Today was my first cooking project. To some of you out there this may not seem so creative but for me it’s completely creative. I never cook and I’m always jealous of those people that find great joy in cooking food. So this was a first move in that direction.
I decided to go rather epic for my first time. The main course was a vegetarian meal called Eggplant, Parsnip and Cashew Biryani. The instructions were a seriously long and detailed list of instructions with a simmer for 30-40 minutes here and a let sit for 30-40 minutes there and a transfer to casserole and bake for 30 to 40 minutes as well. Then there was the appetizer, Greek cheese and potatoe patties. Needless to say it was a very long cooking session. Three hours to be exact.
My wife Jenny took on the cucumber salad which was super good actually and also a beautiful stack of homemade Naan bread. We invited our neighbors Mark and Amanda and our buddies Jeff and Wendy over to enjoy the final meal, which made it all the better.
Because I considered tonight a special occasion I decided to crack open one of my bottles of Slovenian Schnapps. I got this stuff while I was working on Prince Caspian and the first time I tasted it I knew I needed to buy as many bottles as we could legally take home. The flavor we had tonight was walnut.
Day 036 / Sunday Dinner
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4 responses to “Day 036 / Sunday Dinner”
Looks super nummy! What an awesome way to cap off the weekend.
by the by, this blog is now on my daily routines. So my apologies if comments are posted at a way creepy hour. I’m an early bird and I like what is going on here. :) Happy Monday!
Inthia, it makes my day to know that you’re checking the blog regularly! I wouldn’t worry about time of day. You should see the hour I sometimes post. It’s nothing I’d be proud of. Thanks again, at first I wasn’t sure if it came off creative enough but in all honesty it was more of a struggle for me then a watercolor painting and I’m still finding my spark in cooking. I plan on trying out some sushi in the future.
I strongly approve of cooking in this blog. Maybe you could create some kind of tapas dish, something small, but where each one was only slightly different, and then you could put all of them on a record player and watch it change in deliciousness over time. Or make some kind of modular pastry. Or, I dunno, bake your… uh… bake, bake… er, I’m sorry, um, bake your camera move.
Haha! I like you gage. I’ll bake YOUR camera move.