at the hukilau
last thursday my dad surprised us with a huge box of frozen hawaiian food, courtesy of zippy's. i was expecting the "luau for two" but was taken aback by the inclusion of a giant haupia cake and some macadamia butter crunch. this last item is possibly more dangerous than the cake, but i guess macadamia nuts and coconuts can each hold their own in a battle over fat content, and in these preparations over sugar content too. actually, hawaiian food is all incredibly fatty, except for poi, which is basically tasty low calorie filler paste to ensure you don't eat too much pork.
the "luau for two" contains: 2 lau laus (pork), a bag of poi, a container of kalua pork, some precooked microwavable rice, and a packet of poke mix. i think with chris the biggest hit was the poke (notwithstanding how delicious salty smoky pork can be, in two renditions, no less) because we found some really great ahi to make it with. unsurprisingly, the least favorite item was the poi, although he did eat some and professed to like it ok. i think he might have felt pressured by the fact that i told him our relationship was about to be based on his reaction. as for me, i loved it all. i read something a while back about what great chefs would choose as their last meal, and they all chose things that clearly took them back somewhere very personal. i scoffed, then i realized that i would choose hawaiian food which in the end makes me no less a pretentious a human being than eric ripert.
i'm home sick today which is really getting my goat. i would, believe it or not, much rather be at work. that is one way to know that one is actually sick.
i put the finishing touches on some postdoc emails this weekend, but i would like to show them to some work people to ensure that they trumpet my value as a budding scientist before blasting them to the internet to get ignored. and nearly finished the reviewers' revisions on a manuscript that will totally get accepted once its done. i would much rather attach (in press) to that citation on my cv than the (in revision) that is there right now.
it is also not fair that i am sick because it is a beautiful day outside too! or so i hear. update: chris says i have to go outside to drop off the rent check. this is not the solution to my troubles i had hoped for.
get ready for this: my eee has an insufficiently sensitive "a" key which is making the less-than-ideal act of typing in bed two degrees more annoying. there, i said something bad about it.
i'm going to go find out if the price is right is any better/worse with no bob barker.
the "luau for two" contains: 2 lau laus (pork), a bag of poi, a container of kalua pork, some precooked microwavable rice, and a packet of poke mix. i think with chris the biggest hit was the poke (notwithstanding how delicious salty smoky pork can be, in two renditions, no less) because we found some really great ahi to make it with. unsurprisingly, the least favorite item was the poi, although he did eat some and professed to like it ok. i think he might have felt pressured by the fact that i told him our relationship was about to be based on his reaction. as for me, i loved it all. i read something a while back about what great chefs would choose as their last meal, and they all chose things that clearly took them back somewhere very personal. i scoffed, then i realized that i would choose hawaiian food which in the end makes me no less a pretentious a human being than eric ripert.
i'm home sick today which is really getting my goat. i would, believe it or not, much rather be at work. that is one way to know that one is actually sick.
i put the finishing touches on some postdoc emails this weekend, but i would like to show them to some work people to ensure that they trumpet my value as a budding scientist before blasting them to the internet to get ignored. and nearly finished the reviewers' revisions on a manuscript that will totally get accepted once its done. i would much rather attach (in press) to that citation on my cv than the (in revision) that is there right now.
it is also not fair that i am sick because it is a beautiful day outside too! or so i hear. update: chris says i have to go outside to drop off the rent check. this is not the solution to my troubles i had hoped for.
get ready for this: my eee has an insufficiently sensitive "a" key which is making the less-than-ideal act of typing in bed two degrees more annoying. there, i said something bad about it.
i'm going to go find out if the price is right is any better/worse with no bob barker.