Cooking Experiment: Sausage Rolls

I'll explain a bit more about why I decided to make sausage rolls next post, but for this one, let's just roll with "it seemed like a good idea at the time". :)

After doing some research, I thought Delia's Sausage Rolls recipe would be the most 'impressive' (in terms of actual cooking ability needed) sausage rolls recipe to make for a planned brunch, so I started out by buying some Italian sausage filling, the sort that comes in one of those 'just cut me open' bags in the supermarket, and some fancy European butter.

( It seemed to be coming along pretty promisingly... )

Cooking/Dating Experiment: Brunch!

This isn't so much about cooking as it is the whole experience of hosting a brunch... and there's a bit of Fluffyshy-ing involved as well.

Some weeks ago, Mrs. Chong, a realtor friend of my mom, had hosted a brunch to introduce me to Mary, the daughter of a good friend of hers. Wanting to create a second opportunity to meet her again, I offered to host a return brunch on the following week.

That one got postponed, and the sausage rolls went pift, so I wound up making a new set of sausage rolls and quiche for the following weekend! I also picked up fresh strawberries, char siu baos (barbecue pork steamed buns) and potstickers at the Farmer's Market. This, I anticipated, would be quite enough food for the six of us.

( Little did I know... )

Cooking Experiment: Strawberry Sorbet

In the aftermath of the brunch, I had a large amount of leftovers to work through and process in some way. Those who know me well know that I am a misercat and loathe to throw out perfectly good food. So...

* Soy sauce chicken wings and legs: I cut these up and made them into fried rice along with some of the tofu-sausage-pickled-veggies salad. Tasted great!
* Corn muffins: I made turkey-and-beef chili. These went well together, but I can't really taste the beefiness, so I will probably not bother with ground beef in the future.
* Sausage rolls: still pending in the freezer, but they'll be next on the list of things to prep and serve for a lunch with my mom and her caretaker.

And... Three baggies with a double handful each of frozen fresh strawberries. What was I going to do with these?

( I looked around for strawberry recipes... )