Green curry fried rice, before mooncakes
Pandan mooncake shared (1 cake=1K kcal)
Snowskin mooncakes in assorted flavours
The day after: Milanese Pollo
Aside from the food we enjoyed (roast duck and char siew and vegs not featured as those were finished before I had the urge to take pictures) We had fun analyzing everyone’s flower type for 花虫占い via a non-no supplement I got a few months ago. YC said we both should stop buying non-no, since we’re not a part of their demographic anymore (anyone born before 1983 had to check their flower type online, via Flower&Bug(mandarin site), which has a slightly different and more concise analysis than the one given in the supplement)
It’s not totally spot-on (the previous 花姫占い from the with magazine supplement seemed more accurate) but we had a good laugh, especially with JL’s ‘multiple flower type’ analysis (the first one was because I used the wrong birth date, the second one was based on her actual birthday, and for the third type we used the birth date registered on her cert, which was different and used so she could enroll into school earlier)
Following that it was a We Got Married marathon and as soon as yesterday YC and JL were already speaking in CrownJ speak.
Controversial cooker that ‘grows’ meat in your kitchen wins major design competition
A controversial cooker that ‘grows’ meat and fish by heating animal cells in your kitchen claimed first prize in the Electrolux design competition tonight.
The invention, called Cocoon, could develop food with the make-up and nutrients of real meat.
Mr Hederstierna, 27, said: ‘This will create 100 per cent pure meat without the need for animals to be killed and with no risk of contamination. It will change everything.’
A food generator is a popular concept in science fiction programmes such as Star Trek.
Swedish industrial design student Rickard Hederstierna, 27, said it could tackle food shortages as the world’s population spirals.
And the glass cooker, which would heat pre-mixed food packets containing muscle cells, oxygen and nutrients, would put an end to messy and time-consuming preparation.
So, does this also work for human cells? @_@. Quantities needed to make a balanced meal (mixed or unmixed with ‘real’ food - which is mostly processed nowadays anyway)? I’m also wondering about population control in such cases (both animal, human, plants); plus, who would be the first ones to test these (is it ethical, too, to conduct such tests?) Inventions are exciting, but can sometimes be a pandora’s box too.
For the record.
On eating smoked mutton on skewers.
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Y: I still like the skewered mutton best.
W: What was your highest record?
Y: Two skewers.
W: ...-_-; if say, you only eat skewered mutton and nothing else, how many can you down?
Y: Not much, probably? Never tried it before though. What's your highest record?
W: 35.
All: *GASP*
W: Yeah, just mutton and cola. And some Tsingtao beer. Couldn't eat anything else the rest of the day, too stuffed.
J: My highest record is going from cafe to cafe, eating & drinking non-stop from 9 to 4.
Y: Mine was having hotpot from 8pm to the wee hours, just eating.
J: By the way, only our table is chock-filled with food. I think everyone's staring.
W: Remember the other time we had that hotpot dinner till midnight? I have a hotpot at home, the double compartment one, hehe.
Y: Ouhh, let's have hotpot!
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J: XX just ate 60 dumplings.
Me: I think I ate 60 of those before too. I mean, the guotie in Jakarta. They're small ones, like, bite-sized.
J: I'm sure in XX's case they're the huge dumplings.
W: Guy or girl?
J: Guy.
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I bet A (my sis' very slim bff in LA) could eat more.
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V: Gosh, I'm full
Me: Hmmm (grabs more food)
W: This is so typical, we should record it. V says she's full and S (me) mentions "Ohh" and continues to eat as if it's the most natural thing in the world.
Me: Oh no, howw?? How could I get shuai ge like this? Oh damn, image fail.
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Everyone has stopped eating, except for Y.
W: Your fighting power is still to be reckoned with.
Y: I eat slowly but I eat a lot.
W: Oh yeah.
Y: Yeah.
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a while later
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W: Look at Y, she looks and behaves as if she's drunk.
J: From food. I never knew you could get tipsy from overeating.
W: Rice-drunk! (sounds like 'criminal' in Mandarin)
Oreo Truffles
“Oreos. Cream cheese. Semi-sweet chocolate chips or squares. That’s all you need. We’ve found that it’s best to let the food processor do the heavy lifting for this recipe. Finely grind the Oreos in the processor (save a bit for decorating) and then add the softened cream cheese and pulse until it’s well blended. All that’s left is to roll the dough into small balls and dip in melted chocolate.”
Delish-looking: will try this!
Watch what you eat, cause what you eat is watching you.
Hahahah! Good to know some(?) is watching over me
