Jook!
Today I re-discovered one of my childhood foods. My mother used to make us jook, a Chinese rice porridge. Here how:
Boil 9 cups water and/or broth and one cup white rice.
Stir occasionally until most of the water is absorbed (circa 1 hour)
Pour into a bowl and add a few drops soy sauce and one soft boiled egg. (Other options include assorted veggies, and meats)
Soft boiled egg:
Boil enough water to cover the egg(s) you plan to cook.
Gently lower 1 room temperature egg still in shell
Once boiling resumes, set a timer for 4 minutes
At the end of the 4 minutes, gently remove the egg, cool and peel.
Mr. Nathan Peterson and I made this together over Skype. Delightful date, dutiful meal.
Viola!
Boil 9 cups water and/or broth and one cup white rice.
Stir occasionally until most of the water is absorbed (circa 1 hour)
Pour into a bowl and add a few drops soy sauce and one soft boiled egg. (Other options include assorted veggies, and meats)
Soft boiled egg:
Boil enough water to cover the egg(s) you plan to cook.
Gently lower 1 room temperature egg still in shell
Once boiling resumes, set a timer for 4 minutes
At the end of the 4 minutes, gently remove the egg, cool and peel.
Mr. Nathan Peterson and I made this together over Skype. Delightful date, dutiful meal.
Viola!
FRIDAY: On Friday a few OT ELMers assembled at Beauty Palace along with other good friends to eat dinner and make cookies. Two things occurred to make the night interesting:
1: Though we were making gingerbread cookies, we did not have access to holiday appropriate cookie cutters. What we did have were Halloween cookie cutters. So, we proceeded to make the best from what we had. Thus, Christmas Time Coffin and and Christmas-ey witches!
2: Traffic kept our friends from coming once dinner was ready so Amy, Joey and I did our very best to keep things warm. The pasta still managed to turn into a blob but it was fun trying to divy it up anyway.
Now is time for photos!
1: Though we were making gingerbread cookies, we did not have access to holiday appropriate cookie cutters. What we did have were Halloween cookie cutters. So, we proceeded to make the best from what we had. Thus, Christmas Time Coffin and and Christmas-ey witches!
2: Traffic kept our friends from coming once dinner was ready so Amy, Joey and I did our very best to keep things warm. The pasta still managed to turn into a blob but it was fun trying to divy it up anyway.
Now is time for photos!
Ian and Fernando demonstrating how men make cookies
Custom cookies (volcano, Dr. Cara, zoloft, kitties)
Kim, Fernando and Amy
Joey, Nick, Caitlin and Kim
Kim about to devour our Evaluations professor, Dr. Cara
Kim, Fernando and Amy
Joey, Nick, Caitlin and Kim
Kim about to devour our Evaluations professor, Dr. Cara
SUNDAY: We attended Eve's holiday choir performance. It was the loveliest. It was located in this tiny little church on campus. *The cutest!* They decorated the place with boughs and holly and when the performance was over we swiped those suckers to decorate all of Beauty Palace's interior.
showing off our stolen goods
sharing mittens
Post concert, we went to this very nice little Mexican eatery and ate a Mexican declared "fondue" appetizer. It was basically quesodillas in disguise, only the insides were separate from the outsides and the fun part was putting them back together. (similar to Humpty Dumpty)
Posing with our very own choir star
showing off our stolen goods
sharing mittens
Post concert, we went to this very nice little Mexican eatery and ate a Mexican declared "fondue" appetizer. It was basically quesodillas in disguise, only the insides were separate from the outsides and the fun part was putting them back together. (similar to Humpty Dumpty)
Battling the cheese insides.
Pleased with dinner feast
lol, a dr. cara cookie?! looked like a lot of fun, wish i could've made it!
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