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Operation Too Many Clothes...
...continues. As I slowly erode Mt. Laundry (even with the dryer working properly (and hooray for that!) the flickery fluorescents in the garage (where the washer and dryer are) make doing laundry after sunset a dicey proposition. And I'm mostly home when the sun is down. But, hey, a couple of loads a day will make a huge difference, if I can get ( Read more... ) -
Time
How is it only Tuesday? That can't be right.
On the other hand, how is it already nearly halfway through November?
None of it makes any sense.
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To Be Cooked
I've got a pot of Cock-a-leekie soup on the stove, and I need to remember what else I've got ingredients for so I don't forget to cook them. To wit:- Char Siu (to combine with miso custard)
- Chili (some to eat straight, some to combine with beef custard, and that may leave some ground beef to make something else, I'm not sure how much I actually bought ( Read more... )
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Custard Update
Quick and Dirty Chawanmushi: can of shrimp divided between 4 jars, teaspoon of soy sauce and a 1/8 t ginger in each jar. Let that marinate while I mix up a cup and half of Easy Miso, and beat 3 eggs into that. Pour egg mixture over the shrimp. Steam for 20 minutes or so, until the custard is pretty much set ( Read more... ) -
Stuff and Things
I wish paying the mortgage every month didn't reduce me to tears. It's such a stupid thing. I still haven't gotten my escrow refund from when I refinanced and just thinking about trying to jump through whatever hoops there may be to get it unfailingly makes me cry, and the thought that I am letting them steal ~$3k from me because trying to get it ( Read more... ) -
Custard Update
Yesterday I layered roasted beets (and carrots because why not?) and broiled steak into mason jars and covered that in a beef stock based custard to make Borscht Chawanmushi. I haven't actually tasted it yet (although I sampled all the components and they were good) but it sure looks pretty, sort of a ruby red ombre effect ( Read more... ) -
I don't know what to call these things
Quiche muffins? They are only muffin-like in that they are baked in muffin liners and therefore are essentially muffin-shaped. But they are not really quiche-like.
Well, whatever, made two batches after work. I know I said I'd do ham & cheese first (I decided to go with Cheddar, had a Gruyere omelet for breakfast), but when I said that if had ( Read more... ) -
Another Custard-y Post
Not that I have made more custards, but I bought a bunch of ingredients. I think the next thing up is...you know, that will take more explanation.
I don't think I mentioned that in addition to the chawanmushi, I came across something called "Egg Muffins" in a low carb cookbook which is practically the same ingredients, basically the same assembly, ( Read more... ) -
Custard Update: Faux Pho
I've been feeling like never grocery shopping again, for whatever reason, so yesterday I scrounged up all the stewed chicken meat off the carcasses that had been turned into stock (about 4 oz) and steeped appropriate spices in a quart of that very stock and assembled four jars of Pho Flavored Chawanmushi. I didn't consult my notes while cooking and ( Read more... ) -
Time Release Virus?
So, for the past few days, maybe as long as a week but I don't think quite that long, I have been feeling intermittently bad. On a surprisingly regular schedule. Every afternoon around 1 or 2 pm , I feel all prickly and mildly feverish, eyes burning a little, that sort of thing. I thought it was because I had been taking 24-hr Claritin in the ( Read more... )