course my occasional "what the hell" moment posts~
Occasionally I will friend lock a journal, simply for some personal life privacy , but it doesn't happen too often. ^^
Also, a little warning for all my new buddies out there who have their journals mature locked.
I apologize, but I cannot view your journal if they are friend locked because... I am unfortunately only 17 years old at this time.
Therefore, I'm not ignoring you or lurking, I am just sadly out of the loop. :C
Lucky for me, I'll be 18 in December and happy fun times can continue. 8D
I think that's about it. If anyone's got any questions, feel free to hit me with them.
I'm not shy. X3
Lastly, I just want to put up something that happened a few minutes ago involving my cooking adventures. 8D
For the first time, I went completely off recipe~
I wanted to try to recreate a white cheese sauce/dip I had at a restaurant to be used in an upcoming Halloween party I am hosting.
I thought my best bet would be to cook up a roux and toss the desired cheese in.
Nooot quite. 8D
To explain, a roux is a base for a sauce. You take two teaspoons of butter and two teaspoons of flour and mix them together in a sauce pan on medium heat.
When the mixture is smooth and comes to a boil, add 1/2 cup of milk.
Then, stir until smooth and boiling. You should end up with a pretty thick goop.
That is your bsase.
Keep adding milk to it until you get the amount you need for the sauce.
To thicken the roux, just bring it to a boil. Only then will it thicken.
From there, I just tossed in several generous handfuls of parmesan/romano cheese.
It tasted rather plain, so I tossed in some Vermont Garlic Cheddar Cheese (A very white, tangy cheese. It's wonderful).
Still kinda plain.
Tossed in some asiago and BAM.
That gave it a kick. 8D
I got a good taste, but here's where the "accident" comes in.
It turned into fondue, not a sauce. 8D
I will still use it as a sauce, but mom walked over and we started dunking green apples and slightly stale sourdough bread into it.
It was delicious. @_@
And that's pretty much it.
I love you all and thanks for friending me~! <3
To steal a phrase, I'll be a sheep. 8D
HELLO ALL OF MY LOVELY NEW FRIENDS.
I love you all so very much. 8D
Many of you I have conversed with at some point in time, for those of you that I haven't... What the hell have you gotten yourself into. Seriously. Get out. Now. While you still can.
Here's a little summary of my journal: Random cool TF news, a bunch of happy real life journals, a few sad real life journals, lots of fic, some recipes, and of course my occasional "what the hell" moment posts~
Occasionally I will friend lock a journal, simply for some personal life privacy , but it doesn't happen too often. ^^
Also, a little warning for all my new buddies out there who have their journals mature locked.
I apologize, but I cannot view your journal if they are friend locked because... I am unfortunately only 17 years old at this time.
Therefore, I'm not ignoring you or lurking, I am just sadly out of the loop. :C
Lucky for me, I'll be 18 in December and happy fun times can continue. 8D
I think that's about it. If anyone's got any questions, feel free to hit me with them.
I'm not shy. X3
Lastly, I just want to put up something that happened a few minutes ago involving my cooking adventures. 8D
For the first time, I went completely off recipe~
I wanted to try to recreate a white cheese sauce/dip I had at a restaurant to be used in an upcoming Halloween party I am hosting.
I thought my best bet would be to cook up a roux and toss the desired cheese in.
Nooot quite. 8D
To explain, a roux is a base for a sauce. You take two teaspoons of butter and two teaspoons of flour and mix them together in a sauce pan on medium heat.
When the mixture is smooth and comes to a boil, add 1/2 cup of milk.
Then, stir until smooth and boiling. You should end up with a pretty thick goop.
That is your bsase.
Keep adding milk to it until you get the amount you need for the sauce.
To thicken the roux, just bring it to a boil. Only then will it thicken.
From there, I just tossed in several generous handfuls of parmesan/romano cheese.
It tasted rather plain, so I tossed in some Vermont Garlic Cheddar Cheese (A very white, tangy cheese. It's wonderful).
Still kinda plain.
Tossed in some asiago and BAM.
That gave it a kick. 8D
I got a good taste, but here's where the "accident" comes in.
It turned into fondue, not a sauce. 8D
I will still use it as a sauce, but mom walked over and we started dunking green apples and slightly stale sourdough bread into it.
It was delicious. @_@
And that's pretty much it.
I love you all and thanks for friending me~! <3