It's a well known fact that when boiled milk will seperate cooking the protien and seperating out the watery parts from the "milk solids" So why would a recepie call for bringing milk/cream to a boil for 30 seconds then reducing the heat to simmer for 30 minutes? 30 seconds is a long time... a very long time as you are witness to the seperation of the milk into its base elements...
So as an aside to my lovely curry dinner last night and subsequent left overs tonight I have to say the "sauce" doesn't taste different but it sure walks the fine line of texture violation when the sauce is not as smooth as it could have been had the recepie not asked you to boil it... sigh the things you learn..
It is a long road paved with many mistakes... and thanks to The good people at General Mills Cereal us singles girls will never go hungry as long as there is a box of cheerios in the house.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
It's hot outside... lets make spicy food!
So I think that summer has finally decided to grace us with her presence... and my thoughts turn to what am I going to make for dinner...
I was thinking this as I rummaged through my shelves loking for the slightest bit of inspiration... I found a little packet of curry paste and decided to build a meal around it!
I set to work almost immediately looking for the ingretients it suggested on the back of the package... I had them all I had to go to the back of the freezer for any form of meat that wasn't fish... not sure how Talapia curry would work! So I thawed out the meat and set to chopping carrots potatoes and onions I had an apple a day or so past crispy eating raw goodness cut it up and threw it in.. now I wait I am keeping close watch on my beutiful yellow pot as I do not want a repeat of the spaghetti disaster of the spring..
I think it might turn out it is merrily simmering in the coconut milk and waiting till the potatoes are soft to the fork test... I think I will fire up the rice cooker and make some rice and get ready for a sweaty evening! I love curry and wonder why I don't make it more often.. then I remember the fact I have a miniscule window in my kitchen that does not open... and mildly useful stove ventilation in a small place it is an aroma that while cooking and eating it is good but when you awake to the smells of dinner for days after it may just be a little much... but I have decided it will be good for now!
So until next time I am signing off to get back in the kitchen... barefoot and scared of ruining my favourite pot~!
I was thinking this as I rummaged through my shelves loking for the slightest bit of inspiration... I found a little packet of curry paste and decided to build a meal around it!
I set to work almost immediately looking for the ingretients it suggested on the back of the package... I had them all I had to go to the back of the freezer for any form of meat that wasn't fish... not sure how Talapia curry would work! So I thawed out the meat and set to chopping carrots potatoes and onions I had an apple a day or so past crispy eating raw goodness cut it up and threw it in.. now I wait I am keeping close watch on my beutiful yellow pot as I do not want a repeat of the spaghetti disaster of the spring..
I think it might turn out it is merrily simmering in the coconut milk and waiting till the potatoes are soft to the fork test... I think I will fire up the rice cooker and make some rice and get ready for a sweaty evening! I love curry and wonder why I don't make it more often.. then I remember the fact I have a miniscule window in my kitchen that does not open... and mildly useful stove ventilation in a small place it is an aroma that while cooking and eating it is good but when you awake to the smells of dinner for days after it may just be a little much... but I have decided it will be good for now!
So until next time I am signing off to get back in the kitchen... barefoot and scared of ruining my favourite pot~!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Rainy Days
I am home sick today, yes and the weather has been good enough to match my melancholy outlook...
It's June and its pouring rain... not the nice rain that comes and washes everything and then dries and the flowers get a drink the grass perks up and all is right with the world leaving that much loved smell of clean pavement in the air... this is the rain that seeps into your bones insidious cold and damp feeling that drives even the bravest back into flannel and socks turning thoughts towards "what can I do indoors"
So as I sit and wait for my trusty coffee maker to finish brewing the dark velvety elixir who's aroma fills my nostrils and makes me wish it be finished... I write. I write about sad winter activities... but I also have a confession is it wrong to be so excited about the outbreak of newborns at work? 8 of my co-workers will have newborns by Christmas! this is exciting enough but I was gazing at my stash of yarn... yes I am thirty something going on eighty something --I knit and crochet... and have been know to sew but since the great green grad dress scandal of 2000(remind me to tell you about it) I have not sewn more than quilts... like I said I am eighty... but as I ramble I was inspired to wander down my shelves of yarn trying to picture the perfect baby gift to wrap all these new additions in! I found a beautiful little striped hat and I will count on my old standby afghan for them all I love it and by now I can knock one out in a matter or 2 or 3 movies.
Yes I measure my projects in episodes or old movies I have seen before so I don't feel like I am sitting at home alone knitting in a quiet room... the only thing missing is the creepy creaking of the rocking chair from psycho... Norman... NORMAN!
Ok snap out of it! Shake it off.... burrrrrrrr
So my coffee has finished that little reassuring beeeeeeep of a pot well completed I shall go select some yarn fit for the little princes and princesses that I have yet to meet... so until next time stay warm and dry... and don't forget it really is JUNE!
It's June and its pouring rain... not the nice rain that comes and washes everything and then dries and the flowers get a drink the grass perks up and all is right with the world leaving that much loved smell of clean pavement in the air... this is the rain that seeps into your bones insidious cold and damp feeling that drives even the bravest back into flannel and socks turning thoughts towards "what can I do indoors"
So as I sit and wait for my trusty coffee maker to finish brewing the dark velvety elixir who's aroma fills my nostrils and makes me wish it be finished... I write. I write about sad winter activities... but I also have a confession is it wrong to be so excited about the outbreak of newborns at work? 8 of my co-workers will have newborns by Christmas! this is exciting enough but I was gazing at my stash of yarn... yes I am thirty something going on eighty something --I knit and crochet... and have been know to sew but since the great green grad dress scandal of 2000(remind me to tell you about it) I have not sewn more than quilts... like I said I am eighty... but as I ramble I was inspired to wander down my shelves of yarn trying to picture the perfect baby gift to wrap all these new additions in! I found a beautiful little striped hat and I will count on my old standby afghan for them all I love it and by now I can knock one out in a matter or 2 or 3 movies.
Yes I measure my projects in episodes or old movies I have seen before so I don't feel like I am sitting at home alone knitting in a quiet room... the only thing missing is the creepy creaking of the rocking chair from psycho... Norman... NORMAN!
Ok snap out of it! Shake it off.... burrrrrrrr
So my coffee has finished that little reassuring beeeeeeep of a pot well completed I shall go select some yarn fit for the little princes and princesses that I have yet to meet... so until next time stay warm and dry... and don't forget it really is JUNE!
Friday, June 4, 2010
summer time and the living is easy?
I had to do a double take as according to my calendar and the general population when polled, it is June...
First of all how did that happen? is it a leap year that skips April and May?
Did wonder woman actually spin the wrong way and shot us into the future?
All of these are valid and totally believable explanations to how it got to be June without me knowing it!
Sadly I have not heard my beautiful serenader lately not because I have not been home but the windows are all closed and the flannel I am dressed in head to toe muffles any sounds I may encounter!
It is cold.... not just cold but cold and wet... my back yard garden is sadly green... not many flowers yet I think they are scared to come show their pretty faces.
So the approach of June brings me to another dreadful realization I have been going to the gym for 6 months... yikes I thought I would be so much svelter than I am... I am still a potato with toothpick legs... yes good visual yes? I am tired of all the fruit-related body types I am going for veggies. hey I am potato who wishes to be carrot like instead I am a potato with "man calves"
There is no denying my genetics these days I have gotten back into running after a not too brief hiatus and it was hard at first but I am up to about 3-4 minutes with just a minute breather in between so I am happy with that I am not training for a marathon just training for a healthier me. It was unfair to tell my cardiac patients to exercise when I myself didn't now I can tell them hey if I can do it you can do it. They take better to that and if they disagree with me I just flash my man calves at them and they comply... kidding!! really I am ...
But I highly recommend making summer resolutions, me? I am learning Spanish, what will you conquer this summer? there is something magical about summer time it is a time where anything seems possible, people are happier, air smells sweeter, and there is nothing like the smells of a bbq winding its way on the breeze into your house --- it's just a shame all my windows are closed up and my BBQ is still in the box!
Bring on the summer I say and here's to a summer time challenge!
Cheers~
First of all how did that happen? is it a leap year that skips April and May?
Did wonder woman actually spin the wrong way and shot us into the future?
All of these are valid and totally believable explanations to how it got to be June without me knowing it!
Sadly I have not heard my beautiful serenader lately not because I have not been home but the windows are all closed and the flannel I am dressed in head to toe muffles any sounds I may encounter!
It is cold.... not just cold but cold and wet... my back yard garden is sadly green... not many flowers yet I think they are scared to come show their pretty faces.
So the approach of June brings me to another dreadful realization I have been going to the gym for 6 months... yikes I thought I would be so much svelter than I am... I am still a potato with toothpick legs... yes good visual yes? I am tired of all the fruit-related body types I am going for veggies. hey I am potato who wishes to be carrot like instead I am a potato with "man calves"
There is no denying my genetics these days I have gotten back into running after a not too brief hiatus and it was hard at first but I am up to about 3-4 minutes with just a minute breather in between so I am happy with that I am not training for a marathon just training for a healthier me. It was unfair to tell my cardiac patients to exercise when I myself didn't now I can tell them hey if I can do it you can do it. They take better to that and if they disagree with me I just flash my man calves at them and they comply... kidding!! really I am ...
But I highly recommend making summer resolutions, me? I am learning Spanish, what will you conquer this summer? there is something magical about summer time it is a time where anything seems possible, people are happier, air smells sweeter, and there is nothing like the smells of a bbq winding its way on the breeze into your house --- it's just a shame all my windows are closed up and my BBQ is still in the box!
Bring on the summer I say and here's to a summer time challenge!
Cheers~
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