Why of course I use Cooking Tutorials!

Waddaya mean that’s not what people call them?! Heh, jokes a side I often use the Internet for recipes. Its not so much that the books aren’t useful but I generally like a picture of what the final product should look like or, even better, a video showing me how to do it. Now where would you get those? Hmmmmmm.

Not sure if many of you have heard of Cooking With the Dog? Its a fantastic show on YouTube that teaches several Japanese dishes as well as Western influenced ones. The narrator’s accent is thick but fully understandable and the newer videos come with English subtitles just in case. The chef is currently in the hospital, however, due to a horrible accident. She’s in rehabilitation right now and improving although when new videos will be posted is uncertain. Keep her in your thoughts!

I spent time tonight after finishing my paper clicking through some videos, mostly sweets like Daifuku or Taiyaki. I was so inspired tonight by one of the videos I decided to make Omurice for dinner. It was a bit of a chore as our pans were either too large or too small for omelets and the sauce didn’t simmer quite right, still I’d say it turned out fairly well. My dad usually complains about stuff like that. Maybe he went easy because he knew I’d get mad if he nit-picked? Haha~ Unfortunately no pics for you as we were all starving although it looked mostly like what it should, if a bit too large from increasing the amounts. Video I used after the break!

 

Of $5 novels and $8 movies

Finally the draft of my paper in finished. Now to wait for my teacher to check it, sigh.

This saturday I spent a wonderful afternoon with my mother out to see a movie. Our film of choice was ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’. We checked out the film times, as you should before going to the cinema, only to find movies are running 8 dollars for a regular ticket! Not to mention the prices at the concession stand. Not that they didn’t overcharge as it was for a bucket of buttered popcorn or a bag of chips and a soda. I don’t usually buy popcorn at the movies anyway, unless I’m out with a friend then its sort of a necessity to spend stupid amounts of money on snacks.

It was a cute film, and anything by Studio Ghibli immediately gains some love from me. I suppose I could type up my feelings on it at a later date should I get the energy.

We went out to eat at Rocky Rococo’s, it was packed with kids for some kind of party we were lucky we managed to find a place to sit that didn’t have kids on every side. God do I love their pizza and you can get very good deals from them as well.

I’d have to say my favorite part of the night was visiting Half Price Books. Altogether we spent about $40 on seven books which was quite a steal. The novel I picked up was from an author I’d been meaning to read and it was a great price for $5. Naturally I bought several trivia and knowledge books as well, my favorite so far being The Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson. So many interesting facts youthought you knew are proven quite wrong. It’s a trivia buff/know-it-all’s delight!

It was a great evening, hopefully I’ll be able to do something soon that lets me take pictures to show you!