Winter baking

Since our flights were all cancelled, we've been hanging around the past couple of days, mostly just cooking and eating. Me, Joonas, Keisuke, and Katie Camille have pretty much been eating all day, except for some intermittent playing in the snow and attempting to see movies.

And now, to be faithful to the name of this blog, let's talk about the important stuff.

On Friday we cooked a giant feast, involving

Salmon (marinated in garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, soy sauce, sauce-with-a-long-name-starting-with-w, parsley, basil, oregano, and pepper)

Portabello mushrooms (topped with Feta cheese)

Sweet Potatoes (cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, ground ginger)

Pad thai (shrimp, tofu, eggs, peanuts, snap peas, peppers, mushrooms, etc.)

and salad.

We had lots of lively guests and it turned out pretty well- photos are forthcoming.

Today we tried some Asian cooking. For breakfast Keisuke made 粥 (aka "congee") and it was a raging success. We had kimchee, bean curd, black sesame seeds, and some kind of egg-fish sauce to go with it. Tonight I made 蛋挞 (egg tart) and syrnicki (again... we had to use up the Ricotta cheese). I am not sure how these turned out: alas, they are yet-to-be-eaten.

The Man just arrived- time to go! Over and out.

- Mike

Wednesday

Dear all,

Today Marius' iPod arrived and we all rejoiced. Joonas went climbing both before and after dinner, and Marius dropped many things on the floor. Fortunately, his iPod was not one of them.