I Bit You

Kitchenaid.

Yes or No?

If yes, what colour?

If no, why?

hur~~~~~~~~~~

I've been converted.

Herb with cookies taste so fine, so so fine. Made a log of rosemary cookie in the afternoon and freeze the rest of the dough.

Another good idea is to freeze a few logs of cookie dough (of different flavours of course), so when there's company or cravings. Just slice a couple and bake. Freshly baked cookies anytime!

The dough keeps for a few months if kept frozen, the idea of it is fantastic.

Lemon thyme is next on the list, and perhaps a few other. But never ever lavender, its equivalent to putting perfume into your food. Yuck.

i think i just got violated on the train...

Not very happy about it.

=Z

Painful to watch but so good to listen. Was comparing Christian Ferras and Maxim Vengerov playing the same piece and I actually liked Vengerov's better. I'm not sure if the recording for Christian Ferras was really just bad (taking into account it was recorded in 1965) or he was just sloppy. Was disappointed, had high expectations. Vengerov was much cleaner and spot on. Just listen to it with your eyes close. I tend to follow the facial expression he has on his face.. how the muscles ache.

Arabelle Steinbacher was really really lovely and sweet, I got front row seats and was not disappointed! More about this later.

Yours truly, posting from the office :)

Hur~ How long does it take for one to master this piece? Look at how nimber nimble her fingers are!

Watching Arabella Steinbacher this sat playing this piece should be really interesting.

Cravings!

I wanted jiaozi(s) so i made them. hee~ oh my oh my, it was fun making them. With my mom and sis. Mom wrapped, sis rolled, i boiled it. Such a family thing. lol.

It's actually really simple to prepare, just make sure you get fresh ground meat from the wet market and not the frozen pre packs (They taste horrible!) Marinate the meat, prepare the dough and boil (3 times over, gotta follow this technique or you'll be having raw dumplings!)

Oh my, this is going to be a staple in my home and definitely during CNY Eve dinner!

Last Sat, we went on a trip to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Courtesy of SAP.

Just the thing to test the newly purchased k200d, am not regretting the purchase. But I should have read the manual thoroughly first, had some problems with the settings.

Still, it gave some pretty good pictures. It was nice getting up that early and making our way down.

Since I started making bread about a month ago, I've not bought commercially made bread. It's such a pleasure to make bread from scratch. Mixing the ingredients, kneading the dough, waiting for it to rise and baking it.

It's my therapy session with the psychologist~

Before baking


After baking


The oven is rather small, which explains the slightly burnt top. I tend to cover it slightly too late with aluminium foil.

Freshly baked bread fills your house with such a fantastic scent! I'm lucky that it fills my home at least once a week :)

One less idiot to deal with.

Yay