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cooking & watching
Oct. 4th, 2010 10:15 am
Cooking stuff:
I am so proud of myself, it's ridiculous. I made my own kimchi!!
Tonight I'm going to attempt to make eun daegu jorim, that delicious black cod dish I talked about in another post. Unfortunately, the recipe I have is not a 'real' recipe that's tried and true, but is someone's guestimation. Also, I was in H-Mart getting ingredients for this and for the kimchi, and the fish monger dude seemed totally perplexed by the idea of daegu jorim. He instead recommended whiting, which I've never had before, but which I took his advice on, since they didn't have black cod anyway. I know from multiple sources that you *can* make this dish with any firm, white fish. The problem is that the fish is HUGE. I don't think it will fit whole into any of my pots, which means I'm going to have to chop it up myself (it was frozen whole and rock solid when I bought it, so the seafood dept couldn't do it for me).
I've also baked a really, really awesome artisan bread using instant yeast. You basically have to use the yeast sparingly so that it has a very slow/long fermentation time, like you're using a sourdough starter. The recipe I made takes 23 hours, lol. But only 20-40 minutes of that is active time, where you're doing something. The challenge is that you do have to do things at certain times, so you have to make it a point to be home during those times. It was SO GOOD. The book it comes from has been on my wish list awhile, I kick myself that it took me so long to actually get it. I'll share a pic when I get it off my SD card! ( Here's the recipe, in case you want to make it, or just see what that 23 hours includes. )
Watching stuff:
Saw a great movie with K. last night: Winter's Bone. It was bleak, bleak, bleak. You think you know poor and then you see a movie like this and you learn how little you actually know. The entire time I was watching, I was counting my many blessings. And wondering how people can find the will to go on when there's little to no happiness to be found anywhere, when you have to eke out an existence, when all life hands you is crap on top of crap. It's when I'm confronted by people who live with these circumstances, and yet find the will and the desire to keep living, that I really see/understand what survival instincts are, and how strong they are. I guess this movie won a bunch of awards at Sundance, and I can see why. The acting was great -- v. impressed with this Jennifer Lawrence gal, and John Hawkes, who many of us know better as Scully's stalker Phillip Padgett.
I've also finally watched (500) Days of Summer. I enjoyed it immensely until about 3/4ths of the way through, when they kind of lose me. Jade pointed out that the movie is apparently based on a true story so I guess I can work past it, but I don't have to be happy about it.
And finally -- I'm on S2 of Merlin!!! ( Spoilers. )
I am so proud of myself, it's ridiculous. I made my own kimchi!!
Tonight I'm going to attempt to make eun daegu jorim, that delicious black cod dish I talked about in another post. Unfortunately, the recipe I have is not a 'real' recipe that's tried and true, but is someone's guestimation. Also, I was in H-Mart getting ingredients for this and for the kimchi, and the fish monger dude seemed totally perplexed by the idea of daegu jorim. He instead recommended whiting, which I've never had before, but which I took his advice on, since they didn't have black cod anyway. I know from multiple sources that you *can* make this dish with any firm, white fish. The problem is that the fish is HUGE. I don't think it will fit whole into any of my pots, which means I'm going to have to chop it up myself (it was frozen whole and rock solid when I bought it, so the seafood dept couldn't do it for me).
I've also baked a really, really awesome artisan bread using instant yeast. You basically have to use the yeast sparingly so that it has a very slow/long fermentation time, like you're using a sourdough starter. The recipe I made takes 23 hours, lol. But only 20-40 minutes of that is active time, where you're doing something. The challenge is that you do have to do things at certain times, so you have to make it a point to be home during those times. It was SO GOOD. The book it comes from has been on my wish list awhile, I kick myself that it took me so long to actually get it. I'll share a pic when I get it off my SD card! ( Here's the recipe, in case you want to make it, or just see what that 23 hours includes. )
Watching stuff:
Saw a great movie with K. last night: Winter's Bone. It was bleak, bleak, bleak. You think you know poor and then you see a movie like this and you learn how little you actually know. The entire time I was watching, I was counting my many blessings. And wondering how people can find the will to go on when there's little to no happiness to be found anywhere, when you have to eke out an existence, when all life hands you is crap on top of crap. It's when I'm confronted by people who live with these circumstances, and yet find the will and the desire to keep living, that I really see/understand what survival instincts are, and how strong they are. I guess this movie won a bunch of awards at Sundance, and I can see why. The acting was great -- v. impressed with this Jennifer Lawrence gal, and John Hawkes, who many of us know better as Scully's stalker Phillip Padgett.
I've also finally watched (500) Days of Summer. I enjoyed it immensely until about 3/4ths of the way through, when they kind of lose me. Jade pointed out that the movie is apparently based on a true story so I guess I can work past it, but I don't have to be happy about it.
And finally -- I'm on S2 of Merlin!!! ( Spoilers. )
