Never made a a bolognese sauce so I tried the one from Closet Cooking. I used a lot more celery and carrots since I don't eat many vegetables and minced them myself instead of running through the food processor. Turned out pretty chunky. I thought it was weird to use both canned tomatoes and tomato paste. Should be a better way to do that. Pretty tasty. Camera is way busted now.
Forgot to take pictures. Had a cut of chuck roast I wanted to use. I can't remember the last time I had bulgogi. I don't remember how my mom made it, but in restaurants it's usually done on a grill or maybe on the those copper stoves in-table. My friends had told me his friends make do sometimes using a George Foreman so I wanted to try it. 2:1 soy sauce and sugar, lots of garlic, crushed or minced onion, sesame oil, Asian pear, and honey. I didn't add the pear or honey and I think it would have been better with it. The Foreman works fine, if a bit small.
A beer blend that I saw. Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout and Breckenridge Vanilla Porter. Roughly 1:2 works as Black Chocolate is a robust beer. Pretty good. Interested in beer blends.
From Deb. I subbed 2 eggs and a cup of water for the cup of oil, an alternative to applesauce or melted butter. I didn't have 8" pans which I have no discovered is pretty critical as 6-7" Pyrex dishes are not as well suited. The cake turned out a bit sponge-y, firm skins, and not as moist as I would have liked. I was a little short on the peanut butter but the frosting turned out well enough.
Hadn't seen anything like a small batch IPA before so I had to pick up a bottle.
A bit nondescript in the nose. Not much lacing. Labeled as double hopped, but I've had much hoppier brews. Excessively malty, viscous, but not particularly sweet. Moderate hoppiness, brief but clear floral, lingering bitter on the finish. An imperial IPA without the hop load. Overall, not worth the money.
On BA, it looks like a lot of other people's experiences had strong aromas and heavy hoppiness. Maybe I got a lesser batch, and I wonder about the batch size and the variance between batches.
I saw this when I first arrived here four years ago. I thought that I would try it "next time". "Next time" kept getting deferred and then it just disappeared. For four years. Apparently, they lost license to distribute over here or something. In any case, it turns out it's back. Not missing out this time. Thought about it, almost bought two.
Tasted straight sipping. Strong juniper nose. Smooth, oily mouthfeel but finishes with but a sheen. Woody, slightly sweet, grassy and fresh but well-blended and developed. Cool on the palette.
I didn't get much in the nose at all, kinda disappointing. The turnover on these is probably not very good. Taste was massive malt, dissolving into bitter herbal something. I found it more hoppy than any other notion. I've had clearer ginger bite from ginger sodas. Disappointing on the ginger side of things, but a well-balanced malt bomb. Cute owl.
