Nineteen eighty something

headed to bed on sunday
well that's OK
my birthday's a week away
gonna have a cake, swim at the beach
wake up early, & go to bed late...

By the waters of babylon

I'm just here to hold your hand when you die

Sailor Tattoos

Through the roof of the sky up above, suck it europe.

Who cooks for you?

Now that I've finished another year of school, I have absolutely nothing to do during the day. Most of my time is spent idly watching shows on my computer, but I've gone through about a dozen series already this month. All this free-time also means more painting. I painted a couple things today, and will need to pick up some more canvas(read wood) soon.

enjoying the weather, BBQ tonight, hoping for a bonfire soon.
Until the lion learns to speak.

Ch-ch-cheese Cake!

Since Tuesday I have been trying to make cheesecake, but due to exams and a number of other projects, I haven't had the time. Thankfully after last night's Accounting 202 final, I am in my mind finish, as stats is dumb and I don't care for it. So when I got home today I started baking.

The recipe was for mini cheesecakes, made in muffin tins. Unfortunately I lost our reusable muffin wrappers last year, and we haven't gotten any new ones. The tasty little bite-sized nomnom are sitting in the fridge cooking off, and stuck in their tray. Hopefully once they've cooled, I can pry them out or something.

I did eat one out of the pan and it was pretty fantastic. I put extra sugar, and some uncalled for vanilla and cinnamon in the graham cracker crust, which makes a phenomenal difference. I have frozen berries defrosting to make a little bit of a glaze to put on top.

These are great days when your yolk is easy.

Update: got the cheesecakes out and they are great.

Joy of Bacon

East Asia has become a pretty big part of my life somehow. Having myself spent a year there, and looking at another year(2010 Japan or bust!), and a handful of family and friends who have either lived/are living/will be living there it seems understandable. This has also provided ample opportunity to cook Asian foods.

As we speak I'm letting some chicken defrost so I can make peanut butter and teriyaki wings, and am going to try to make some peanut tofu noodles.

So here's how what I used;
1 can Coconut Milk (Asian Food Store, or maybe Superstore)
1/4 c. Smooth Unsweetened Peanut Butter
1/4 c. Red Curry Paste
1/2 Tbsp Salt
2 Tbsp White Vinegar
3/4 c. White Sugar
1/2 c. Water

And here's what I did;
Put it all in a pot, and brought it to a soft boil. Whisked it all together until it was smooth, and there were no chunks of curry paste or peanut butter. Let it simmer for a couple minutes, and it was done.

What now you might ask. As I mentioned I'm making Thai peanut noodles, which I can't wait to try with some sort of mango drink this summer, and wings(let them marinate for a couple hours). It's rumored to be good on fries and I would imagine would add to nay stir fry.

The best thing about the peanut sauce is the mix of flavours you get;
Salty [x]
Sweet [x]
Spicy [x]

Tonight I'll be going to pick up some cream cheese so I can make mini cheesecakes, and will post about that at some point. But until then, If I'm not mistaken, the answer's bacon.

Emaciated on the meager

Dear Friends,
I too have decided to start a blog. For the time being this simple blogger page will more then suffice and depending on how much I love you all, we may see bigger and brighter things in the future. I have wings, but they aren't meant for viewing.

You may be asking yourself what I have to contribute to the internet, but rest assured that in these past 12 years of internet use have trained me well. I have learnt a number of tricks through osmosis, so remain calm as I layout my game plan.

1. People love food, and I love to bake. For the past 3 monthes I have had no Wednesday classes, and thus decided that every Wednesday I would cook or bake something new. These adventures lemon squares, crack'n'cheese, samosas, deep fried PB+Js, doughnuts and many other things. What I would first like to propose is that through this medium I share such adventures with you. You can even ask for some of the stuff I make, becasue we all know I don't need to go another week eating mint brownies, raw cookie dough, and lemon squares three times a day.
   
2. I like to make things, or more appropriately, plan to make things and never follow through. Having planned dozens of art projects or planning to make all sorts of different contraptions, but never following through I hope that maybe you can hold me accountable to them.
   
3. While we are on the subject of art, I now have a venue to post different drawings, projects, and paintings. Now that I have a venue to display something, I will do more to create something for you to see.

Ladies, and gentlemen, I would like to end this christening post by saying that this blog will not be a rehash. You will not find bad summaries of other blogs talking about zanny and crazy news, because frankly that is a waste of both our time.

So to you I say;
Across your ocean and your floor, into arms of ever more,
Jeff