Lately, the women in my life have decided to create grouping events by hobbies. Book club. Cooking Club. Birthday club. Just kidding, a lot of birthdays lately.
Owl and Thistle: Nothing like hanging out with Sounders fans after birthday burlesque show. Especially when you get to see the prettiest black and tan ever:
Maybe Cindy just goes to crappy Irish bars? Maybe she's too tipsy to have noticed the distinct division before? Maybe you should quit judging and enjoy the view.
There were also a random tray of hot dogs, yes. I ate one. It was free. OH, but something they do there for their fries is a ranch sauce that's chock full of dill! So good!
Next stop: loco moco train station. aka Kona Kitchen.
Need I say more? Mmm. gravy and rice.
Cooking Club! Every 2 weeks we take turns hosting and everybody brings the ingredients to try out a new recipe. Or, it can be something you've done before but would be a different type of thing for everyone to try.
I missed the first round, which was seafood linguine with home made pesto. (It might have been best that I wasn't there. I hear there was plentiful garlic, which gives me heartburn even in the minutest amounts).
Second Round: filipino/asian comfort food. Everything was from scratch (except the lumpia wrappers)
- Lumpia with green beans, potatoes, bean sprouts, pork/beef, carrots, and cabbage.
- Sauce for Lumpia (do you see this J??): sugar, white vinegar, salt, garlic ***heartburn Danger!!***
- Pork adobo: some one's grandma's recipe. And oh yes, we used pork butt.
- Rice, duh.
- Arepas: South American style corn bread. DEEEELICIOUS. Think corn bread. Now pan fry. Now bake. Eat with pork adobo. Exactly.
Clockwise from the pork adobo: lumpia dipping sauce, lumpia, Arepas, rice.
One of the ladies from cooking club (Mae) is thinking of opening her own food truck. She made the arepas, and this dessert! It's very asian-style warm dessert-ish. Tapioca, home made mochi (yes! HOME MADE ! She made it while we were there!), taro, banana, and some other stuff I don't know. I think jackfruit. It was warm and yummy.
Another lady (Nicole) made these sweet cookie roll things called barquillos. Chewy but a little bit crisp, and there's a hole in the middle to put whipped cream!
mmm. Taste the diversity.
A very stuffed, around the world adventure, all in one weekend! Now that's a stay-cation! har har.
Next : Experimental pickling. Pickled asparagus lady said I could re-use the jar to make my own pickled asparagus. If they were supposed to be cooked, I just wasted a bunch. We'll find out in 8-10 weeks!
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