Yay! Cooked lunch for the family today. yeah i noe, was suppose to start on mon but i forgot abt the world cup final. A man needs his sleep. haha.. speaking of the world cup, wat a way to bow out zidane! (pun intended) I wasn't surprised so much by his act of insanity but rather by the forcefulness of his bowing (hehehe) he really charged like a raging bull, sans the hair - i mean - horns. haha.. i guess he figured he might as well hit with greater force since it wouldn't change the fact that he'll still be red-carded. plus he needn't worry abt gettin additional bans on future matches since he's retired. well ok, he mite have to wait awhile for his testimonial haha.. ok i have seriously digressed. Ok. so wat did i cook today?
1. Onion Omelette
2. Stir-fried baby kailan and sliced carrots with garlic and osyter sauce
3. buttered prawns in wheat cereal complete with curry leaves
The onion omelette was straight-forward and easy. hey, how difficult can it get? but i'll admit, my attempt at flipping it over was a total flop haha. The veges was simple as well.. apart from the garlic! dicing garlic is an art i say. a difficult one to master i might add. instead of doin the usual 'smash and dice' popularised by Mr Yan, my maid taught me another technique she learnt from a fren. I think its juz as effective, but i was damn worried i was going to cut myself so naturally i was as slow as a tortoise. pun intended. no worries tho, i'll improve with practice. Anyways, initially i thought the last dish would be a challenge, but it was just as simple as the earlier two. It just took more preparation time. And i tell u, it is darn difficult to rid the smell from your fingers. hahaha... anyways, during the course of cooking the meal, my maid imparted many valuable lessons. I think the best lesson today was to used not only seperate cutting boards but knives as well. One for poultry, meat, fish, garlic, onions etc and one for fruits and vegetables. Really common sense but it never crossed my mind till she mentioned it. Incidentally, after lunch, i was watching Oprah and she realised why her kitchen has two cutting boards. haha. Yeah she was doin a show on cooking and stuff. weird coincidence.
ok, think dats all for today. ciao
