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My foodal presentation and photography definitely need work, but first I'm going to see if I can learn to cook.
This evening, I boldly attempted not one but two vegan muffin recipes - Lemon Poppyseed muffins from Isa Chandra Moskowitz' Vegan with a Vengeance on the left, and the same author's Low-fat Vegan Brownie Bites on the right.
Grading my work, I give me an A for effort - total time from starting to buy ingredients to having two kinds of muffins ready to eat, 3 1/2 hours, including light rail transit through insane football-game crowds (Homecoming, Utah v. Louisville) and a bit of pre-cooking dawdling online. Oh, and cleanup, concurrent w/ baking time.
Technique, my marks are somewhat lower, but I'll go easy on me because I'm a n00b. I had a hard time allocating the same amount of batter to each muffin because the batter ended up much less runny than I remember typical muffin batter being, and I had to fight it out of the mixing bowl and into the little tray-hollows.
As for food quality, the brownie bites are pretty good, rating a solid B+. The lemon-poppyseed ones turned out dry and bland, not sure if that's how the recipe is or if I goofed somewhere; they're more like scones than muffins. Entirely edible, though - overall I'd give 'em a B-.
Cooking shrimp is usually a pain. In this case, I left the grill open and was cooking at a low heat so I wouldn't burn them. If you overcook shrimp, it'll be rubbery in texture and that's no fun.
The roasts are lifted up to stay warm, while the cooking happens. From Margery's hand counter clockwise, we have gelyne in dubbatte in the stewpot, the potage of roysons simmering, two pans of turnips frying, and onions sauteeing in the large skillet.
Setup for Laguiole. sb-800 shoot through umbrella camera right fired via sync cord. 1/500 @ f13, 1/4 power.
In Kurupung, Sandra (one of the locals) showed us how to make roti. That night, we had chicken curry with roti. Yum!
Vegetarian Cassoulet (largely improvised)
1. Sauté diced onion and diced Swiss chard stems in olive oil, season to taste
2. Add plant-based sausage and cook until done
3. Add canned or otherwise pre-cooked cannellini beans or other white beans
4. Add Swiss chard leaves and cook until wilted
Shana Beattie, CommonGround Nebraska volunteer from Sumner, NE, with her two girls.
Get her pie recipes at: commongroundnebraska.com/national-pie-day-local-food/
"Cooking Mama" is a DS game that features a matronly character who teaches you to cook! Here I'm cutting a tentancle to make takoyaki (octopus dumplings). Watch out--if you work too slowly she gets pissed and her eyes catch fire!
On the other side, 2 person are doing some cooking and another 2 curious on-lookers glancing at it. Maybe the aroma smells fabulous! Wahahaha!
Photo used at blog post - ronald-tan.com/2009/10/16/exploring-pulau-ubin-singapore/