While I love these things to bits its probably eating up too much of my consciousness at the moment. So a re-focus is needed. This time onto an old favourite of mine which was rekindled purely on need rather than love.
Frankly I love to cook. It's relaxing, amusing and I get to eat. I have HORRIBLE sleeping and eating habits this year. Like getting addicted to rice at 2am in the morning. Or cooking baked stew at 12am. It really hasn't changed all that much. I'm still hankering shio-konbu onigiri at 3am when I pull an all-nighter and at least its healthier and cheaper than junk food.
So the goal of this blog is to keep track of what I eat for dinner. Not for dieting or reflecting purposes but more for having something to focus on and see through. I am terrible at such things . Brilliant at starting things but follow-ups and follow-through are not my strong points.
While I don't expect too many viewers or comments or anything of the such I hope my meaningless prattle might be of amusement to whoever reads this space.
Alright to get the ball rolling.
Tonight or rather last night I tried making Carbonara Fettucine. The recipe itself is rather simple but pulling it off right is difficult. This is why I don't like ceramic or electric stoves. It's difficult for me to control the heat with precision.
While it is a common assumption that carbonara pasta is made with a cream base it is in fact incorrect as I learnt 4 years after working in a pseudo Italian pizzeria (It was opened by an Italian named Bruno but my boss who bought the business was Scottish, I suspect he was gay and the chef was from Palmerston North. It's not there anymore but that's a different story.)
Either way I still think its better if you beat eggs with chopsticks instead of a fork, it has a nicer texture with less bubbles.
Anyways here is the fruits of my 'labour'. Not very appetizing right. This was a complete failure.
I got the order wrong and put the egg in before the pasta water so it scrambled and I ended up with no sauce. But never fear mayonnaise can make everything taste good (as said by Hijikata Toushiro). But that's because all I can taste is mayonnaise [laugh].
However reducing the bacon down as much as possible helped with the flavour as well as the extra pepper. A super average meal was made and eaten. So begins my attempts to keep this together.
じゃあまた出会うに～
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