Monday 6 February 2012

Blend your own burger

So for christmas I wanted a blender... or a juicer... or... a soup maker.. or.. I dunno... maybe all of those things? So I got this brilliant looking piece of gadgetry right here.

Thanks again mum and dad!
But having never seen anything like this in anyone's kitchen ever before, one does wonder... well, a) how the balls does this work? b) does it work well?
I decided to make some mystery burgers using beef mince and whatever else I happened to have in the kitchen, that being a load of mushrooms and some red onion.

Kinda Gigeresque.
I chopped the onion just enough to fit it in the capsule thing, and then you take that, add a bladed cap, and use it on a pressure sensetive motor powered key like one of those electric pencil sharpeners. Well, here goes nothing!

Hey, is that strawberry yog-EUUUGH

Okay so... I'm noticing there isn't really any sort of power... settings... so really your options are 'puree' or 'never mind ill just use a knife'.

Remember that bit in gremlins?
The good news is that suddenly having the ability to neatly reduce anything I want into a colourful goo is... fucking awesome.

Whoa... they're holding together.
Well, that was easy. Now I just fry 'em up and all.

You figure out how to cook a burger.
Verdict: This is pretty wicked, but the downside is I really don't like the taste of mushrooms, so these burgers were actually kinda gross. Interesting though, they're all light and airy. One thing is for sure, this should not be the end of my strange burger experiments.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

The tale of the perfect omelette.

Mode: 2 Player
Hardware: Pans
Accessories: Peach Iced Tea

So I had a few more turkey leftovers, but slightly less than I thought for a stir fry, so I decided to supplement it by making a bit of shredded omelette like a foo yung kinda thing. I'm really really rubbish at making omelettes that don't turn into scrambled egg, see, so I'm just going to make a really shitty one and then mash it up to put in!

WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?
...Except it turned out to be the BEST OMELETTE I'VE EVER MADE IN MY LIFE. Look at it, perfectly browned, perfectly circular... ideal thickness. CURSE YOU PERFECT OMELETTE! I CAN'T BEAR TO DESTROY YOU.

Not sure what I think about failing at failing.
So I'll just serve it all side-dish-y. Anyway meanwhile, don't forget to boil/steam some WHITE RICE to go with this.. stirry fry monstrocity thing.

hey look vegetables.
I chop up some.. ah whats in there... celery, carrot, pepper, possibly red onion, into some pretty small pieces and fry them up first.

Stuff and bits!
When the vegetables were cooked a bit, added the leftover turkey. There was also a bunch of like garlic and stuffing in there too.. thats cool though.

Oops I sneezed.
Then I add frozen peas and some store bought thai green curry sauce. It looks HILARIOUSLY disgusting like phlegmy baby vomit. But don't worry, itll look good when it's done.

SEEEE?
Post-Mortem:**** See! This meal was pretty ace, perfect omelette and all. Not really sure what exactly its meant to be, just food on a plate.