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wJun 10, 2009 | |
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The First Night of CSA Box One OMG CSA BOXES! It's my first one! Here's what came in the box: Hamburger Frozen rhubarb chunks Nettles Spinach Salad greens (WITH FLOWERS, YOU CAN EAT THEM) Arugula An oregano plant! I hope I don't kill it, and that it manages to somehow get light from my single window that faces another apartment building! Mint! Some spring turnips - Gretchen said I can eat the leaves, too! Bok choy Pea shoots Chive blossoms! They are purple! What A beverage! It was supposed to be mint lemonade, but here's what happened: Put a half-gallon of really hot water over a cup of salt and let the salt dissolve. Put in several slices of ginger, mint leaves, and squeeze lemon juice in. We only had half a lemon, so mostly this water tasted very sweet, and like mint with an aftertaste of ginger. I think this would help a sick stomach! A quiche! Here are some blogs I've found with vegetables and suggestions on what to do with them. They both seem to use local produce, one of which uses a Madison-based CSA: Green Your Plate A Good Appetite My Foodie Question of the Night How do you clean your wooden cutting boards? It seems like mine always smells like pizza, even though I wipe it with a damp rag every time I use it. Should I scrape it with a knife or something? Do you then put oil on it and let it soak so that it stays.....not slivery? I'm excited to make a salad to go with my lunch tomorrow. I usually hate salads, but I think it's mostly because I can't stand limp, crappy lettuce. But I will have salad greens and spinach and arugula AND I WILL TRIUMPH. The quiche tasted so good that I don't want to brush my teeth. I'm turning into my boyfriend, :( Labels: csa, domesticity, food scribbled mystickeeper at 10:36 PM 
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wJun 8, 2009 | |
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Food! So, I kind of suck at making food. BUT I still signed up for a CSA farm share this year, and the first box comes on Wednesday. I'm splitting my box with another friend, but G and I get our boxes from the same place, and we are going to cook together!! Here's what G thinks will be in this box: Spinach, salad greens, arugula, pea shoots, chocolate mint, baby bok choy, nettles, chive blossoms, rhubarb, oregano in a pot, red flame head lettuce and hamburger. OMG STUFF! I want to put mint leaves in my water pitcher! I can handle that! I hope they give two pots of oregano to me, since I'm splitting my box, ;_; BUT! I'm going through this locally-made CSA-oriented cookbook and flagging all of this week's vegetables and I'm freaking out because this food sounds delicious but I don't know what to do with it! Luckily, G does! OMG I WANT FOOD! Labels: food scribbled mystickeeper at 10:45 PM
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wNov 18, 2008 | |
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Paragraphs are different to me than line separators, but you couldn't tell by this post I fucking love eggnog. It's the perfect combination of sweet and creamy and I love the way it coats your throat with goodness.* Whenever I happen to be standing in my kitchen (read: the area between the bar and the wall with fridge/sink/stove that is in my one-room efficiency), I pop the carton open and snag a mouthful. Amazing. Why is this beverage only available during wintertime? I think it would be equally satisfying on a hot summer day. *First person to make a "That's what she said" joke gets stabbed. Are the Japanese just like, ridiculous health conscious? Every time someone gets a cold or a fever in manga, it's like they've been diagnosed with about-to-die-liver-cancer. What's with all of the people passing out all the time? How come every time someone falls down in the hallway, they land in the nurse's office with cotton balls and cleaning stuff. I feel like I should feel guilty about not working on Ghost Hunters in nearly a week. But I was suddenly desperately wanting to devour books, so I'm just going to let it happen. I'm not giving up on the story, though, and would still like to write a bunch more this month. Remind me to kick myhself in the butt and do something. Lately, I have the strong urge to read Moby Dick. Nevermind that I have detested everything I've read by him thus far....I think Herman Melville is different than Charles Dickens, for me. I think he's redeemable. I'm sure he'll find redemption in my mind through Moby Dick. Now I just need to get me a copy of Moby Dick and hope it doesn't suck. I had other things to write about, but alas, they are saved on a Notepad document at home. Oh no, I hope LiveJournal is still up! Rejoice, loyal blog-readers of mine who refuse to go over to LiveJournal! LiveJournal.com is down for the next three hours for some server-transfers, so you get to see this post before any of them! Still, they have more points in my book because they leave way more comments than you guys do, :D Labels: a: melville herman, anime, blogging, food, ghost hunters, japanese culture, livejournal, manga, nanowrimo scribbled mystickeeper at 11:01 AM
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wOct 6, 2008 | |
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PWN Holy crap, guys, I'm having loose tea for the first time. AMAZING. Labels: food scribbled mystickeeper at 10:56 PM
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wSep 3, 2008 | |
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Titles suck The power must have got turned off in my apartment last night, because when I woke up, my alarm clock was flashing, and had never gone off. :/ Hopefully the rest of today will go better. Most of this entry was written last night. Update on Domesticity ME, AT WORK: These carrots are, like, bitter. I wonder if they're bad? I got them at the Farmer's Market. CO-WORKER: Yeah, it doesn't really look like you peeled them....since you didn't buy them from the grocery store, you should peel them before you eat them. You can eat the outer layer, but it's bitter. ME: ..... *gets salsa from the fridge to slather over carrots* I haven't had a lot of time to cook lately. I'm really tired tonight, but I'm boiling some red potatoes, and intend to eat half tonight, and half tomorrow for lunch with a leftover hamburger from The Hammer's barbecue. I will butter them, and put spices on them, like basil and possibly garlic powder! We'll see what's in my cupboard.... Tonight, the rest of my meal will be made up of pizza rolls. But even these are now more gourmet! I'll cook them in the oven instead of the microwave. I actually haven't used my microwave once since moving in. That's pretty awesome. The Things I Enjoy for Cheap or for Free I am even more pleased with my St. Vinnie's purchases than I was on Saturday. Yes, I have lost an earring. But! I've decided that this black skirt is now my most favorite skirt (and I own many). And it only cost me $5.34! The shoes hurt my feet a lot, but I'd like to get used to walking in heels anyway, and my old black shoes were literally falling apart. I tell you, Internet, cheap things are amazing. I'm going to try and do resale shops more often. I already use Bookmooch for books, but I should stalk websites like Freecycle and Craigslist. Hurray for recycling. Among enjoying things for free, I got some DVDs from the library yesterday. Amelie and Seven Samurai, which I have never seen, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, which I remember seeing in Brit Lit in high school, but remember nothing of. Having now rewatched most of it, I now remember this: Tess of the d'Urbvervilles will make any reader or watcher hate men. WTF. Labels: a: hardy thomas, books, books: tess of the d'urbervilles, books: victorian, food, goals scribbled mystickeeper at 8:46 AM
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wJul 2, 2007 | |
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can you hear me out there? Hmmm, I feel like I should post, but I don't know what to say. On Friday, Creighton, Carolyn, Antoine, and I hung out and played this neat card game that Antoine has. Kristy, Chad, and Jennifer came to visit on Saturday, so that was really nice because I haven't seen Jennifer in a long time, as she was in Spain all semester. We tooled around Trader Joe's, State Street, and Ella's Deli. I obtained some body wash at Trader Joe's, and feminist sci-fi at Avol's (2 novels by James Tiptree, Jr.!). Ice cream at Ella's was delicious. People have been mooching my books like crazy for the last week at Bookmooch.com. I have like, 10 points to burn, but nothing on my wishlist is available (the two volumes of FLCL don't count 'cause they'd be from a different country, and would cost double the points. Although, I am proud of my wishlist. 117 titles in there, and almost all of them are manga. More suggestions for my wishlist are welcome, although I do like to get comics/manga from Bookmooch over regular novels because they're harder to find, and generally more expensive even when used. Still, whatever you've got is good. Antoine and I went out for dinner tonight, and ate Korean food. It was delicious, and I have enough leftover that I can eat it for lunch tomorrow, too. Current Music: Winter Sleep - OLIVIA inspi' Reira (if there ever was a song whose lyrics hit depression on the head, this is it)scribbled mystickeeper at 10:49 PM
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wFeb 17, 2007 | |
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Fluff I started this post last night, but then left and never came back! Luckily, I'm in a much better mood now. Earlier (Wednesday night - Friday), I was in a really horrible mood, but not very sure why. My job is still awesome; everyone who works there assures me that it wears off after a while, but I don't think it will. I could walk around inside the Capitol forever, looking at the paintings and architecture. I love getting there early in the morning, and the marble floor is pristine and waiting. My car has had a small chip in the windshield for a number of months. Maybe even a year, I don't remember. My parents told me not to worry about it, so I didn't. However, on Thursday night, a crack developed and has spread across nearly the entire span of the windshield, which is sad. Luckily, I found a place in Madison to take it to and get it replaced. Paul's going to go with me so that I can drop the car off and not sit in the shop for 2 hours. So, everyone know that Paul is an awesome housemate/friend! Antoine and I went out for Lao-Thai at Vientiane Palace last night. Man, I'd forgotten how *delicious* that place was. We both ate until we were stuffed, and holy crap. I still have enough leftovers that was equivalent to what I ate at the restaurant. We think that next time, we'll definitely split an entree, which makes for a pretty cheap, excellent meal! So, people in Madison, you should go eat there! And make sure you get some of their Thai Ice Tea - it's delicious! I had sort of felt like I was getting sick Thursday and yesterday, but today it seems a little bit better. We'll see. For now I'll just try to cuddle under blankets and drink lots of fluids and hope it (mostly a very sore throat) goes away. Anyway, today is looking up. The car windshield will get taken care of, my room is slowly becoming clean, I'll do laundry, and I'll read a lot for homework. Also, Netflix came today, so I can finally watch the 4th DVD of Princess Tutu! Wow, waking up early on a Saturday and having time to do things feels wonderful. Tomorrow, my goal is to wake up and actually go to church. So, whatever that bad mood was, it's gone!scribbled mystickeeper at 10:07 AM
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