Sigh, I apologize for being tardy to my own blog party but here I am today "as promised" with another blog update. So what does this blog have in store for the faithful that check my blogspot from time to time? While its obvious I have a love for telling stories with pictures and drawing cool shit--I also have another passion that doesn't see the light of day usually by non-local art warriors and blog followers...
The passion to cook...
Besides geeking out from Tougeki SBO vids, and the usual art stuff that I blab on about--I'm gonna give a little insight into some of the things I really like about cooking, and what I like to cook (although my blog handle probably gives some semblance of a clue -_-).
Say you have a little time on your hands, you're relaxing--maybe even catching up on a game you haven't played in a while since you've been slaving over a monitor to meet some deadlines..at some point you're gonna get hungry. Instead of pulling out the typical snack--sometimes (moreso) recently I get the urge to make something from scratch. There's a very gratifying feeling that comes from taking the time to embrace the process of cooking something yourself and being able to enjoyable the benefits of your labor, so to speak.
But what do I like to cook?
It tends to vary but I usually like cooking breakfast or dinner--lunch is usually me frantically grabbing fruit or something slightly unhealthy to get me through the day. The beginning and ending of the day is usually a time where if I'm able to want to have something to get me started for the day, or a nice soothing, warming dinner to close the day out. One of my favorite things to cook in the morning is :
-2 slices of Golden-browned french toast with a glaze of Maple Syrup
-2 chunky cuts of Turkey Bacon
- 1 Sausage pattie
The syrup I tend to use is based on personal preference and somewhat of a family tradition...King Syrup is SERIOUSLY some of the best syrup for pancakes/french toast etc etc, outside of homemade syrup--especially when heated! For the turkey bacon I use, its either Fleischman's or from an Amish market nearby that I get bacon from. I think they're lying to me about it being turkey bacon though--those cuts tastes WAY too good to be anything but ham...I'm convinced. Gwaltney sausage is pretty good for patties from most grocers. If I'm feeling saucy, I rock the Kielbasa sausage--which is probably one of the most ambidextrous types of sausage known to man!
It's a simple breakfast, and doesn't take much time to get cooked since most of the work goes into making the actual dipping agent for the bread. In terms of what bread I like to use, Wonder and Pepperidge Farm's Sourdough cut works really well. Usually Sourdough cuts are used for Panini's since not only is width much more suitable for holding the bonding agent in place along with allowing for decent distribution for both the turkey ham--the texture is really good for absorbing the mixing batter! The difference in taste, at least to me is very stark!
Ordinarily I don't photograph my meals but since I talk such a good cooking game with fellow art ninja, Jessie Lam--I felt the need to put the proof in the pudding and show curious minds what type of meals I make! Again, they aren't the greatest photos ( I'm trying to eat the food while its fresh people! Re-heating can be bad TAT) but I hope you all like them.
One thing that I recently learned how to do was to make a Chicken Caesar Salad--I found a decent enough recipe to try out online and while I was a little skeptical, I gave it a shot.
CHICKEN+CAESAR+SALAD
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
- 1/2 cup creamy Caesar salad dressing (Ken's brand is a bit more thin than Kraft so depends on preference)
- 10 oz. pkg. romaine lettuce hearts
- additional creamy Caesar salad dressing (to each his own--don't drown your salad!)
- 1 cup garlic croutons
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
For it being the first time I embarked on it--it came out rather well. For some reason I had some Bean Soup left over so I had that along with the Salad. It would seem as if it would clash palettes but it didn't so it was a good dinner!
The times that I do cook tend to be very fun and sometimes relaxing. I'd say if people have the time they should definitely cook more often..its definitely alot more fun than you think.
I'm actually glad that I stopped to do this blog today--I really needed a break from working on this project, which unfortunately one of the 2 I know I can't show anything from since I was told by the writer to "hold off on"...sigh. I will be toning some of my pages for Part Time Shuffle soon so hopefully by the next blog, I can post a few.
For now, work on your cooking skills and meet me at Mount Golgotha where we will all have a Cooking battle to end all cooking battles...or something!
Stay beefy...medium well.
And for a different kind of meal--check out this great mix axl99 facebooked today...so Beefy!
http://properlychilled.com/music/dj/session/profile.php?view=26
