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food!!!

2009-06-16T01:16:36Z

Saturday Taka and I headed over to D & K's, we dragged Mike along. During the course of the evening we got talking about cooking food. Konrad is a really good cook. Taka and I are pretty skilled, not to mention determined. Mike is learning to cook. Mike had a really cool idea. He wanted to get together and have a cooking night. We would get together and each person would bring the ingredients for whatever food they want prepare. The big thing is that we would be preparing food that we haven't prepared before. Mike wants to make crab cakes. I think that I would like to try my hands at gyoza. I have also volunteered to be on dessert detail. First up would probably be a fresh summer fruit tart. Me being the insane person that I tend to be : )
I think that we have to have a name. My thought for our title is the Culinary Catastrophe Avoidance Initiative.

Spring Break!!!

2009-03-13T20:53:11Z

It officially started for me at 12:00pm today. I had my Pesticides midterm today at 11:45am. I walked out of it at 12:00. 50 multiple choice questions. I think I did okay.

Taka had his honors economics midterm yesterday. He got his score already 94 out of 100. Way to go Taka! Of course today he had his 5xxx level statistics midterm. That one hurt him, but he thinks that he survived it.

Now though,

Spring Break!!!

Why...why???

2009-03-12T23:43:18Z

Another cold...

You have got to be kidding me. First a sinus infection weeks 2 and 3 of this semester. Now this week (week 8), I seem to have another cold brewing. I don't think it is another sinus infection, but give me a break. I have design projects to work on and a midterm tomorrow.

At least next week is spring break...

Pondering puddles...

2009-03-09T01:25:12Z

I felt gypped today over at the design studio. I WANT MY HOUR BACK! I got back the design that I posted the photo of last week. There is way too much red ink on it. (Our teacher puts comments, mostly critical ones, in red ink.) I got a 75% on it. I am slightly disappointed. I knew that I wasn't going to get an A on it, but I would have been very happy with 80%.

: (

Jambalaya

2009-03-07T22:25:40Z

Jambalaya
Originally uploaded by neon taquitos

This is one of Taka's best batches of Jambalaya. Oh, was this good. He has really perfected this one over the last year. It has even been a treat to eat the leftovers. Yum, yum, yum!

Final Draft Landscape Design

2009-03-06T21:03:07Z

Landscape Design
Originally uploaded by neon taquitos

This is what has been keeping me on the St Paul Campus on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. This is my most recent landscape design project. This is what kept me there until after 2am this past Tuesday.

Sigh...

This still isn't completed. The instructor will probably point out a million things wrong with it then I will have to redo them before I turn in my completed design.

Sigh...

BBQ Pork Bun

2009-03-06T03:20:22Z

BBQ Pork Bun
Originally uploaded by neon taquitos

Another tasty delight from Keefer Court Bakery.

Curry Beef Bun

2009-03-06T03:18:46Z

Curry Beef Bun
Originally uploaded by neon taquitos

Today Taka brought me some more Keefer Court goodness. The Curry Beef Bun is spicy but oh so good.

Ugh!!!

2009-03-04T08:03:32Z

Will the torture never end. It took until after 11pm to get the first draft of my design done. The final draft went pretty quickly after that. Now I am trying to print out my notes and plant list, but every printer I try doesn't work!

Ugh!!!

I want to go home!

Fried Rice

2009-03-02T19:33:37Z

021809 Fried Rice
Originally uploaded by neon taquitos

Taka and I have eaten at Village Wok a fair amount lately. One of my favorite dishes is the Roast Pork Fried Rice. I do not know how to make good fried rice. That is something that I need to learn. I do make a pretty good Thai Fried Rice, which is quite a bit different from the Chinese version, it has fish sauce in it.

It's March...

2009-03-02T00:49:07Z

March is here. I am excited because I always feel better once March arrives. Yes it is snowy and sometimes very wet, but it usually gets noticeably warmer. I am having urges to get my hands into the dirt. I want to garden.

Buttercup!

2009-03-01T04:36:12Z

Here is a video of Buttercup that I took recently.

Yum, yum, yum...

2009-02-26T22:00:46Z

A couple of weeks ago Taka introduced me to a place near Westbank Campus that has been there for awhile but we never noticed it. That place is Keefer Court Bakery and Cafe, located on the corner of Cedar and Riverside. He took me there and we got the Curry Beef Bun, the BBQ Pork Puff, the Ham and Egg Bun, the Custard Bun, and the Coffee Chocolate Roll. Just over $6.00 later we both had lunch. The Ham and Egg Roll was good but not great, probably nice for breakfast. The BBQ Pork Puff was pretty good. The Coffee Chocolate Roll was dry (won't get again). The Curry Beef Bun was phenomenal. As was the Custard Bun. Yesterday Taka stopped by there (he has a class right near it) and brought some delectable buns over to me and Amanda. This time we both got a Curry Beef Bun, a BBQ Pork Bun, a Custard Bun and then Taka also got the Sticky Rice Dumpling. While the BBQ Pork Puff was good, the BBQ Pork Bun was so much better. The Sticky Rice Dumpling was fantastic, but just a bit greasy, so it is something that I can't eat very often. I can't believe how cheap it all is. Two buns are enough to satisfy me, three buns border on being too full. If you get a chance to go, do it. It is so yummy!

Fresh Salad

2009-02-25T20:40:02Z

022009 Fresh Salad
Originally uploaded by neon taquitos

An experiment that Taka and I undertook was to make our own salad mix. For less than $6 we get a head of iceberg lettuce, a head of romaine lettuce, a head of red leaf lettuce, a pound of carrots, and a small red cabbage. I cut up the lettuces and cabbage and spin them in my salad spinner while Taka sheds the carrots. Then we put it into two huge airtight containers that we put into the fridge. Then we proceed to munch on it until it is gone. This is a photo taken two weeks after we initially cut the salad up. This is the second container. All said and done the salad mixture is lasting 2-3 weeks after preparing it. The dole and other salad blends often went bad a few days after opening them. It only takes about an hour to prepare the salads, but seriously, they taste way better. I can't wait until summer when the lettuce will be even fresher.

Black Eyed Pea Curry

2009-02-24T19:29:15Z

021509 Black Eyed Pea Curry
Originally uploaded by neon taquitos

On February 13th Amanda, Vah-anh and I made lunch at work. My contribution was Nepali black-eyed pea curry. I think that it turned out very tasty for my first attempt.