Root Canal

Moving to the Country

...gonna eat a lot of peaches.  Peaches come from a can they were put there by a man in a factory down town.  If I had my little way I'd eat peaches every day.

Motorbike Ride w/ John

Jake went on a motorbike ride with John this morning around the Utah Lake.  It took about 4 hours to ride the 100 miles.

Best Book Ever!

Heroes

Jake and I love Heroes.  We just watched all of season 3 in four days on Hulu!  We love waiting to the end of the season to watch our shows so we don't have to suffer through commercials.  Plus, watching a season in three days, honestly makes it more enjoyable.  I don't lose track of what is going on and I really care what is happening.  So now we are going through withdrawals.

I hate Peters new powers.  What's up with that!  And there is no way that Sylar is really dead he'll be back in season 4 for sure.  And how is it that Claire the teenage cheerleader was the one to finally bring him down.  We thought it was hilarious that Hiro would call Daffney his nemesis. 

Pickled Pigs Feet

I can now add pickled pigs feet to the unusual foods I have tried.  Compared to hagis pickled pigs feet are disgusting, I actually like hagis.  The worst thing about ppf is a rubbery slimy texture.  Yuck!  This all came about because Jacob and I were chosen by an FHE group to select two unusual food items for them to compete in FHE Iron Chef.  (Iron Chef is a reality TV show where real chefs are given random unusual ingredients and they have a time limit to come up with something good to eat.)  We thought it would be fun to see what they could come up with given ppf and sprouts.   What a challenge, huh.   However, we both failed to remember that we were also chosen to be the judges of the finished product.  So we were the lucky ones who got to try each delectable dish with 20 people viewing our reaction.  Serves us right, eh.

We were so amazed with the results.  All the groups actually did a great job coming up with something to make.  We tried sprout bread.  The author of this recipe actually memorized her banana bread recipe beforehand as they were not allowed to use any recipes or lifelines to others.  Then we had pickled pigs feet pot pie.  Very creative, don't you think.  This group also made ppf puffs.  There was also a ppf salad.

Rules of the game:  For FHE Iron Chef a third party will pick the same 2 food items for the two groups to use to prepare at least two dishes by the end of the evening...this may be a main dish, side dish, salad, or dessert.  The food item should be as close to it's raw form as possible (i.e. squash, meat, nuts, etc.).

Night of: The third party will have the food item to the meeting place of the groups by 7 pm on the night of the competition.  The finished food must then be taken to the third party's home (the Andersen's)  to be judged and must be there no later than 8:45.  There can be no cook book, or online cooking recipe, or Blackberry or IPhone, or any such device consulted once the activity has begun.  No lifelines to mothers or friend experts can be used either.  There can be no shopping done once the food item has been delivered from the opposing team.  The food you are allowed to use to make your dish is anything in the kitchens of your FHE group members.  So stock your fridges and let the games begin!

Judging: Judging will be done in the following categories:

• Palatability


• Creativity


• Presentation

Making Bread w/ Debbie

Debbie is little Miss Domestic and she was kind enough to give me a bread making lesson.  She shared a recipe that her mom invented.  It is so yummy and so healthy.  There is NO white flour in it, 1/3 cup of honey instead of sugar, and it even has sunflower seeds.  I discovered that I love sunflower seeds in my bread.  For being so small they add such a nice flavor and a nice crunch.  So now I am well on my way to my own domestic title.  All in the same week,  I have canned 18 pints of cherries and made 4 loaves of bread.  Wow!  Look at me go! :)