So, of course Thanksgiving yielded delicious leftovers. The turkey wing that I gnawed on for lunch on Saturday will stay with me for a long time: salty, crispy, briny, juicy, amazzzzzinnnngggg.
4)
::pause:: I just realized these will post out of order. If you are confused by the placement of the number 4, read the last post first. Ok. Unpause::
4, again) Secret Ingredients 1, at my house.
Actually, this one deserves its own post with pictures and tons of description, so I will hold off.
Basic idea: underground kitchen. people pay to eat, chefs get to experiment, and everyone goes home happy. more later.
5) Now at AP, there is a crazy amount of work with college applications. This is fine and expected. Last year I was at the office until 10 for two whole weeks. This time I've barely done it at all! So, that being said, I haven't done a lot of cooking. . . which is kind of ok. Sarah and I have gone shopping to stock up, so that we don't have to buy food out this next week before winter break. Some of our concoctions so far have been:
- super tomato and onion-y pasta sauce with fettucini and parm
- lots of salads with spinach, endive, lettuce, and other various veggies
- free pizza (both from an odd-job on Sunday, and from my school. hooray for parent night)
- Indian food (thanks, rob!)
-- ok, so those last two weren't concoctions. but they were free! --
- chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies.
p.s. we watched the movie Taken the other night and it gave everyone the heebie jeebies. We were all so scared, and chewed on roughly 20 cookies between the 3 of us, and lots of milk.
We also bought the fixins' for chili, white bean and kale stew, sandwiches (thank goodness I can eat sandwiches again), and lots of rice chex and fruit for healthy breakfasts. The only thing we are lacking is tea. Our tea has been seriously depleted.
6) Team Farell and friends potluck.
This was actually just last night! My supervisor from last year invited her current team and past team members over for a potluck. This was a seriously good potluck - everyone got it right! This potluck included:
- a soft St. Andre-esque cheese and apples
- a salad with homemade balsamic dressing
- arroz con pollo
- yams with andouille sausage
- baked little sausages inside of dough with cheddar cheese and apple (don't know the name of them)
- pecan pie
- berry pie
- wine and beer galore
- elephant ears
- a big fat bunny that ran around the house all night. this was not on the menu - just a pet.
I also played my first game of Settlers of Catan. Surprisingly fun. Now I can truly say I went to Macalester I guess.
7) Tomorrow night I am hosting another potluck at chez moi for Macalester friends who I have not seen for quite a while. Our dearest Kelly is leaving, so we need to see her before then! More on this later, since I don't yet know what people will bring.
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And thus is my month synopsized. (word?)
More on the Secret Ingredients later on. And fingers crossed for a more regular updating of this here bloggity blog.
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