Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Christmas Goodies part 2 - The Nutcracker

Greetings from Texas ya'll.

This had to be the best Christmas in years! Usually I do not get into the spirit but this year was different. My brother had an extra ticket to go see The Nutcracker at Bass Hall on Christmas Eve, so since I've never been to a ballet before I was intrigued to go. I've only seen it on PBS and not even the whole thing. I am very familiar with the music however, since I was in Orchestra during highschool. The ballet was amazing, and I was very entertained for those two hours. It went by so quickly. Now I know exactly what a sugar plum fairy looks like. The costume was so so so pretty!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Cooking: Dofu Agar Agar Jello


Some of you were curious about this Asian jello I made, so I took some photos this time. This brand is different from what I made last week. It required milk and last week's did not. Also, it says Dofu which sounds like Tofu, which can explain why it's mushier than last week's jello.


Mix the packet of powder with the amount of water it tells you to and bring to a boil.


The top part will turn white. Turn off the heat. Measure out the milk.


Stir in the milk and mix well.


Mixed and ready to scoop.


I used this brownie silicone mold and some Japanese egg shapers.


The rest was just poured into a cake pan. I didn't have any more molds. Let it cool to room temperature so you can move it to the fridge without it splashing everywhere.


Chill it in the fridge until it's set. Pop out the jellies or use a toothpick to remove them. These ended up more mushy than I thought they would be. You can hardly pick them up without it breaking. I won't be buying this brand anymore.


I think this is what I made last time. Only, this box says add milk too! I know last week I didn't add milk because I didn't have any and that's why I made it. But this box does not say Dofu, so that's promising. See how there is kind of a fruit cocktail mixed with the gelatin? The gelatin should be hard enough so that it can be cut and mixed up with other things, not mush to pieces. The edges are sharp in the photo on the box. If you look at the first box, the pieces look softer. I think everything came out like it should've in the end.

Agar Agar is derived from seaweed, but it does not taste like seaweed. It's just a natural gelatin unlike American jello.

Random---
What my parents think is romantic: Dying each others gray hair!
When I popped in tonight I didn't see anyone... Then they both came out of the bathroom with dye still in their hair and plastic on their shoulders. What a weird image. So that's what they do when I'm not around...

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Fried Zucchini

Fried veggies always taste much better! My sister wanted to me to make these because she needed to make something Korean. Is it really? I don't know, but we made it anyhow! Doing this reminded me of Cooking Mama. That game is so fun! I want to try the new one, shop and chop.

Fried Zucchini!

Wash and dry them then slice 'em up!


Coat them with flour.


Dip them with beaten eggs. Egggscellent. (cooking mama ref)


Fry in oil at medium-low heat until golden brown. Flip. (I always sucked at this part in the game)


All done. Better than mama! Serve with a soy sauce based dipping sauce. I like to mix wasabi and soy sauce, but I couldn't find mine. :( I just used chili peppers instead. It was later in life that I decided I liked spicy stuff.