Mystery Blog

Over vacation I started thinking about cutting and donating my hair, when vacation was over, I had decided, I would donate my hair to Locks For Love. So, this Tuesday I did it!      Can you BELEIVE it? No cutting for two and a half years and then, one day I just go and cut it!

Last Day of Vacation and Books

First I will tell you about the book The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha. Lukas-Kasha is just having a regular day except then he meets a magician performing in the twon squaqe. Suddenly, he's drowning in a far away city.  Luckily, somebody rescues him. they hail him Kasha, King of Abadan! After that, nothing is impossible. 

Dork in Disguise
Last year Jerry Flack was a dork! But this year it's changing. The moment he gets to school he starts with his new project, Make-Jerry-Look-Cool.  And believe me, it will not hend. 

The Penderwicks
Four children and their parent want to do something during vacation. They usually go to Cape Cod but unfortunately the person that they rent it from sold it. But luckily, they still can rent Arundel Hall Cottage. Only a day after having been there they meet a mysterious boy and after that their adventures will never end. 

Once Upon a Crime: Sisters Grimm
Puck the heir to the fairy throne that is friends with Sabrina and Daphne Grimm is very hurt.  But hopefully there will be some medicine in the mysterious place called Faerie.  When they get to Faerie,they find that Oberon has been killed. His wife Titania, asks them to find who has killed the king. This mystery leads them even closer to the mystery of what the Scarlet Hand really is. 

Valentines

So,I'm not going to be able to blog this week and the next,but we can all have some fun by finding some recipes for Valentines Day and posting the URLs as comments.

Kheer

I know, you're probably thinking, What's Kheer?,I'll tell you but first let me get back to the beginning. Tomorrow we are going to an indian food super bowl party, so yesterday my mom said, "Hey, Noah do you want to make indian rice pudding for the party?" I said yeah. So today I put a 1/2 tsp of nutmeg and cardamom, 1 and 2/3 cups coconut milk and 2 cups milk and 1 cup brown rice into a medium sauce pan.  And brought it to a boil.  Then I brought the heat down and cooked it at a simmer for 10 minutes.  And currently I am cooking it until most of the liquid gets absorbed.  
                                                    Be back later,or not,
                                                                NoahChef
  P.S. Kheer is the indian word for pudding. We add 3 tbsp. sugar and a large pinch of saffron and eat cold or warm. 

Weird Cream

My Aunt Robin and my Uncle Jeff were coming over tonight so I decided I would make Tapioca Pudding, so I got the recipe and started. "Beat 1 egg white in medium bowl with electric mixer on high speed until foamy. Gradually add 3 tbsp. sugar, beating until soft peaks form.  

       Mix tapioca, another 3 tbsp. sugar, 2 c. milk and 1 egg yolk in medium sauce pan. Let stand 5 minutes. Cook on medium heat,stir constantly until it comes to a flu boil. Remove from heat. Quickly stir in egg white mixture until well blended. Then stir in one teaspoon of vanilla. Cool 20 minutes and then stir." Around step 4 I realized that this was the Fluffy Tapioca Cream, not the Tapioca Pudding. It's sort of interesting.

                                                                                  

Chapati Dough

This is (so far) possibly one of the most annoying recipes that I've ever had because of the fact that it sticks all over. Today I was over at my cousin erin's house and we were making Indian food. So I said I'll make the chapati (which is the name for flatbread in Indian) and headed over to the corner with my cousin's friend Sarah. We added 2 cups flour, 1 cup water, and kneaded it with our hands for 10 minuets. For the next 15 minuets it will be chilling in the refrigerator. 
                                                       The beginning of a (well, I hope) delicious meal,                                     
                                                                                                                     NoahChef                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Beer And Sausage

We have this really wierd way of cooking sausage. We boil it in beer. My mom says it adds flavor.But I don't taste a difference. Is it true? Maybe a taste test will find that out.
Do it yourself,
NoahChef

Flour

We added three tablespoons of flour to one quarter cup water, mixed, and added to the meat juice, which had it's fat skinned and currently we are cooking over medium heat.
NoahChef

Gravy Fat

Today I am helping my mom make gravy. Right now I am freezing the meat and vegetable juice to get the fat off. I will also be making tapioca pudding.
NoahChef

Dough

Last night I was over at a friend's house and they were making pizza, it was weird, it smelled like challah. I wondered what challah made out of pizza dough would taste like?

                                                                                              NoahChef

Blog For No Apparent Reason

I am here bogging for no apparent reason to tell you that I am not dead even if it may seem so, I'm just busy.
                                                                      DodoHeadNoah

Pudding

Today I had an urge to make something sweet so I got out my favorite cookbook (Joy Of Cooking). It was hard work, I tell you, have you ever tried cooking something with cornstarch in it? It seems like it'll never thicken and then all the second it's as thick as can be. Well, we (my mom and I) had to stir it first with no heat then medium until it thickens and then for a minute on low. It was hard work, but it was deeee...licious.
                                                                          A delicious dessert by,
                                                                                       
    NoahChef

Banana Bread Dumplings

Today I made dumplings. My mom was making banana bread when I had a lightbulb! Put the banana bread batter into a dumpling and fry it.  It turned out pretty good except that the baking powder and soda rose and it overflowed a little.  But it was still delicious. 
                                                                         A nice idea (and delicious meal) by,
         NoahChef

TWO-THOUSAND-TWELVE! YEAH!

I was rocking it out last night at first night, when the news struck, we weren't staying! It really came as a surprise, because all the other times we stayed to the rising of the ball. Well, it turns out it wasn't too bad. We went home and walked Kiko (our dog,11). Then we made a nice little dessert (see recook) and skyped my aunt Judy. After that, we watched my first EVER Star Trek (breaking for seeing the ball in NYC) and flopped into our beds.
                                             An awesome and very tiring New Years Eve ,
                                                                 NoahRocker