Saturday, October 23, 2010

tak payah jd perempuan spastik

salam. hye hye. kenape esok kerja? pftt. :( penat ta hilang. ++, ta sampai rumah lg dah pukul 2 pm kan mcm menambahkan mood malas memandangkan hari ni hari terakhir weekends ko. by the way. ptg jap gi skit balik lah KL kot. ak da siap dah na balik. bkn ak x ske ramai2, just lg lmbt sampai rumah, lg penat nnt der. seriously. i hate travelling. i mean packing stuff, naik kereta or flight lelame. ble jenjln, makan ak sker lah! :D *ok back to the topic*

ak x ske pompuan spastik. plastik. tiruan. buatan. hoi, bkn pasal lelaki lembut ke ape ke. ak tak kisah kwn dgn semua jenis golongan. cuma ak ta ske perempuan yg da dilahirkan sebagai bakal wanita, pura-pura dan gedik-gedik nak jd betina. ak ta ske pompuan control cun. bajet hot. dan plg ta ske, CEPAT PERASAN AS IF KO RAMAI PEMINAT SGT. errr, if ko ramai peminat sgt pun kan, rasenye erm... ta perlu kot na heboh 1 dunia, keep it low babeh. segan kot???

org blh beza ko pemalu, atau control cun. jage penampilan, atau nak melaram sbb na ngorat org. kenyang atau pura-pura kenyang. org blh beza. jadi, plz. ko mungkin dikejar buaya2 yg tahu ko blh 'dimakan' tp sebaliknya, org lain yg ada akal waras, meluat dan menyampah tgk ko. dah ko buat dosa, org lain pun buat dosa geleng kepala tgk gaya ko. haih. dah lah. if ak, dan perempuan2 lain as a human yg berjantina perempuan pun dah berbulu, ko bygkanlah lelaki (BKN BUAYA) tgk ko, ape die org pk? *renung-renungkan*

if ta ske, na buat muke masam, buat je mcm ak.

if happy or over excited, pun sengih je sampai telinga mcm kma.


org blh kenal ko ikhlas ke pura-pura :)



nnt update ttg wedding ye.



Chicken Grilled In Turmeric Spice (Ayam Bakar Bumbu Kuning)

Chicken Grilled In Tamarind Juice (Ayam Bakar Bumbu Kuning)

1 whole chicken, cut up into 4-8 pieces
500 cc thick coconut milk
1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
3 kaffir lime leaves
2 cloves
2 cardamom, bruised

1 Tbsp. tamarind juice
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil

Spices :

3 cloves garlic
8 small shallots
5 candlenuts, dryly fried
3 tsp. coriander seeds
1 tsp. pepper
¼ tsp. aniseeds
½ tsp. cumin seeds
½ tsp. nutmeg
¼ tbsp. galangal
2 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. ground turmeric
1 tbsp. salt

Stir fry the spice paste over medium heat with 3 Tbs. vegetable oil for a minute or two and then add the lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, cloves and cardamom until fragrant.

Add the chicken pieces and stir well until the chicken is half done.

Pour in the coconut milk and tamarind juice.

Cook it until the chicken is almost done and the sauce is thickened, remove.

On a barbeque grill or in an oven over moderate heat, grill the chicken until done while brushing it with the spices.

Chicken Grilled In Turmeric Spice (Ayam Bakar Bumbu Kuning)

Chicken Grilled In Tamarind Juice (Ayam Bakar Bumbu Kuning)

1 whole chicken, cut up into 4-8 pieces
500 cc thick coconut milk
1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
3 kaffir lime leaves
2 cloves
2 cardamom, bruised

1 Tbsp. tamarind juice
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil

Spices :

3 cloves garlic
8 small shallots
5 candlenuts, dryly fried
3 tsp. coriander seeds
1 tsp. pepper
¼ tsp. aniseeds
½ tsp. cumin seeds
½ tsp. nutmeg
¼ tbsp. galangal
2 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. ground turmeric
1 tbsp. salt

Stir fry the spice paste over medium heat with 3 Tbs. vegetable oil for a minute or two and then add the lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, cloves and cardamom until fragrant.

Add the chicken pieces and stir well until the chicken is half done.

Pour in the coconut milk and tamarind juice.

Cook it until the chicken is almost done and the sauce is thickened, remove.

On a barbeque grill or in an oven over moderate heat, grill the chicken until done while brushing it with the spices.

On A Jet Plane

I've been MIA the past week or so, but I am home now. My Mom and I flew out to Oklahoma to visit my sister and her daughter Olivia. We were so busy the entire time, I didn't have a proper opportunity to catch up on my blogging.

Olivia was turning the big 3, and we couldn't miss her birthday for the world, she means so much to all of us. Just watching how excited she got over balloons and party hats was amazing. She has so much zest for life.

I only have a couple pictures right now, but will be posting more of our adventures soon.


 Aunt Trina got some new Boots, she loves to put other people's shoes on and show off.


Grandma fed this child cupcakes for breakfast and got away with it.





A wonderful art project with these foamy things. We were making an under the sea scene.





 Olivia likes to help clean up, I told my sister to take advantage. haha.


  
A beautiful day for a bike ride!


Along the way we picked up the biggest acorns I have ever seen! Eventually they will become
some of my lovely acorn earrings!

 

Her momma brought home a bunch of awesome balloon, and Olivia went ape-shit
singing and dancing! haha.



My Nathan loves him some Lego's, I saw this store at the mall and thought of him.




Us girls had to get our nails done. Olivia was very good, she sat fairly still for 
her age. She is a total girlie girl, loves her some nail polish!

While the world sleeps.

Sometimes, I'm so blonde. And by blonde I mean silly; that's how Laia and I call to each other when we do silly things (of course we don't think that blonde girls are silly, it's only an expression... you see, the truth is that my hair is blonde!).

And yesterday I was so blonde! I made risotto, a cute recipe, and when I was about to taking pictures for showing them to you... I discovered that I've lost my SD card! So here I am searching for it (but I guess I should buy a new one) while I'm making some cute handmade jewels for next week, listening to Fever Ray and seeing Sandra's flickr, where I see her packing all the things from her lovely apartament.

Another blonde moment: why I'm crying seeing those pictures? Don't know, I'm so happy for her (as she's moving to NY City, one of her dreams); but seeing people packing their life always makes me cry!

So that's why I'm showing you the huge and great collection of Betsey Johnson and Wunderkind, my two favourite fashion shows from the last Fashion Weeks... and the cutest spring collections for 2011!




Betsey Johnson

 
 
 
 

Wunderkind
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

And I also love the V. Westwood show, it was full of inspiration!

 
 
 
 
 

Have a nice saturday! I'm searching again for the SD card, argh!!

Favourite Fudge Cake



Faded, tattered, stained , this recipe from my now extremely dog-eared An American Cook in Turkey has been a true faithful in terms of my cake repertoire.  The book itself was given to me in my first year of marriage when there I was stranded in Ankara in the ‘70s where nothing but the most basic of basics existed. It was a lifesaver: it referred back to a life we gelins had left, to food that was familiar to us, and explained how to replicate it in a country that was different in so many ways.  It also introduced in manageable terms all the new dishes that we were trying to embrace.  This book was compiled by what I can only think of as a most intrepid bunch of American women and first published in the early ‘60s! That’s fifty years ago!  So thank you, Anne Glass, who first prepared it. Apparently she was a teacher of home economics at the Izmir American Collegiate Institute in the spring of 1961. More power to her and her team for it is such a treasure trove of information starting with ‘How to Cook a Husband’, taken from the foreword of a 19th century cookbook. I love the opening lines:

A good many husbands are utterly spoiled by mismanagement in cooking and so are not tender and good. Some women keep them constantly in hot water; others let them freeze by their carelessness and indifference. Some keep them in a stew with irritating ways and words. Some wives keep them pickled...It cannot be supposed that any good husband will be tender and good when so managed  but they are really delicious when prepared properly.
And if he is prepared properly? ....he will serve a lifetime of Happiness.
What words of wisdom: that book had everything.
This  Fudge Cake rapidly established itself as a firm family favourite especially for birthdays as there were no hard-to-find ingredients, the recipe always worked, and more to the point, everyone always loved it.  After all, it is chocolate! It has metamorphosed into a caterpillar, a ninja castle, numbers of ever-advancing ages, husband’s 50th and with different decoration, graced so many of my teas.  The recipe was contributed by someone called Barbara Fowler so Barbara, whoever you are, wherever you are, I salute you!
Ingredients
Preheat oven to 180C/350F
2 ¼ cups sifted plain flour
1 tsp baking soda/karbonat
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½  cup shortening ( I use ½ packet butter), softened
1 ½ cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 well-beaten eggs
1 cup sour milk (do not use yogurt to replace. Instead use 2 tbsp vinegar with regular milk)
½ cup cocoa

sifting

making the sour milk

 Method
§  Grease and flour your cake tin. I use a round 21 cm tube pan but actually the recipe says 2 layer cake pans. Size is not specified but I expect 20 cm is fine. Or a 20 cm ring pan or deep  20 cm round cake pan.
§  Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and soda.
§  In a separate large bowl, cream butter and add sugar gradually, beating thoroughly after each addition.
§  Add vanilla and eggs. Beat until fluffy.
§  Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the sour milk.
§  Mix cocoa with 1/3 cup hot water to form a smooth paste; cool slightly before beating into batter.
§  Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 45 mins. If using 2 layer pans, reduce time to 30 – 35 mins. The cake is done when well-risen and springy to the touch.

mixing everything

swirling in the chocolate
Easy icing:
When you take the cake out of the oven, upturn onto a cake rack. Immediately place squares of bitter chocolate all round the top. These will melt and can then be spread over the surface with a knife. Decorate as wished with whole nuts, chopped nuts, glace cherries, smarties, or other cake decorations.
choc pieces melting on the hot cake
Tips

v  This cake goes very well with vanilla ice cream!
v  The round shape with the hole in the middle looks good and does away with the necessity for a layer of fudge icing or other filling between layers. The icing above works well, especially with children, as it is so much lighter than a more traditional fudge or butter icing.
My copy of An American Cook in Turkey is so battered that I am about to have it rebound before it completely collapses!
testimony of a well-loved recipe