bizarre foods contest.

Wow i sucked.
the 7 courses were:
1.Braised Pig Stomach
2.Duck Blood Soup
3.Chicken Feet
4.Cows Uterus
5.Lamb and Rooster Testicles
6.Durian
7.Balut
any guesses how far i got?..
i did fail by the way.. epically..
i only got to the chicken feet..
i wanna puke just thinking of it..
it wasn't that the meat/skin tasted bad it was the cracking of the bones in the feet and the nails on each toe..oye.. and beyond that even if i thought i would finish that course they had started serving the uterus and there was no fucking way.
i looked at it and wanted to cry and nearly did when i saw the balut..
btw: balut is a fertilized duck egg with a well developed fetus inside i nearly choked on my sadness while watching people eat it.
and p.s. though durian smells so god awful that i wouldn't dare put it in my mouth...
but i will say the stomach was actually quite tasty..
but i had to gag the duck blood soup down..oh my poor stomach..

my risotto came out awesome today.
go me.

i have developed a very strange crush recently.

on david thewlis yes Remus Lupin.
weirdly adorable... but then again i say the same thing about keith carradine and michael caine. maybe my older men thing is getting out of hand...

damn you jenny lewis

i've been feeling really overwhelmed lately i love what i'm doing and i'm so happy i'm doing it but life in the kitchen isn't what i expected. i think it's more of a group thing that causes me to feel the way i'm feeling. there is this uneasy chaos in the air when i'm in the labs this constant running like the faster we get this done the better it will be when that never is the case. so there is constantly something wrong or somebody spilling something or some other mishap like that. it sucks i mean it's awesome but it sucks. i'm not quitting no way but i just want it feel different which i'm sure it will i'm just a bit overwhelmed. i need to breathe more and think less well less about all the million things going on in my head..
anyways..
this week i've made:
ratoullie
braised leeks
glazed carrot
risotto
rice pilaf
pommes puree
and plenty of knife cuts and take home stuff.
i've been okay
i've gotten fair marks on everything
it's either really good seasoning but you needed to let the rice split first before adding stock
or
good texture but you needed more seasoning..
oye vay.
yeah well
it's been well
i've been better though i must say i'm not excited about the quiz tomorrow thats for sure
and the burn on my arm still hurts fucking oven.. aagghhh.
-M.
p.s. my feet hurt bad.
p.s.s. jenny lewis' meloncholy music isn't making me feel much happier but i can't help but listen...

oct,19,2009

my first official day in the kitchen.

i want to be her.

2 days till i turn 22.