I am finally home, hooray!
Courtesy of not knowing the visa status (skills to them being closed due to understaffing today) and not having a job etc. I am being a lazy butthead and catching up on blog-reading and such. Anyhew, I found this on one of the blogs I was peering at, so am attempting although I think I am going to fail miserably, hehe.
~Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following.
~They MUST be real places, names, things…NOTHING made up!
~If you can’t think of anything, skip it.
~Try to use different answers if the person before you had the same 1st initial.
~You CAN’T use your name for the boy/girl name question.
Your Name: Ye folks are all well aware, I hope!
1. Famous Singer/Band: Kelly Clarkson
2. 4 letter word: Knee
3. Street Name: Kensington Dr.
4. Color: Kumquat (This is now a colour. I am pathetic, I looked up online for crayon colours and everything, but nothing)
5. Gifts/Presents: Knitted Socks
6. Vehicle: Kia (I have decided that the brand counts since K is an evil letter)
7. Things in a Souvenir Shop: keychain
8. Boy Name: Kris
9. Girl Name: Kathryn
10. Movie Title: Knights of the Round Table
11. Drink: kiwi juice (I looked this up to make sure it actually exists, yay, hehe!=)
12. Occupation: Kite-maker
13. Celebrity: Kiera Knightly (or however you spell it)
14. Magazine: Knitscene
15. U.S. City: Kansas
16. Pro Sports Teams: erm notsomuch thanks although I vote there is a team in australia with kangaroos as their name
18. Reason for Being Late for Work: knee injury (lame, yes, but this has been taking me waaay too long)
19. Something You Throw Away: knife, after its been through the garborater (nice spelling hermit)
20. Things You Shout: Keep off the grass! (if you are one of those crazy people with the sign and everything! I want to be like that when I grow up.) 21. Cartoon Character: (I fail) Krusty the clown from the simpsons (courtesy of Tyger)
Haha, so that took me a ridiculously long time (as in two days) and mucho cheating. *grin*
Alrighty, and had plans for saying other things, but methinks not now. Although my parting words shall be reminding all that get togetherness must occur, pronto. I.e. planning should ensue topspeed.
That is all.
Hermit
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Cleaning Crazy!
Ugh, I think I understand why my mother always gets mad at us for making a mess.
If I find one more dirty counter a good 1/2 hour after I have cleaned it, crunchy floor after its been vacuumed, dirty pots and dishes filling the sink all the time, dirty shower after its been cleaned etc. I am going to go INSANE! Gah, it is SO frustrating.
Its rather ridiculous though, if you spill coffee on the counter, wipe it up, dont just leave it there, yeesh! But yes, hence all my cleaning-to-move-out efforts have so far gone to waste.
On a happier note, less than a week until I am home! Hooray to that. I am such a procrastinator though, its awful, I have basically done zip so far, this morning was the first real additional information I have received on any possible living places for next year, not that that is of utmost importance right now. I really need to find a place to leave my crap for the summer, dumdedum.
Anyways, tis time for beds, but hopefully we can make plans so I gets to see folks topspeed!!
Hermit
P.S. Sorry Nomad/Ratty, I am a horrible person, I didnt call either of you and keep intending on it, but then dont manage to get around to it, hoerg.
If I find one more dirty counter a good 1/2 hour after I have cleaned it, crunchy floor after its been vacuumed, dirty pots and dishes filling the sink all the time, dirty shower after its been cleaned etc. I am going to go INSANE! Gah, it is SO frustrating.
Its rather ridiculous though, if you spill coffee on the counter, wipe it up, dont just leave it there, yeesh! But yes, hence all my cleaning-to-move-out efforts have so far gone to waste.
On a happier note, less than a week until I am home! Hooray to that. I am such a procrastinator though, its awful, I have basically done zip so far, this morning was the first real additional information I have received on any possible living places for next year, not that that is of utmost importance right now. I really need to find a place to leave my crap for the summer, dumdedum.
Anyways, tis time for beds, but hopefully we can make plans so I gets to see folks topspeed!!
Hermit
P.S. Sorry Nomad/Ratty, I am a horrible person, I didnt call either of you and keep intending on it, but then dont manage to get around to it, hoerg.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
I have been making some food
So I have been busy building food, and looking for recipes that will use up the goods that I have stashed away and you get a recap, enjoy.
First up,
Quinoa bread:
I made it largely from the recipe found here http://bakingsheet.blogspot.com/2005/12/whole-wheat-quinoa-bagettes.html but I changed it up a bit. On it is this fancy vegan peanut butter stuff I found at the evil wal-mart, dark chocolate and white chocolate. They are rather tasty (and now gone *grin*) and I was quite pleased to find something like that there. My ingredients list looked more like this:
1 cup whole, uncooked quinoa
2 cups warm water (about 105F)
2 tsp active dry yeast
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups rye flour
2 tbsp vital wheat gluten
2 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp olive oil
Vegan Blueberry Pancakes and Tofu Scramble:
The tofu scramble is just tofu cooked like one would scrambled eggs and I added mushrooms in. The blueberry pancakes were made from this recipe (from herehttp://www.veganconnection.com/recipes/blueberry.htm but I halved it):
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/8 cup rye flour
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup soy milk
1/4 tablespoon egg replacer mixed with 1 tablespoon water
1/3 cup blueberries
In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add milk and egg replacer and stir just until flour is moistened. Set aside for 5 minutes until the skillet is heated and stir in blueberries right before pouring.Heat non-stick skillet over medium heat; spray lightly with non-stick spray, if necessary. Pour batter by scant 1/4 cupfuls onto hot griddle, making a few pancakes at a time. Cook until tops are bubbly and bubbles burst; edges will look dry. With pancake turner, turn and cook until undersides are golden. Place on warm platter; keep warm.
Fig Newtons:
This is my happy recipe, I wanted to make them without any refined flour, sugar etc. so I peered at a bunch of different recipes and largely built my own.
Filling:
(based off a recipe from fatfreevegan.com)
Ring of dried figs
4-5 pitted medjool dates
1 tbsp. maple syrup
2 tbsp. water
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ginger
pinch of nutmeg
Place in food processer and grind to a paste.
Dough:
I cant find the recipe I based it on but I believe it was
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1-2 tsp vegan butter
1 tbsp maple syrup
scant 1/4 cup water
Cut butter into flour and add maple syrup and water to mix into a dough. Split into two portions. Roll 1st portion out into a thin rectangle, spoon fig filling in two lines along dough, place second portion of dough, rolled out, on top, and cut between filling. Pinch the edge of the dough to seal.
Bake in 350-275 oven for 25-30 minues.
Eggless Egg Salad:
This is a rather tres good recipe, and me mere even liked it (although I didnt tell him the main ingredient was tofu, hehe) from here http://www.isga-sprouts.org/ but I did do some altering around but not much.
3/4 package FIRM TOFU
Small onion minced
1 medium carrot, coarsely-grated
1 stalk celery, finely-minced
1 small bell pepper, finely-minced
1/3 cup raw sunflower seeds
1 cup ALFALFA sprouts
Cut the tofu into dice-sized bits. Add onion, carrot, celery, pepper and seeds. Mix gently. Add the mayonnaise (below). Chill. Place Alfalfa Sprouts on wrap, add salad.
The Mayonnaise
1/4 package SOFT TOFU
2 teaspoons Chinese sesame oil
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Whip the first 5 ingredients in a blender or food processor. Keep the machine going, and gradually drizzle in the oil. When all oil is in you should have a nice, creamy, eggless mayonnaise to add to your eggless egg salad.
Vegan Cinnamon Buns:
Based off recipe from http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_33926,00.html
Dough:
1/4-ounce package yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup warm soymilk
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup vegan butter
egg replacer of one egg
3 1/2 to 4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
Filling:
1/2 cup melted butter, plus more for pan
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
3/4 cup raisins, walnuts, or pecans (I put them in a chunk of the batter and left the rest of it with just the cinnamon and sugar)
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and set aside. In a large bowl mix milk, sugar, melted butter, and egg replacer. Add 2 cups of flour and mix until smooth. Add yeast mixture. Mix in remaining flour until dough is easy to handle. Knead dough on lightly floured surface for 5 to 10 minutes. Place in well-greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled in size, usually 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
When doubled in size, punch down dough. Roll out on a floured surface into a 15 by 9-inch rectangle. Spread melted butter all over dough. Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over buttered dough. Sprinkle with walnuts, pecans, or raisins if desired. Beginning at the 15-inch side, role up dough and pinch edge together to seal. Cut into 12 to 15 slices.
Coat the bottom of baking pan with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Place cinnamon roll slices close together in the pan and let rise until dough is doubled, about 45 minutes. Bake for about 30 minutes or until nicely browned.
And that is it, I think.
I did make the BBQ ribz today but no picture yet, tis dark out now. I also have plans to make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies but its getting kind of late, so it might not happen here tonight.
Anyhew, 2 weeks!! Hooray!
Hermit
First up,
Quinoa bread:
I made it largely from the recipe found here http://bakingsheet.blogspot.com/2005/12/whole-wheat-quinoa-bagettes.html but I changed it up a bit. On it is this fancy vegan peanut butter stuff I found at the evil wal-mart, dark chocolate and white chocolate. They are rather tasty (and now gone *grin*) and I was quite pleased to find something like that there. My ingredients list looked more like this:
1 cup whole, uncooked quinoa
2 cups warm water (about 105F)
2 tsp active dry yeast
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups rye flour
2 tbsp vital wheat gluten
2 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp olive oil
Vegan Blueberry Pancakes and Tofu Scramble:
The tofu scramble is just tofu cooked like one would scrambled eggs and I added mushrooms in. The blueberry pancakes were made from this recipe (from herehttp://www.veganconnection.com/recipes/blueberry.htm but I halved it):
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/8 cup rye flour
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup soy milk
1/4 tablespoon egg replacer mixed with 1 tablespoon water
1/3 cup blueberries
In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add milk and egg replacer and stir just until flour is moistened. Set aside for 5 minutes until the skillet is heated and stir in blueberries right before pouring.Heat non-stick skillet over medium heat; spray lightly with non-stick spray, if necessary. Pour batter by scant 1/4 cupfuls onto hot griddle, making a few pancakes at a time. Cook until tops are bubbly and bubbles burst; edges will look dry. With pancake turner, turn and cook until undersides are golden. Place on warm platter; keep warm.
Fig Newtons:
This is my happy recipe, I wanted to make them without any refined flour, sugar etc. so I peered at a bunch of different recipes and largely built my own.
Filling:
(based off a recipe from fatfreevegan.com)
Ring of dried figs
4-5 pitted medjool dates
1 tbsp. maple syrup
2 tbsp. water
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ginger
pinch of nutmeg
Place in food processer and grind to a paste.
Dough:
I cant find the recipe I based it on but I believe it was
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1-2 tsp vegan butter
1 tbsp maple syrup
scant 1/4 cup water
Cut butter into flour and add maple syrup and water to mix into a dough. Split into two portions. Roll 1st portion out into a thin rectangle, spoon fig filling in two lines along dough, place second portion of dough, rolled out, on top, and cut between filling. Pinch the edge of the dough to seal.
Bake in 350-275 oven for 25-30 minues.
Eggless Egg Salad:
This is a rather tres good recipe, and me mere even liked it (although I didnt tell him the main ingredient was tofu, hehe) from here http://www.isga-sprouts.org/ but I did do some altering around but not much.
3/4 package FIRM TOFU
Small onion minced
1 medium carrot, coarsely-grated
1 stalk celery, finely-minced
1 small bell pepper, finely-minced
1/3 cup raw sunflower seeds
1 cup ALFALFA sprouts
Cut the tofu into dice-sized bits. Add onion, carrot, celery, pepper and seeds. Mix gently. Add the mayonnaise (below). Chill. Place Alfalfa Sprouts on wrap, add salad.
The Mayonnaise
1/4 package SOFT TOFU
2 teaspoons Chinese sesame oil
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Whip the first 5 ingredients in a blender or food processor. Keep the machine going, and gradually drizzle in the oil. When all oil is in you should have a nice, creamy, eggless mayonnaise to add to your eggless egg salad.
Vegan Cinnamon Buns:
Based off recipe from http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_33926,00.html
Dough:
1/4-ounce package yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup warm soymilk
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup vegan butter
egg replacer of one egg
3 1/2 to 4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
Filling:
1/2 cup melted butter, plus more for pan
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
3/4 cup raisins, walnuts, or pecans (I put them in a chunk of the batter and left the rest of it with just the cinnamon and sugar)
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and set aside. In a large bowl mix milk, sugar, melted butter, and egg replacer. Add 2 cups of flour and mix until smooth. Add yeast mixture. Mix in remaining flour until dough is easy to handle. Knead dough on lightly floured surface for 5 to 10 minutes. Place in well-greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled in size, usually 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
When doubled in size, punch down dough. Roll out on a floured surface into a 15 by 9-inch rectangle. Spread melted butter all over dough. Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over buttered dough. Sprinkle with walnuts, pecans, or raisins if desired. Beginning at the 15-inch side, role up dough and pinch edge together to seal. Cut into 12 to 15 slices.
Coat the bottom of baking pan with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Place cinnamon roll slices close together in the pan and let rise until dough is doubled, about 45 minutes. Bake for about 30 minutes or until nicely browned.
And that is it, I think.
I did make the BBQ ribz today but no picture yet, tis dark out now. I also have plans to make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies but its getting kind of late, so it might not happen here tonight.
Anyhew, 2 weeks!! Hooray!
Hermit
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
So little time
So lately I haven't really been feeling like I have been accomplishing much of anything since I spend most of my day at the studio and then when I get home I rot and then go to bed. So in this time of rotting I have come up with quite a few things that are in my mental queu of things to accomplish so largely for my own sources,(you are welcome to add insight if you wish, please do in fact) I have decided to list them here so they are all in one place and such. Anyways it is fairly unlikely that the vast majority of these things will be accomplished/started here in the next little bit but I am schlepping them up here so I dont forget about them. So without further ado, my ohsoimpressive lists:
Knitting:
Summery Sweater Top:
Food:
Knitting:
Patons Big Chill:
Patons Cables:
Rowan Classic Alpaca:
Folk Knitting In Estonia:
Summery Sweater Top:
Food:
Apple and Celery Salad & Wild Mushroom Lasagna:
These are both from The Best of Gourmet 2000, a book I procured from the library.
BBQ Seitan Ribs:
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/05/barbecued-seitan-ribz.html
Eggless Egg Salad:
No picture here, but I have the ingredients for it so I am thinking I should have a picture of my own rather soon.
White Chocolate Brownies:
Recipe found here: http://tartelette.blogspot.com/2007/05/white-chocolate-brownies.html
Other:
Quilting:
I have been reading this series that involves a quilting camp and I think it has spurred an interest in me to try some quilting, that and the fact that it could, in theory, be done here, sans sewing machine. However I havent found a pattern or fabric or anything, so I dont know if anything will actually come of it.
Whew, and this is one long post so I will be done now because I really aught to be building me a resume at the moment.
Hermit
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