Domestic Goddess

Prawncrackers - after you stuff them, what next? Steam? Fry? Bake? Can you share more details of the recipe? (Or PM me the recipe, pretty please )

Peter, I am at awe at your cupboard, your wonderful jars of spices and ingredients and love that enormous ladle!

Thanks Kevin.. that's great praise coming from the King of Megathreads... I'm aiming for at least 22 pages myself... ← Almost there, Klary... almost there (been re-reading this thread again).

Korean wives always have an apron on whenever they are at home doing the washing, fixing diner and what-nots. Bowing to peer pressure, I brought a pretty dark blue one with checkered trim a couple of years ago and use it when I REMEMBER TO. LOL It still almost looks brand new. Almost always when I forget, my clothes get spattered with grease, sauce or get wet when I wash dishes. Then I remember about my pretty blue apron.

It's Peter the Eater!!! In Canada!

As an incurable bookworm and recipe book collector, I'd say buy! Of course, I am extremely biased.

Yunnermeier - thank you for such a colorful and wonderful blog! I instinctively knew it was you on the far right. You're such a lovely girl and your friends are so pretty too! Later, I'm gonna check out your old blog.

Peter - welcome to the crazy but satisfying world of food blogging! I am excited joining you in your upcoming meals and see pics of your part of the world. Blog on!

Sometimes... satisfying is just what you need.

Ann - I'll have a plate of what Moe's having.

Becca - love the spidey cupcakes! Youngest son was clamoring for me to make him some. Too bad, I have no ingredients for frosting... So we just had Perfectly Chocolate Cupcakes... Moist, soft, chocolatey inside...

I totally agree! I love crispy fish skin, like on fried tilapia or milkfish.

LOL.. glad you came clean about it Ldenney. It is Simon & Garfunkel's "Dangling Conversation"

101 Dalmations and Fatal Attraction. Glenn Close plays her psychos with such panache, eh? My favorite is her Marquise De Merteuil from Dangerous Liaisons. ← She's my favorite psycho! LOL You got it right petite tête de chou!

More songs to guess: 1. "And shadows wash the room. And we sit and drink our coffee Couched in our indifference, Like shells upon the shore You can hear the ocean roar" 2. "Hide in the hiding place where no one ever goes. Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes."

NEW MOVIE 186. Our villain gets sprayed with eggs, milk, showered with sugar and dumped with flour and eventually gets baked in a big cake. New Clue: Our villain is played by an accomplished actress who in another movie killed a family pet - a bunny.

Sheena - I eat crabs with my hands - the Filipino way. I also crack the claws and legs with teeth. I think using the hands get the most meat from the crab crevices and nooks. How do I eat my samgyeopsal? I usually tear a lettuce leaf in half, get rid of the tough rib and fix two packages from one single leaf. I usually put garlic (raw or cooked over the coals), kimchi, slivers of leeks with red sauce and some gochujang). I also dip in ssamjang if it is served with it. I pretty much eat how others would eat - chinese way in a Chinese restaurant, korean way in a korean restaurant, american way... well you get the picture. But at home, I eat Filipino style, with a spoon and fork (most Filipino food are saucy, soupy kinds and are eaten with rice).

Second Clue: Ice Age ← That's right!~

I recently had a dream that I was back with my family in the Philippines and we went to the beach. I was in charge of the food and I made seared foie gras, duck confit and cassoulet. I remember eating and tasting all the food and my family loving every bite. Funny thing is that I have never tried or sampled foie gras, confit or cassoulet in my life. I remembered waking up so disappointed.

Yunnermeier, we had a belimbing tree too in one of the houses that we rented in the Philippines. In Filipino, we call belimbings = "balimbing". There is a lot of Malay words in the Filipino language. The weird thing is that balimbing is also a name for the star fruit (or also called a carambola) in my country. That's why a person who is two-faced or a traitor is called a "balimbing" (or he is described to be many-faced). My grandmother would dry the balminbing fruits until they look like long raisins and these would be used to flavor our sour soups like sinigang or stewed fish (shad cooked in some water, soy sauce, oil, a slab of fatty pork belly and some dried balimbing). Now I am craving for some.

In Hawaii it's called Mountain Apples. They're hard to find now days as most fruit comes from people's back yards. My aunty has a tree but the fruit is much smaller then the ones pictured. I have seen them at the Hilo farmer's market but not at any on Oahu. ← In the Philippines, we call them "makopa". It's a favorite snack for kids and makopa trees are favorite yard trees and we actually lived in houses with these trees in the front/back yard. I remember eating them and looking first to see if there were black ants to brush away. With regards to your korean meal, you said I am pretty sure you had shik hye (sweet malt beverage), the nuts on top are pine nuts and the drink is made out of malt, sugar and cooked rice. It's actually a nice refreshing drink after a greasy/spicy meal.

New movies: Clue - Our villain gets sprayed with eggs, milk, showered with sugar and dumped with flour and eventually gets baked in a big cake. Clue - Our heroes try to get watermelons from a group of crazy ninja-karate birdbrains. Nobody gets the watermelons in the end.

C'Est Si Bon - Deano Hominy Grits - Deano (again ) Chili Dog - One Man Dog Copperline - James Taylor How the hell did I ever do this before Google?? A. ← Congratulations Daddy-A! You got em all right!

Right both times Simon!

I only know one and that's because he's my favorite: 3 - There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread King of Pain by Sting