Random Food 2019, Homemade and Restaurant
I deleted a bunch of 'regular' food images but here are some of those that survived the cut:
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Dumplings making with my co-workers
Brace for impact... I'm finally getting around to unloading my camera pictures since I fell off the blogging boat mid-2018!
First up, my company had a dumplings-making workshop as a team-building/culture sort of thing. We didn't actually make the dumpling skins, which I had kind of hoped we would, just the filling, according to the recipes they gave. Some select pictures...
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First up, my company had a dumplings-making workshop as a team-building/culture sort of thing. We didn't actually make the dumpling skins, which I had kind of hoped we would, just the filling, according to the recipes they gave. Some select pictures...
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Food Catchup, May Edition
You may have heard me mention Curry House before - well, guess what, they had a special, curry ramen! (from now until end of June) While Jared and BoingDragon were out here, we headed down to Curry House to sample their offerings.
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Food Catchup, April Edition
A couple of homemade dishes, and one decently tasty restaurant meal, courtesy of Revar!
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Meowy Kitsmas! With Applesauce Carrot Cupcakes!
Meowy Kitsmas, y'all!
In lieu of a family get-together (most of the relatives are away in SoCal and such) I baked myself some applesauce carrot cupcakes to go with my omelette today. This time, I didn't use cupcake liners. "Tufty," I told myself. "You have non-stick cupcake pans. Why don't you trust them to do their thing?"
... It worked. :)
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In lieu of a family get-together (most of the relatives are away in SoCal and such) I baked myself some applesauce carrot cupcakes to go with my omelette today. This time, I didn't use cupcake liners. "Tufty," I told myself. "You have non-stick cupcake pans. Why don't you trust them to do their thing?"
... It worked. :)
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Cooking Experiment: Vegetable Gravies with Meatballs, Pan-Fried Noodles, and Chicken Katsu
I was browsing the web for substitutes that could be used to make tastier gravy and hit upon an interesting idea: blended vegetables. I'd seen vegetable purees before but they never seemed that relevant as side dishes. They had virtually no texture, making them boring to eat.
But... What if I used them as gravies?
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But... What if I used them as gravies?
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Food Experiment: Homemade Keema Chicken Curry
Here's a good experiment! You might recall I'm a fan of Curry House's "keema curry" which is a mix of ground beef with various vegetables, on rice and served with a soft-boiled egg or fried eggs on top. I decided to try making much the same, but this time with chicken thighs to make the recipe slightly healthier.
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Random Food Snaps part 1: 85C Breads, Gotts's Impossible Burger, Mike's Chicken Ramen
It's been a few weeks of random food photos. Let's start with the food I didn't (strictly speaking) cook.
First off, we have a couple unusual "bread" items sold at a Taiwan bakery chain that has a few shops out here, 85C:
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First off, we have a couple unusual "bread" items sold at a Taiwan bakery chain that has a few shops out here, 85C:
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Cooking Experiment: Oyakodon (ersatz)
Every now and then I get an urge to try making Japanese cuisine. This time it's the Oyakodon - literally the 'parent and child bowl', so named because it features a chicken and egg together.
Well, this isn't really an oyakodon; practically speaking it's just inspired by the concept. I don't know anything about making Japanese dashi, but I do know how to make a chicken stirfry!
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Well, this isn't really an oyakodon; practically speaking it's just inspired by the concept. I don't know anything about making Japanese dashi, but I do know how to make a chicken stirfry!
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Cooking: Memorial Day BBQ for One
Happy Mew-More-Y'all Day!
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It being a week before I go on a trip to Italy with
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Food Catchup: Kung Pao Chicken Tacos, Chorizo Fried Rice, and Meatloaf
After a friend posted on Twitter about General Tso's chicken burritos and other acts of Chinese-Mexican fusion cuisine, I thought I'd give it a try...
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Random cooking notes to myself
* Bake bacon in oven at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, not 20. 20 gives you almost charcoal.
* Bake Trader Joe's Apple Blooms at 400 degrees for 25 minutes, not 350 degrees at 15. It's still icy in the middle otherwise.
* After boiling ramen noodles, bake them at 400 degrees for 50 minutes, shaped in individual portion discs or squares, for making delicious "pan-fried" noodle stirfries.
* Make microwave popcorn easily: 1/4 cup of popcorn kernels at 2:30 minutes in the microwave in a safe bowl with cover, with 2 teaspoons of ghee or butter-flavored olive oil and a dash of salt mixed in.
Feel free to pop any cooking questions you have but I don't guarantee to know the answers. -_-
* Bake Trader Joe's Apple Blooms at 400 degrees for 25 minutes, not 350 degrees at 15. It's still icy in the middle otherwise.
* After boiling ramen noodles, bake them at 400 degrees for 50 minutes, shaped in individual portion discs or squares, for making delicious "pan-fried" noodle stirfries.
* Make microwave popcorn easily: 1/4 cup of popcorn kernels at 2:30 minutes in the microwave in a safe bowl with cover, with 2 teaspoons of ghee or butter-flavored olive oil and a dash of salt mixed in.
Feel free to pop any cooking questions you have but I don't guarantee to know the answers. -_-
Food Catchup: Impossible Burger, Zucchini Noodles, and Other Things
Let me lead off with the one you're probably going to find the most interesting: science has perfected a vegetarian burger that looks and tastes very much like the real thing! This is the Impossible Burger. Unfortunately it's only available at a handful of restaurants, and apparently not yet commercially purchasable.
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Food Catchup, Featuring Ersatz Okonomiyaki and Bacon Cheeseburgers
Time to catch up on food pictures I've taken on my phone but haven't uploaded immediately for various reasons!
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Cooking Catchup: Turkey Meatloaf (x2), Sweet Pepper Jelly Chicken, Mexican Lasagna, Fresh Pineapple
I've been distracted with Legion, WoW's latest expansion, but I've been catching up with various things-- bills, mail-in ballot voting-- and now it's time to catch up on photos! So here, have some pics of food.
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