Wasted Continuum

Sometimes you have to go back to the basics. This is one of the first dishes I learned how to cook when I was a child. For some reason, when I cook Chinese dishes, I never measure anything.

My girlfriend, Liz, has a lot in common with me. This obviously is not surprising. I brought this up for a reason. One of the things we have in common often is our random food cravings. Today it resulted into a nice dinner that I would have not likely prepared if not for such randomness. Continue Reading »

So, today after work, I wen to the MN State Fair with my friend, Star. I go every year, some times up to three times. It is only around for the twelve days up to Labor day. It’s one of the biggest state fairs in the US and consequently has a lot of food. Besides people watching, I eat like a mad man when I’m there. This is what I ate this time:

• a corn dog
• half a basket of fries
• teriyaki ostrich on a stick
• pancake on a stick (sausage link dipped in pancake batter, deep fried and on a stick)
• cardamom plum wine ice cream
• Pig Licker (chocolate covered bacon)
• lemonade mixed with drops of rain
• a little pickle dog
• a little pronto pup
• a little chocolate raspberry wine ice cream

I like my fine gourmet foods, my everyday foods, and my disgustingly unhealthy foods. I have a problem and I’m not going to fix it.

PS. I have a 7am flight to Houston on Friday. I’m going to eat a lot there. Oh, and also visit my friend, Linh.

I had a great wakame (seaweed) salad recipe that I loved, but I think I have lost it. It’s lost in the terabytes of chaotic data I call my hard drives. I tried searching the web for a replacement, but none of them are the same. So now, I’m left with no choice but to come up with a new one. It’s definitely going to be a bit experimental and slightly untraditional, but that’s where the fun lies. If the recipe turns out. I will post it here. I will write about the results regardless.

I originally wanted to test out a dessert experiement for my mom today, since she’s the big chef of the family. She ended up asking me to cook a full dinner. I ended up preparing a three course meal. It was very last minute. I planned the meal Saturday night after Katelyn’s second birthday. Continue Reading »

This time it’s Chinese New Year. It is the year of the rat in 2008. My family and I have been celebrating for almost two weeks prior to today. Tonight we had a New Year’s eve dinner thing. Lots of traditional Chinese food. We also had some ridiculously expensive to make soup. Some of the ingredients included were abalone, shark fin and dried scallops. The soup was more expensive to make than any of the “gourmet” dinners that I cook. It’s nuts. Friday I have New Year’s dinner with my extended family. Saturday, my family is making another New Year’s dinner. Very busy time for us Chinese folk.