Naked nuts

I usually feel a little awkward dealing with blanched almonds. It's like they're naked. I avert my eyes when tossing them so they don't feel like they're being watched.

This Snow pea, almond & chicken stir-fry worked out quite a treat. Very easy (recipe here). You can't really go wrong with garlic, Chinese five spice, oyster sauce and kacap manis, can you? And the recipe is very pleasing to the eye as well as the tummy.

Asparagus wee, you're killing me.

Within a half-hour of asparagus consumption, some people notice their urine has acquired a very pungent odor, often compared to rotting cabbage,ammonia or rotten eggs.  Thanks wisegeek.com

Brendan didn't like my shoes. Or my toe cleavage.

And the next day, when i had my less dainty GI-Jo outfit on, he had the nerve to tell me i looked butch.

It's hard being a fashion nomad. I get taunted regularly.

I had to bin the Jaffas and Smarties. They were talking to me.

Trolly milestone

Saturday’s Costco visit (visit #5) not only bore us the fine fruits of wholesale berries (6kg/$41), sugar snap peas (1kg/$7.95) and Eye Fillet (5kg/$106), but also a milestone in our bargain-hunting adventures. For the 1^st time ever, we utilized the lower shelf of our supersized trolley. Victory!

Our observations to date have seen this ledge service a number of needs, most frequently screeching, obnoxious (and more often than not obese) children who are outraged that their somewhat reasonable parents have not allowed them to take home a double king-size pack of Nutella. Get over it fatty. The 12-pack of iced doughnuts sitting centimeters above your head will surely be sufficient in making you even less attractive to the opposite sex in the years to come.

Other lower shelves carried several bags of 20kg rice, lifetime supplies of incontinence pads and years worth of 1L Head ‘n’ Shoulders shampoo bottles.

Our lower shelf supported our beloved slab of Coke Zero, which turns out to be far cheaper then buying 1.5L bottles. Well worth banging elbows with some of the less refined Costco regulars.

Fat cows are juicy

We made teriyaki steak the other night.  It was freakin delicious but my lord was there a lot of FAT. We, or rather I spent more time cutting out the chunks of lard then actually eating my meal. Don says the fat bits are what make it so tasty and i should shut my eyes and just savour it. I was so excited by the taste i neglected to take a photo of it. Given that we bought a 5kg log of the stuff last week, i can see it popping up again on the menu shortly.

The recipe had 600gm eye fillet steaks, 2 tbs mirin, 1 tbs dry sherry, 1/4 cup soy sauce and 1 tsp caster sugar. We quickly fried up the steaks ensuring they were still a bit bloody and then shook up all sauce ingredients, threw them into a pan with two chopped up spring onions, waited til it thickened and then threw it over our steak. Yum-O.

These were the cut-off bits

Shank me up, buttercup....

A little belated but this was the result.

Shanks are simmering. Stay tuned.

Own up. Who wazzed and did not flush?

I wonder if it's the same lady who poos and leaves the facility without washing her hands? Now that's dedication to the 'Target 155' campaign. Not so committed to the 'Workplace Hygiene' campaign however.

A penis-snipper for breakfast?

Nana likes to find useful bits and bobs in her cupboards that i can use for my 'contemporary cooking'.

I lost my nose ring. But then I found it.

I was preoccupied with how/where it might have popped out.

Pensive dad was more interested in whether i could breath through the piercing hole if my nostrils had plugs in them.

Coca Cola velcro posters. I like.

http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/2009/11/coca-cola-velcro-posters/

Gosh it sucks being a man with an allergy.

"Although it so freaking hot, I'm afraid to sleep naked because I have a really bad reaction to mosquito bites and i don't want to get a third ball in the case that one munches on my testicali"

Bill's burghul fluffed up my tabouli

The standard supermarket burghul reminds me of dandruff. It's dry and flakey and looks like it needs a vitamin booster. Quinoa is our usual grain of choice but when Don's dad sent us a burghul care package, our picnic lunches changed for the better.

Dad came home early to crack mum's walnuts.

"Little pig, little pig, let me come in!"

May i blow you away with my 'Spiced pork loin and gyoza with 72 below kiwifruit vodka'? Looks just like the picture (Page 72, 2005/06 The Great Australian Restaurant Guide).

What a good wifey.