It’s tax season, and I was supposed to make it in to work today, but I didn’t.
I have this time consuming project that’s totally unrelated to tax preparation and it might will actually take a really long time to complete. Non-preparation work kills my productivity. I’m going to fall behind again just like what last year.
Man, I’m crap at blogging.
So my second try wasn’t as awful. But it wasn’t great either. I think I’m gonna give up on that recipe and try something else.
Anyway, I ended up baking a couple of other stuff since then. Cornbread and brownies. I’ve decided that baking is easy and pretty forgiving. If your dry ingredients come pre-packaged and in a box. I’ve got two cake mixes I’m itching to bake. They’ll come out pretty scrumptious.
I’m gonna work my way up the baking hierarchy to the perfect food, which, if you’re an idiot and I have to tell you, is pie. Pie!
My meat loaf was pretty awful. I ended up throwing it away. In hindsight, I probably could have tossed it to the dogs. They’ll eat anything.
I didn’t think you could mess up meat loaf, since all you do is throw ground meat and a whole bunch of other stuff together and bake, but I proved myself wrong. Overall it tasted bad, while at the same time, the meat itself was just kind of bland. I think it’s because, while the recipe called for ground chicken, I used turkey instead, just because that’s all that I could find at Foodland. What made the whole thing taste bad was that all the ingredients didn’t seem to blend together very well.
I’m currently giving it a second try, with two new loaves in the oven. I did a little more research into the recipe, after thinking the California Raisin Board (or whatever) did me wrong. Across many recipes, there are slight variations, so I decided that I’m gonna tweak it to my own preferences.
First of all, I’m chucking the whole ground chicken(/turkey) deal. I think the turkey made it bland. I could very well still use chicken, but the other recipes I found didn’t have any poultry included. Secondly, I also added a few other ingredients that I didn’t use the first time, like onions and Filipino sausage.
Hopefully this second try will have a more whole, balanced flavor. Otherwise, I’m looking for a new raisin recipe.
Alright, so here’s the deal.
My friends usually get together around Christmas time to have a big feast and do our gift exchange. But last month, a few people were going to be off island, making our annual celebration difficult to plan. Those jerks. We ended up just postponing the party. It has actually been postponed twice already, which is fine, because that just gives me more time to diddle before I scramble to find a perfectly lame gift.
Anyway, other than the gift exchange, a big component is the food. Every year, it’s different. Fancy restaurant, potluck, barbeque … this year, it’s Iron Chef/potluck. This year, we get to poison each other with dishes that contain the same” special ingredient” and put together with our own unskilled hands.
And the ingredient? Raisins! I love raisins. I already had this conversation with someone through my Facebook status update about why raisins are pretty much the most awesome food ever. I also explained in that exchange how raisins were chosen (basically, it was rigged). No, no, no. We all put our suggestions in a basket, I got to pick from the basket, and oddly enough, I pulled my own suggestion.
It beat out two suggestions for pineapple … I like pineapple just fine, but you can’t tell me it’s easier to make a main dish or starch with friggin’ pineapples. I’m only dumping on pineapple cuz the pineapple people didn’t like raisins. It’s actually kinda funny, because my love for raisins, I would suspect, equals in intensity to their dislike for it.
Anyway, I was nice enough to find and let everyone know about the California Raisin Board (or whatever) website, which provides an abundant amount of raisin recipes. So there’s no reason someone is going to show up with their dish with raisins serving as a mere garnish.
Anyway. My embutido is cooling. I shall share the verdict later.
It’s been a while.
I’m about to go to Foodland/Daiei/Sam’s Club or somewhere to go buy some ingredients. To make this. I’ll explain why later. Wish me luck!
I decided that I could just eat a tomato raw. I could not.
I’ve always hated tomatoes. I love ketchup. I love spaghetti sauce. I can eat tomatoes that are cooked and with other things that cover up the tomato taste. But when it comes to a plain tomato, it makes me gag. Literally. Even if the raw tomato is present with other foods, I can’t take it. So I used to toss it out of my burgers and avoid it on salads. The only way I’ll take a raw tomato is if it’s with lots and lots of salt. But if the only way for me to consume more tomatoes is with the inclusion of more sodium, doesn’t that cancel out any advantages?
Tomatoes are so disgusting. And I’ve been wondering, is it just me? Are my taste buds hardwired to be repulsed by raw tomatoes? Because everyone else eats it like nothing’s wrong with the taste.
Today after work, I headed to Dole Cannery to meet up w/ some peeps who were gonna watch the new Transformers movie on IMAX. We actually tried going last Friday, I think it was, but the movie was sold out, and instead, we watched Hangover (which makes it my second viewing). On the bright side, today was dollar hotdog Tuesday! (I only had two.)
We were supposed to meet up early to ensure seating. I got there on time, but no one else did (well, I’ll admit, it’s only a ten minute drive from work). So I went to that shoe store next to the theaters. I went in, having no real intention of buying anything. I figured, that if I was going to buy something, the priority would be on proper running shoes. In the unlikely event that I go running. Really, I just bought it cuz I thought they looked nice.
Anyhow. The movie was great, and I got home just a while ago. I tried the shoes on. Yeah, my first time actually trying them on. I think they’re kinda small. This is the thing with me and my purchases. I never ever try them on at the store, and just optimistically assume that pants, shirts, SHOES, they all fit. Actually, lengthwise, I think they fit perfectly, with some extra space left. The problem is I have pretty wide feet. It looks like my feet are swollen and my shoe’s about to explode.
Eh. I have no desire to return them. I think I just have to break them in a little. I’ve been wearing them for an hour and so far it feels comfortable. A little restricting. But hopefully in time, my feet get skinnier and they’ll fit perfect!
Eff it. I’m gonna start doing “laundry list” posts chronicling my day. But not now. I have to get ready for work.
