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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
So here’s a tip for those thinking about making umeshu (plum wine). Don’t put the umes in the fridge, thinking it’ll keep it fresh longer because it’ll do the opposite.
When I bought the umes, I knew I couldn’t make umeshu as soon as I got home, so I thought ...
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
Last night I made gingerbread cookies. Not just any kind of gingerbread cookies, but gingerbread Xbox 360 controller cookies.
The recipe I used to make the gingerbread cookies and royal icing.
The cookie cutter was made from a strip of disposable aluminum pan, folded over twice to prevent bloody cookies. I ...
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
The last two nights I’ve been trying to recreate a drink I saw on the Japanese TV show called 相棒 (English title: Partners). I wasn’t there to watch the beginning of it, but only the last 15 minutes where the old lady finally got the drink she came to Japan ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
From the LA Times.
Boudin Bakery's brownies
Total time: About 1 hour
Servings: 24
Note: Adapted from Boudin Bakery.
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, plus extra for greasing the dish.
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
5 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups (6.38 ounces) flour
2 1/2 cups toasted, chopped pecans or walnuts
1. Heat the ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
I have a bunch of 3 Minute Cooking episodes recorded on my computer. They need to be offloaded to somewhere else... Like YouTube! :3
Yum. :9
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Why??? WHY??? My cookies have been coming up rather cakey recently. I don’t know why. I googled for answers. Some of the answers were too much baking soda (possible, the ink numbers rubbed off my measuring spoons), not enough sugar, too much beating of eggs and butter, and on and ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
I made fudge cookies. They looked like poop while I was making them. They taste like chocolate cookies though. Very rich. Took the good batch to work. The first batch didn’t come out quite right. Kinda gritty. Second batch came out fine. Next round might be black-and-white cookies.
Didn’t get ...
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
It’s been a while since I baked some cookies. I remember the last time I brought cookies to work was when I was still on RvB... I think... I made short bread cookies and ginger bread cookies with frosting, punched into various shapes. Yum. :9
Also, I had a crap load ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Ugly Bento, originally uploaded by mouriran.
So here it is, folks. The ugly bento I was talking about. The koya tofu was pretty nasty and ruined the flavor of the rice. I tried to make a face out of the radishes and the tomatoes, but it didn't come out right. The ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
I made an ugly bento lunch for tomorrow.
When I made this bento earlier this week, I noticed during lunch that I didn’t put any protein in it. That was no good. So this time I decided to add something. What did I choose? Koya tofu. Yes, the tasteless spongy ...
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