I've been Pottered.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Attack of the Cooking Tornado
I have a confession to make. I've become an obsessive cook, and I think th
at I missed my calling in life. I really should have gone to some culinary school in France, instead of USU's Engineering College. I'm not really passionate about dams and roads. Don't get me wrong, I like it; but I love trying different, new foods. For example, I only work four work days, meaning that I have Friday through Sunday off. This weekend I made: Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Grapefruit Sorbet, Mango-Hazelnut Granola, Apricot Jam, Strawberry-Apricot fruit leather, Amish Friendship bread, and Hummas. Yes, Hummas. I have to get my Middle-Eastern fix in omehow. I've also become fascinated with anything remotely related to the French. They really know their stuff. The other day I made French Cultured Butter. (If only my pioneer ancestors could see me now...) It was actually really good, and I even tried to convince Don that even though it was expensive to make, it was good for you, becuase you know what is going into it, it has a fabolous flavor, AND has a biproduct of buttermilk--two for the price of one! (~Go figure, that's where buttermilk comes from.) I went to the local gardener's market and looked around and surveyed all of the different types of
granola that they were selling there, and none of them could top mine. I might be biased, but I really don't think so. I also found some great herbs to use in my cooking now. I think that this is what happens when you're not really passionate about what you're studying. My extra energy has all gone into something else. Maybe it's just this internship here at UDOT, I'm not sure. I think the fact that I don't have any children would also have something to do with it. At any rate, I have every intention of becoming a gourmet. So if anyone would like to be guinea pigs, just let me know.
**photo curtesy of www.travelerslunchbox.com
at I missed my calling in life. I really should have gone to some culinary school in France, instead of USU's Engineering College. I'm not really passionate about dams and roads. Don't get me wrong, I like it; but I love trying different, new foods. For example, I only work four work days, meaning that I have Friday through Sunday off. This weekend I made: Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Grapefruit Sorbet, Mango-Hazelnut Granola, Apricot Jam, Strawberry-Apricot fruit leather, Amish Friendship bread, and Hummas. Yes, Hummas. I have to get my Middle-Eastern fix in omehow. I've also become fascinated with anything remotely related to the French. They really know their stuff. The other day I made French Cultured Butter. (If only my pioneer ancestors could see me now...) It was actually really good, and I even tried to convince Don that even though it was expensive to make, it was good for you, becuase you know what is going into it, it has a fabolous flavor, AND has a biproduct of buttermilk--two for the price of one! (~Go figure, that's where buttermilk comes from.) I went to the local gardener's market and looked around and surveyed all of the different types of granola that they were selling there, and none of them could top mine. I might be biased, but I really don't think so. I also found some great herbs to use in my cooking now. I think that this is what happens when you're not really passionate about what you're studying. My extra energy has all gone into something else. Maybe it's just this internship here at UDOT, I'm not sure. I think the fact that I don't have any children would also have something to do with it. At any rate, I have every intention of becoming a gourmet. So if anyone would like to be guinea pigs, just let me know.
**photo curtesy of www.travelerslunchbox.com
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