Monday, September 27, 2010

Guess its a Cheating Thing

MICI
I present a staple of the Romanian community, Mici! These are essentially grilled meatballs made of beef and pork, seasoned with secret ingredients. I say secret, because I don't actually know what is in them.
yes sad to say, I did not make them. These were brought into being by my mother who is a pro in Romanian cooking, which is only to be expected. One day I will attempt to make these myself and at that point I will then post a recipe,as is fit. But for now, a teaser if you will.

Blood Something or Other

This here, I did make...pour. Its blood orange italian soda from safeway which depending on the season can be very hard to find. The fact remains that blood orange juice is impossible to find here. In Europe it is widely available, as are many other "crazy" fruit juices. Ah~ I miss the isles of REAL and Carrefour which had massive juice selections. This insufficiency must stem from the US's propensity to drink "pop", also known as carbonated death. Oh, and by the way, that is whip cream on top, which I did indeed dispense from the can myself. I promise real cooking to come ^_~....for real this time.

Guess its a Lazy thing

From last night
To the left we have what I threw together last night. Kimchi fried rice or bokumbop (김치볶음밥)
Except unlike what normal koreans would put in it, I went a little fridge happy and added whatever I felt like eating. The important part is the kimchi, and
Kochujang! This also makes for great leftovers!

Whats in it:
- Daikon - 2 fingers thick slice of
- White onion - 1/2 a
- Radish kimchi (not cabbage) - handful
- Kochujang - 1 teaspoon
- Egg - 1
- soysauce 4 tbs
- sesame oil 1.5 tbs
- RICE - guesstimate
- Bulgogi (which i made 5 min before)
` marinate thinly cut beef in 1 tbs sesame oil, 4 tbs soysauce, dash of sugar, and a little water or its too salty.Fry it real lightly so its still juicy. Combine everything with the rice in the pan, and lightly douse with sesame oil. Now its ready to eat! ^_~

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Guess its a Food Thing

Well, I have been thinking about what the hell I could possibly blog about.
Sure I'm known for being a tech geek, but I don't really care to write about it. So what else do I do? Well actually, not much T_T Work, school, work school.
When I do have time though, I like to experiment with food. When I don't have time, I just throw things together and hope they don't taste awful. Since I live with several asian girls, we have all sorts of crazy foods made in our place. (We also have a lot of potluck parties). So if any wondering souls out there wish to know what our congregation can make, you have come to the right place. I'll post recipes, pictures, and even the process of our hilarious en-devours.
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Be back real soon with content