on the 7th day — kami-sama created eGGie, and all was well in the universe... or something

a little while ago, i heard a noise. at first i thought it was raining, really hard.

it wasn't, the evil fat guy™ was using the garden hose to wash the windows.

can't imagine why though, since it actually requires some effort.

oh well.

i briefly entertained thoughts of him accidentally knocking a hornets nest loose, and it landing on his head... then him running around in a panic.

aren't day dreams great?

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any who, here are a few of the recipes i mentioned earlier. do keep in mind that you'll need ingredients not found in most grocery stores. (at least, that's true where i live.)

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eGGie's hot cheezy rice!

nifty filling:

• steamed jasmine rice
• shredded mexican cheese (blend): asadero, cheddar, monterey jack, quesadilla
• korean hot pepper paste ('wang brand' is what i used. is great, yes?)

oodles:

• (1) handful of cheese (may vary depending on the size of the hand being used) :P
• (2) cups of cooked rice
• (2) tablespoons of pepper paste

destructions:

1. mix it all together in a ceramic bowl (till the pepper paste has made the rice a consistent red color), then cover the bowl with something fairly air-tight to keep the steam in.
2. nuke it for 60 to 90 seconds (depends on the power of the microwave, as well as if the rice is still warm/fresh/whatever).
3. leave the bowl covered for a few minutes to make sure the cheese gets all nice and gooey!

*eat it with chop sticks or i'll whack you in the head with a brick!

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eGGie's hot cheezy rice — ver. 2.0!

nifty filling:

• steamed jasmine rice (add curry powder, roasted red pepper (crushed), & minced garlic when steaming.)*
• shredded cheese (blend): colby, monterey jack
• korean hot pepper paste ('wang brand' again)

*even though jasmine rice is rather aromatic, it still doesn't have a lot of flavor. this sort of fixes that. :)


oodles:

• (1) handful of cheese (try using somebody else's hands this time) :P
• (2) cups of cooked rice
• (2) tablespoons of pepper paste

destructions:

1. mix it all together in a ceramic bowl (till the pepper paste has made the rice a consistent red color), then cover the bowl with something fairly air-tight to keep the steam in.
2. nuke it for 60 to 90 seconds (depends on the power of the microwave, as well as if the rice is still warm/fresh/whatever).
3. leave the bowl covered for a few minutes to make sure the cheese gets all nice and gooey!

isn't flavor great?

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eGGie's silly sort-of kimchi recipe!

nifty filling (with included oodles):

• (1) can of sauerkraut*
• (4) tablespoons of fermented korean hot pepper paste ('wang brand' is what i used.)
• (¾) teaspoon ground ginger
• (½) teaspoon roasted garlic (crushed)
• (¼) teaspoon parsley flakes
• (1) teaspoon dehydrated minced onions
• some water

*note: the sauerkraut that i used was simply shredded cabbage in salt water. (yes, i have seen sauerkraut that had a few other ingredients as well.)


destructions:

1. get a bowl — preferably of the ceramic variety (but definitely not plastic!) — that's large enough to hold all your stuff.
   
2. put the sauerkraut (minus the can) in the bowl.
3. add the hot pepper paste, and mix 'till the sauerkraut is all red and stuff.
4. add the dried spices and a little water.
5. mix it up.
6. give it a little taste, then make any spice adjustments you think are necessary.
7. press the sauerkraut into the bowl (removing any trapped air), then add enough water to cover the top of the sauerkraut.
8. by now everything should have a reddish-orange color, and be a little spicy... or a lot.
9. cover the bowl (with a lid or something), and place it in the refrigerator. let it set for a few days (or weeks) — to let all of the spices soften and mix together.
10. then after you've starved yourself while waiting for your silly sort-of kimchi, go eat it! (get a glass of water first though.)

*the above recipe is how i made my 'sort-of kimchi' (with the ingredients i had on hand). the only things i wanted to add, but didn't have available are: diced green onions, and maybe some diced canned pears (of the del monte variety. they're yummy! and already soft!).

**since i didn't make mine with pears, i ate it with super-chunky apple sauce! (i love apple sauce.) i don't really know why exactly, but kimchi seems to taste better with fruit. well, that, and cabbage tends to taste funny regardless of what you do to it. even adding lots of pepper paste doesn't help all that much.

***kimchi can literally last for months on end (if prepared correctly). i left mine in the refrigerator for three weeks, occasionally checking the water level (as it settled a few times during the first week or so), giving it plenty of time to 'blend' together. real kimchi takes a lot longer, but it's also made from fresh ingredients. the fermentation process, while interesting, is quite time consuming (and annoying, to me at least).

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wasabi! wasabi! wasabi!

i got some more fake wasabi the other day.

at first glance it looked just like the other fake wasabi... but it wasn't!

:O

it was the same color box, and it had pretty hiragana script across the front of the package... but it was made in korea!

:O

if it's a product of korea, shouldn't they call it something other than wasabi?

seriously.

it's not even real wasabi, just green horseradish paste.

a few years ago i actually had some real wasabi (at a japanese restaurant).

it was kind of warm.

the horseradish paste is really lame in comparison, though it is pretty good on triscuits (of the low-sodium variety).

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i'll post some more silly recipes later, so until then...

be good lil' blog!

just in case you're interested in art and stuff

i discovered a super nifty site the other day. they've got lots and lots of super nifty pics that were submitted by some fairly talented human critters.

as far as i can tell, you don't have to register or anything, it's mostly just a forum where people post their pics and you get to review/critique them. rather neat.

maybe after i'm more familiar with illustrator and how to create decent line-art i'll submit something or other.

but to do so, i'll probably need the most bestest workstation in the whole wide everything! (it even includes gun-toting mice.)

it certainly couldn't hurt.

;)

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be good lil' blog!

kablooi!

aren't sound effects great?

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i'd like someone to explain to me how exactly anyone could use the word bowls when they should be using bowels... as in the "bowels of hell".

i probably wouldn't say anything if i hadn't seen it happen several times (and all of them at fanfiction.net).

when someone is trying to sound dark and foreboding, then they make a very silly typo, it kind of kills the mood. i'm pretty sure that my laughing wasn't quite the effect they were after.

surprisingly, after leaving a message in one of the stories' review section, the author actually fixed it... of course, it probably helped when i mentioned something about "cereal bowls of hell".

or maybe not.

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while it's certain that i could write at least ten pages or so on all the silly things i've seen at fanfiction.net regarding horrible grammar and too too silly typos, i shall not... mostly because it would give me a headache.

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i noticed that nobody commented on the wonderful banner on my profile page. *sniff* it's a parody of the fanfiction.net logo (which is no longer in use — though it was when i created my poor little profile).

while i didn't make the too too silly face used in my banner (it's an emoticon i found somewhere or other), i did make the rest of it in photoshop.

the page seemed to be rather empty before i added the banner thingie, and while i didn't use a lot of graphics, the few there seemed to help.

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i was wandering around on xinhuanet the other day, and saw an ad for a movie.

now if anyone has actually paid attention to my poor little bloGGie, they'd remember that i don't watch tv and have a very poor opinion of the american entertainment industry.

it sucks, but that's beside the point.

any who, i read the ad, and even watched the movie trailer.

go me.

"silent hill" looks to be rather interesting.

it's based on a playstation game, which i happen to like.

of course, i'm kind of partial to any game (read: resident evil), where they have a bunch of silly human zombie critters, and you get to squish 'em in various ways.

woohoo!

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while investigating silent hill, i noticed that there are now 4 different silent hill games — available as a collection for the ps2.

yay!

too bad i don't have one.

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i was entirely bored the other day, and decided to actually write down some recipes that i *ahem* made up.

would anyone be interested in my ingenious attempts at creating edible food stuffs?

do keep in mind that i'm a vegetabletarian, and there's little chance that any thing i cook would kill you.

melt the inside of your mouth, yes, kill you, no.

on occasion, i do tend to use a lot of pepper (of the hot variety), but have no fear! after a few years your taste buds will grow back, probably.

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i was conversing with the female parental unit the other day, and she mentioned something about a movie she saw... apparently the female sibling unit mark_2 took her to the theatre for sadistic bitch's mother's day.

she kept going on and on about what a wonderful movie it was, and how she had never seen anything like it.

blah blah blah

after about ten minutes of that, she finally got around to actually describing the story. though i did have to prompt her a bit, it only took about thirty seconds before i figured out what it was.

it's a remake of one of my favorite korean movies, "il mare".

a great movie, i highly recommend it.

it's amazing that she can enjoy a remake of a movie, but refuse to watch the original.

whatever.

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oh well, i think i'll drown my sorrows in cinnamon punch, then go make some funny faces in the mirror...

be good lil' blog!