Food Adventures

This is a dragonfruit.

I had to buy one because I thought it looked like something out of a video game.

 If you look in the picture above, you can see that I had to look up how to eat it (look at the computer screen in the background).

But what astonished me the most is what it looks like inside.

The website said it tastes like a cross between a kiwi and a pear, which is dead on for the texture (its really bizarre) but we found the flavor to be really really bland. Not at all the sort of thing you expect from something with "dragon" in the name. So I've scooped out the middle and am going to try and freeze it and make it into some sort of water-ice-esque  dish. 

Childhood Memories

This one is for Dad, I hope you're reading.

I was going through some of my old stuff and I came across this old toy steamboat I remember dad getting me for one of my birthdays (it is functional) I had to modify the candle, but it still runs as well as it did 10 years ago.
What happened to all those really cool old toys?

P.S. - Remember the copper piping we bought to try and build a larger scale model? I wish we'd finished that, maybe with scott and nate?

Recipe: Quinoa Hamlet

Pronounced: Keen Wa

Makes 4 Hamlets

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Quinoa (rinsed if called for)

1 cup Water

8 slices Ham (deli style)

6 Med Eggs (or 4 large) well beaten.

Assorted spices to taste (I used Salt, Cayenne Pepper, Garlic Powder, Dried onion, it doesnt take much and gives the quinoa great flavor) 

1) Combine 1/2 cup Quinoa, Water and Spices in small pot, bring to a boil and hold for 15 min. Remove from heat.

2)Place 2 slices of ham in pan (or 2 each for as many as you can make at once) on medium high. Spread Quinoa on each slice (I would keep it less than 1/4 in thick) Once the ham starts to sizzle, carefully pour the egg over the quinoa. It will try to get away from you, just try to keep it mostly on the ham. 

3)In a couple minutes (whenever you think is right) get your spatula under one of the pieces of ham and fold it over top of the other, flip several times to be sure the edges are cooked (it may ooze a little) Allow to cool, and serve.

Courtesy of that part of my brain I wish I could activate at will (Alexis won't get home from work to eat these for another hour)

P.S. - I only made 2 of these, but I expanded the recipe to use all of the Quinoa, it shouldn't cause a problem, but you never know...

MAN POINTS: -2

So, remember that windshield wiper I fixed, well, it worked great until it snowed, now neither wiper works.

As a side note however, I did manage to sell my car (not the one that is breaking constantly and I fear for its life) for $300 more than I paid for it. Thats got to count for something, right?

Is that really necessary?

So, I had purchased some salmon fillets from wal mart the other day, and noticed that the bag was marked "Resealable". Now, each fillet is individually vacuum packed, so does it even matter if you put a zip loc seal on the bag they come in?