發糕

今年 託小綠眼嘴饞的福
家裡做了蘿蔔糕 米糕 發糕 也買了年糕

步步高升是ㄧ定要的啦!

要加油呦

‎15歲覺得游泳難，放棄游泳，到18歲遇到一個你喜歡的人約你去游泳，你只好說“我不會耶”。 18歲覺得英文難，放棄英文，28歲出現一個很棒但要會英文的工作，你只好說“我不會耶”。 人生前期越嫌麻煩，越懶得學，後來就越可能錯過讓你動心的人和事，錯過新風景。——蔡康永

Let it snow

新年快樂

水仙開花

水仙花到家裡才不過10天多，今天中午時開了第一朵花。到了晚上時，又多開了幾朵，飄出淡淡的香氣。根也長了，像是鬍鬚一般。

蘿蔔糕

香菇6朵 泡水 切塊

蘿蔔2 1/2 lb 刨絲

紅蘿蔔 1 根 刨絲

蒜5 顆 切細末

泰國粘米粉 半包

水300 cc

醬油

鹽 2 小匙

麻油

白胡椒

蒜頭爆香後加香菇，炒到有香味

加蘿蔔們，水100 cc，炒、翻，加調味

悶到蘿蔔半熟

將剩下的水200cc和黏米粉混合

蘿蔔半熟後關火

米漿倒入，攪拌均勻

倒入蒸籠，放置管子讓水氣可以跑上來

大火15分鐘後 改中大火60分鐘

亦可用電鍋外鍋先一杯水，跳起來再一杯水 (共煮兩杯水)

但是要用10人份電鍋才夠大

小綠眼拍的照片。水仙長大了。

City in the morning

Looking over saint Paul street (left)
Convention center (right)

2012 的旅程 - 軌道的起端

這一年，我們fresh的開始。New apartment, new start.

我們很determine要在1/2好上班前將公寓整理好。小綠眼很堅持一切都要就緒，連衛生紙都必須要買好放在儲藏室。

我們很有效率，打包 - 搬運 - 整理 - 回收紙箱，只花了4 1/2天。

這是一棟1830年代的建築，其中的樓梯和設計都是當初的 (當然馬桶和瓦斯爐不是...)。

MIT 鑰匙

上一篇記錄了誤打誤撞買到的水仙

買到水仙去因為去打鑰匙。拿到鑰匙時，發現是台灣製造了。

Paperwhite 水仙花

誤打誤撞...種了一株水仙花

為了打一付鑰匙，在巴摩開了20miles才完成任務。其中一間打鑰匙的店主要是在賣酒。結帳時發現這個球莖是水耕的，所以買了一個。剛才google一下，發現是水仙。

放在水中不到一週，根都長出來了。

健康活力各諾拉/喜瑞兒 (granola)

Granola是一種早餐燕麥片；營養健康。但是超市賣的多半甜和油，堅果和葡萄乾又少。更何況，每次買都很心疼，因為並不便宜。

在我還沒下定決心自己製作前，一直覺得granola很麻煩，又要加很多油(1/2 cup?!)。有天在epicurious看到一個評價很高，又看似健康的，心裡很心動。終於到Aldi買菜時，下定決心買了almond, walnut, raisin, cranberry, honey, and maple syrup。是的...很久沒買那些東西了!

從開始到完成大約要1小時。新鮮最好吃，放了就味道也會跑掉。所以勤勞一點。一次做一週份。

食譜 (我是將份量減半，因為要一週份)

4 c oats (燕麥)

2 c oat bran (小麥麩)

1 c almonds (銀杏)

1 c walnut (核桃)

1/8 c 白芝麻

1/2 t 鹽

1/4 c brown sugar

2 T 楓糖漿

1/4 c 蜂蜜

1 1/2 t 肉桂

1 1/2 t 香草精

1 c 葡萄乾 + 蔓越莓乾

1. 將 oats, oat bran, 堅果, 芝麻等在一個深的鍋子攪勻

2.將salt, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, oil, 肉桂, 香草放到火上加熱至小滾。留意滾的糖會發泡

3. 將2倒入1，攪勻 (直到覺得oats都有沾到汁)

4. 到在鋪了parchment 或是錫箔子的烤盤 (或用baking dish也可以，但要烤比較久)

325 度 約 30分。每次設定10分鐘，時間到將granola攪拌，使受熱均勻。約20-30分鐘，oats呈金黃色和乾了即可。喜歡香酥的就在烤或悶在熄火的烤箱一陣。

涼了後加入葡萄乾等。放到容器中

如果用cookie sheet烤的時間較短；baking disk較長。

沒乾會發霉

MIT backside of i94 card

Indian Dessert

Rice pudding (Pradeep Quin)

Milk (full)

Rice

Cardamom

Sugar

Cashernut

Sweet raisin

½ gallon of milk + grinded cardamom and start boiling; stir so it don’t stick; color (upper level) is turning light yellowish.

1 ½ C of rice (soak in water); then let napkin absorb more water.

Add rice into slightly yellow milk; keep stirring; (till expand)

Add cashew nut at any point;

When 1 ½ and ¼ turn into ½ gallon. Add the last ¼ gallon of milk.

Add sugar.

Shirkhne

Plain yogurt (Indian grocery store)

Sugar

Cardamom (power and full seed) –key flavor

Put yogurt into cotton cloth to drain water. Keep in refrigerator overnight; manually remove water in the morning till no water running out;

Add sugar and cardamom, keep stir till sugar mix. (stir till you like the consistency)

Canada Dry Ginger Ale

Canada Dry Ginger Ale

(September 9, 2011). It is very rare for me to drink sodas and I only drink a few of them: Coke Zero (hate regular coke), root beer, and Dr. Pepper. There are a few sodas that I will absolutely not drink – prefer to thirst to death – the orange soda.

My boss LOVES Canada Dry Ginger Ale. This is purely from my observations. He also drinks the orange soda and very occasionally, regular coke. I believe he does not like diet coke but I may be wrong. (This original post was written in September 9, 2011. After 4 months of continuous monitoring (stalker!), I am certain that he DOES NOT drink diet drinks). The best ginger ale I have tasted is from a local pizza shop in Baltimore City, Iggies. Their ale is stored in glass bottles and very different from the mass produced commercial ones.

I don’t think I like Canada Dry Ginger Ale very much. This is the 10^th hour into my journey. I believe I still have…23 hours. Horray for advance technology and the “flat” world.

One of my friends is extremely productive while flying. In fact, he sometimes joke all his work is done while on plane. Let’s see how productive I’ll be.

Time forward to January 5, 2012, I randomly stumble into this document. It occurs to me that I had no idea why I entitled this post “Canada Dry Ginger Ale.” In the brief paragraphs above, I made no indication that I was in fact, drinking Canada Dry Ginger Ale (or Ginger Ale at all), while I was writing the post. In fact, I did not even explicitly write that I was drinking soda. I had said “it is very rare,” which means that “in the present, the statement is true.” It is not saying that “I am drinking soda as we speak (or type).” So what was my point? I have absolutely no idea.

Although, I am very certain to say that I was not very productivity throughout the journey. I perhaps had (can barely remember) drank some beers and watched movies. Other than that, I believe the flight was terrible. I had to fight with a middle age women for a seat that I had earn, with enormous efforts.