cooking [baking] attempt #5: somewhat successful apple pie
someone gave us the joy of cooking as a wedding gift, so i tried a new recipe out of there as my usual doesn't yield enough filling to sufficiently fill a 9-inch double crusted pie. the bear likes the old recipe better.
lots o' apples. peeling. for. ever.as you can see, i am horrible at peeling and waste lots of good fruit while doing so.
i have issues with making my apples lay flat and cutting pretty vents. i also had issues crimping the crust together, as you can see. D- for presentation!!! whatever, it was edible.cooking attempt #6: salmon + asparagus in parchment
we'll see as it's currently cooling so i can refrigerate these suckers. i substituted foil because parchment paper is a bit too foodie for this novice [my local ralph's didn't have any, and neither did the behemoth whole foods by work].
so what else is going on besides cooking in my life right now?
- eating. i need to upload my bistrotek/discotheque photos and review it. unless winnie gets to it first.
- thrilling stuff like tax junk that you really don't want to know about.
- coming home from work in a rather shitty mood due to certain performance expectations for this coming year at work. while talking through it and voicing my concerns, i felt OK. then as the day progressed and thoughts stewed in my head, i got more and more annoyed. i just pounded the specifics out right here and then proceeded to delete them. i'll reword in more professional, sane-sounding terms for when we re-visit this in a few days again.
- coming home to a bear hug, laundry started, and compliments on my food. aaaaaalll better.
- eating like a
queenheifer for at least a week, plus the few meals i froze. whee! - washing my new jeans that probably won't fit anymore due to the eating.
Crazy thing: I'm really quite good at making pretty pie vents. Not just plain diagonals either. I can do little flowers even.
ReplyDeleteHooray to you for cutting all those apples!
ReplyDeleteI'm a horrible apple peeler too. (Tip: use a vegetable peeler. So much easier.)
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing we still found men to marry us despite our low fruit cutting/peeling skills. Isn't it a pre-requisite to landing a husband in Korea? I think it comes right after kimchi making abilities and child-bearing potential.
venn took the words right outta my mouth -- a veggie peeler is your friend ;)
ReplyDeletethe pie looks pretty, really. and i bet it was tres tasty too! did you make the dough from scratch as well?
that salmon recipe is one of our favorite meals. so darn tasty. i usually make it with parchment, but it makes the folding interesting....
you need this thing to peel/core apples - it's ah-mazing!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/820373/index.cfm?clg=36&bnrid=3180501&cm_ven=FRO&cm_cat=Shopping&cm_pla=ctlfvgi&cm_ite=Apple%20Peeler-Corer
I'm sure it's cheaper elsewhere, but it's the first site that came up after a quick google search.
I'm laughing so hard because I was thinking "veggie peeler" too - but I do have an apple corer/peeler especially for making apple pies.
ReplyDeleteThe pie looks great! Sorry about work. :/
ReplyDeleteSalsa con queso equals yummy in my book any day.
ReplyDeleteIf it's edible then you're already a winner in the pie department.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about work and tax stuff. I feel your pain.
[adding salmon recipe to favorites]
ReplyDeletethanks, yo!
props to you on making a pie, PERIOD. i am pretty comfortable in the kitchen, except when it comes to baking. somehow everything i bake burns to a crisp...
ReplyDeleteMmm...pie...
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