Category: Food

Send Noodles

  • September 1, 2020

It’s time for some more lockdown cooking! This time I decided to make myself a full Japanese dinner:

Here’s the ingredients and tools all laid out in preparation:

I started with the spring rolls and gyoza, mixing the dough and carefully crafting each with a sweet crunchy filling:

The ramen was next. After mixing the cola-flavored broth I piped the noodle dough directly in:

And then topped with a naruto and slice of boiled egg! Here’s the entire meal, including a melon-pudding for dessert:

It was all great, but the noodles were sublime:

While I was working on the main course Kristin baked up a platter of waffles with berries and sauce:

Another gourmet success!

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  • Robert

Troll Pop

  • June 16, 2020

This is a troll:

They’re toys that have been around for decades and are beloved by almost everyone especially my brother. While he’s never actually said anything about them, I know he adores troll toys.

Something else he loves is the K-Pop band Red Velvet, shown here:

You can imagine how excited he must have been when he heard that these two things he loved had combined into one! Yes my friends, Red Velvet were ‘in’ the recent Trolls film:

I don’t doubt Bernard threw caution to the wind and ran to the cinema to see this film but since I loathe trolls and am ambivalent toward Red Velvet I barely gave the movie a thought. However a particular piece of licensing did catch my eye, and that was these Oreos:

Green-cream Oreos with glitter and popping candy?!? This is what it means to live in the 21st century!

So many cookies with delicious sugary cream. Don’t you just want to try one? You can even enjoy them in four different designs:

What are they like? In a word: heavenly. The slightly chemical taste of the cream is completely overridden by the astonishing experience of the poprocks and the thought that even though it’s not visible you’re eating glitter as well:

During lockdown I religiously bought a pack of these every two weeks and we wolfed them down like starving beasts. Alas they are now gone from our stores, another victim of corona. They’ll never be forgotten.

If you happen to find a pack on shelves in your area don’t hesitate to buy them. These are by a very wide margin the best Oreos ever, and highly recommended 🙂

Meat Boats

  • May 9, 2020

It’s time for some lockdown cooking! As with most of the world we’re eating every meal at home, and as a result my culinary skills have evolved to the next level. Today I’ll share a new recipe I’m calling meat boats!

Here’s what you need:

As you can see, we don’t skimp on quality in this house! As the name suggests this recipe requires a fifth ingredient as well, and you start by heating it in a pan:

I’m using 1/4 lb of 93% ground beef. That’s enough for one person, but the recipe is of course scalable if you want to host a dinner party. Cook the meat on high until it’s done, adding a trace (a few atoms is enough) of taco seasoning so as not to cloud the meaty taste.

While the beef is simmering heat the tortilla bowls in a microwave, then add a light dusting of cheese:

Carefully add the meat while it’s steaming hot to melt the cheese. Never forget taste is half visual, so make sure it looks good:

The last ingredient is the lettuce. Don’t overdo this; again you don’t want to overwhelm the beef experience:

And you’re done! Here’s the final restaurant-quality dish with a side of lime corn chips:

Looks delicious doesn’t it!?! But the truth is in the tasting and…

They got the thumbs up! They were beefy and dry, like little meat sandwiches. Easy to make; easier to eat.

Meat Boats: why not try them yourself?