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Dec. 27th, 2010 05:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meimichanWell so far switching my sleep schedule is not going so well. I'm taking longish staggered naps. I'm awake for about eight to twelve hours, then I go to sleep for about five to six hours. My last nap was at 6pm, woke up at 11pm, so I will most likely be up until Jason has left for work. When I will then go for another long nap, get up at 2pm, be awake until midnight, then sleep...you know, I don't even care much about when I'm going to be awake or asleep next, so I'm honestly not sure why the hell I assume anyone else does.
Christmas was good. I made out with a 2TB external hard drive (knew it!) and a Red Wings long-sleeved T-shirt. They won tonight! I slept through the damn game, but they won! Woohoo! It's the new shirt, it's lucky! Plus it looks good on me. I wear red like a fucking champ. =) Jason got Shawshank Redemption, a new iced tea maker, hopefully one that doesn't leak all over the damn place, the Back to the Future movie set, and Lewis Black's new book. I also bought myself a tea kettle, Sherlock DVD's, and a book with a rather hefty Border's coupon I had. In addition to gifts, we did get a bit extravagant with the food. I seriously spent about four days just cooking, my two days off work, then as soon as my last day was over, I set up the kitchen to cook for Christmas Eve(which, strangely enough, has always been the big meal day in my family rather than Christmas Day). I know a few of you are into cooking and food, so the menu:
Christmas Eve Dinner
-NY strip steak on the grill. I've done ribeyes, T-bones, and now NY strip, it was delicious.
-Swiss fondue, which was made with the best white wine I've ever cooked with/consumed while cooking. That's tradition, drinking the rest of the wine while cooking. =P
-Skewers, involving chunks of NY strip, baby portabella mushrooms, leeks, and red and green sweet peppers. All wrapped in bacon. I'm not a big fan of bacon but I love what the flavor of it does to everything I used on these skewers.
-Skewers of chicken chunks marinated in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and oregano. No bacon.
-Large portabella mushrooms stuffed with orzo, parmesan cheese, onions, and spinach. These weren't as good as they could have been, because I had to cook them ahead of everything else, they might've been better warmer. I'll probably try something new next year.
-French bread, cut into chunks. The better to dip into the Swiss fondue.
Aside from the stuffed mushrooms, this meal is more or less an exact replica of what my family has eaten on Christmas Eve for the past 20 years or so. They also use shrimp, lots of shrimp, but I developed a serious shellfish allergy in my early twenties and shrimp started setting me off last year, so some changes were made. Like adding in the stuffed portabellas. My dad also uses button mushrooms instead of portabellas. I think I used better quality ingredients, because portabellas have so much more flavor than regular button shrooms.
Christmas Day
Breakfast
-Pannukakku aka Finnish pancakes. One of my favorite dishes at the Suomi Cafe in Houghton. Found a recipe, turns out they are dirt easy to make.
-The bacon that didn't get used on skewers. I'm not a huge fan of bacon, but once a year on its own, it's not bad.
Lunch
Christmas Eve leftovers. Actually I had beer and cookies.
Dinner
-Roast beef
-Mashed potatoes
-Squash
-Gravy
-Sliced French bread
I ate all of this in the form of leftovers. After cooking for four days and sleeping staggered from my stupid work schedule...I was seriously too tired to eat. I think I finished off the wine and had more cookies. Which brings me to...
Christmas Treats, mostly made during my 2 days off work.
-Fudge. Really rich. We're gonna have fudge here for awhile.
-Toffee. Not easy, but turned out brilliantly.
-Chex Party Mix
-Cookies. These things are a royal time-consuming pain in the ass to make and if I didn't love them so much I'd probably just buy them next time.
For this menu, cooking it all alone and in a tiny kitchen, a friend of mine elsewhere on the internets said I should be crowned the Queen Master of Christmas Cooking. Do they make a crown for that? Cause I'd totally wear it. I don't own a chef's hat. =P
I think Boxing Day's supposed to be some sort of shopping day? Yeah. Fuck that. I opted to sit on my ass on the couch being lazy. We watched Jason's new movie set before I went to take another 5 hour nap, woke up to watch today's new Top Gear which was pretty decent, then dusted off my weighted gloves and worked out for 25 minutes. Sweated my ass off and I think my stomach did protest one segment but overall, that felt good.
So...unemployed again. Got two applications sitting here I need to get cracking on...sometime later today. Jason made a run for Qdoba, and I've got some nachos sitting here that are not going down even remotely well. I destroyed two pairs of jeans at my job, so I need to go clothes shopping, something I really don't want to do at all. *sigh* Back to this grind.
Christmas was good. I made out with a 2TB external hard drive (knew it!) and a Red Wings long-sleeved T-shirt. They won tonight! I slept through the damn game, but they won! Woohoo! It's the new shirt, it's lucky! Plus it looks good on me. I wear red like a fucking champ. =) Jason got Shawshank Redemption, a new iced tea maker, hopefully one that doesn't leak all over the damn place, the Back to the Future movie set, and Lewis Black's new book. I also bought myself a tea kettle, Sherlock DVD's, and a book with a rather hefty Border's coupon I had. In addition to gifts, we did get a bit extravagant with the food. I seriously spent about four days just cooking, my two days off work, then as soon as my last day was over, I set up the kitchen to cook for Christmas Eve(which, strangely enough, has always been the big meal day in my family rather than Christmas Day). I know a few of you are into cooking and food, so the menu:
Christmas Eve Dinner
-NY strip steak on the grill. I've done ribeyes, T-bones, and now NY strip, it was delicious.
-Swiss fondue, which was made with the best white wine I've ever cooked with/consumed while cooking. That's tradition, drinking the rest of the wine while cooking. =P
-Skewers, involving chunks of NY strip, baby portabella mushrooms, leeks, and red and green sweet peppers. All wrapped in bacon. I'm not a big fan of bacon but I love what the flavor of it does to everything I used on these skewers.
-Skewers of chicken chunks marinated in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and oregano. No bacon.
-Large portabella mushrooms stuffed with orzo, parmesan cheese, onions, and spinach. These weren't as good as they could have been, because I had to cook them ahead of everything else, they might've been better warmer. I'll probably try something new next year.
-French bread, cut into chunks. The better to dip into the Swiss fondue.
Aside from the stuffed mushrooms, this meal is more or less an exact replica of what my family has eaten on Christmas Eve for the past 20 years or so. They also use shrimp, lots of shrimp, but I developed a serious shellfish allergy in my early twenties and shrimp started setting me off last year, so some changes were made. Like adding in the stuffed portabellas. My dad also uses button mushrooms instead of portabellas. I think I used better quality ingredients, because portabellas have so much more flavor than regular button shrooms.
Christmas Day
Breakfast
-Pannukakku aka Finnish pancakes. One of my favorite dishes at the Suomi Cafe in Houghton. Found a recipe, turns out they are dirt easy to make.
-The bacon that didn't get used on skewers. I'm not a huge fan of bacon, but once a year on its own, it's not bad.
Lunch
Christmas Eve leftovers. Actually I had beer and cookies.
Dinner
-Roast beef
-Mashed potatoes
-Squash
-Gravy
-Sliced French bread
I ate all of this in the form of leftovers. After cooking for four days and sleeping staggered from my stupid work schedule...I was seriously too tired to eat. I think I finished off the wine and had more cookies. Which brings me to...
Christmas Treats, mostly made during my 2 days off work.
-Fudge. Really rich. We're gonna have fudge here for awhile.
-Toffee. Not easy, but turned out brilliantly.
-Chex Party Mix
-Cookies. These things are a royal time-consuming pain in the ass to make and if I didn't love them so much I'd probably just buy them next time.
For this menu, cooking it all alone and in a tiny kitchen, a friend of mine elsewhere on the internets said I should be crowned the Queen Master of Christmas Cooking. Do they make a crown for that? Cause I'd totally wear it. I don't own a chef's hat. =P
I think Boxing Day's supposed to be some sort of shopping day? Yeah. Fuck that. I opted to sit on my ass on the couch being lazy. We watched Jason's new movie set before I went to take another 5 hour nap, woke up to watch today's new Top Gear which was pretty decent, then dusted off my weighted gloves and worked out for 25 minutes. Sweated my ass off and I think my stomach did protest one segment but overall, that felt good.
So...unemployed again. Got two applications sitting here I need to get cracking on...sometime later today. Jason made a run for Qdoba, and I've got some nachos sitting here that are not going down even remotely well. I destroyed two pairs of jeans at my job, so I need to go clothes shopping, something I really don't want to do at all. *sigh* Back to this grind.
