Sun 5 Oct 2008
This morning, I made turkey curry, wrapped spoonfuls in croissant rolls, and baked curry croissants while Mr. W played a game on his computer.
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First, chopped onions are sauteed with ground turkey. Then curry is dissolved in hot water and stirred into the mixture, and simmered.
Then spoonfuls of the turkey curry are rolled into the croissant dough.
Then the croissants are ready for the oven, which has been pre-heated at 375 degrees F.
15-20 minutes later.
Really. Who needs an actual camera anymore when the cameraphone is easier to grab, click, and load? I just take my 2gig card out of my camera, stick it in the computer, and here are the photos.
After I was done baking 4 pans of the stuff, he was still playing his game, so I got bored and fell asleep in the La-Z-Boy next to him. Then I woke up, he was still playing his game, I complained once again about being bored, and as nothing came of it, I fell asleep yet again. The next time I woke up I was totally stir-crazy so I went upstairs and got dressed to go to the gym. When Mr. W saw me about to leave, he suddenly decided he wanted to go work out, too. But in the garage he somehow convinced me to take a bike ride first.
Turns out, we’re a 2.5 mile scenic bike ride from Cook’s Corner! I was too exhausted by the time we got there (hills, man) to enjoy it, and I also didn’t want all the bikers to snivel at our idea of “biking”, so I declined Mr. W’s offer to drop in for a drink. Instead, I chugged from the water bottle I had on the bike and we went back home.
We’re going to the gym next, because this morning Mr. W realized we don’t have hot water. As in, when you turn the hot water portion of the faucet, nothing comes out. Cold water runs fine, tho. Weird. The plumber for our home warranty isn’t available till Monday, tho, so that means showers will be taken at the gym. Yay. This reminds me of when Diana and I didn’t have hot water at our senior year apartment one day because the building was working on the boiler, so to get ready for our morning class, we brought our toiletries and went to a restroom in a building on campus. While brushing our teeth, she paused and looked at me through the mirror and said, “I feel like we’re homeless.”
Can you just check your water heater reset button? Sometimes the breaker gets thrown. Just a thought.
Those turkey croissants look yummy. So it’s just onion, turkey & curry powder? WOW!
yum! oh yeah, i remember that incident like it was last week. i think it was late in the year too, so it was colder. and i think it was during finals week.
Food looks really good! THat sucks having no hot water. That has happen to me before and I had to get ready at the gym. It’s the weirdest feeling going to the gym to get ready and not workout. Other times I have just taken a cool shower and it’s weird that the mirrors still get a lil foggy. Must be my body heat cuz it sure wasn’t the cold water.
you are the real Martha Stewart – luv the online recipe and pic per step!!! 🙂
I’d die w/o hot water!…hopefully it gets fixed soon!???
Flat Coke – it’s not that the water’s running cold; it’s that water doesn’t come out when you turn the hot water thingie. The cold water is fine. So it’s a disconnect or clog in the pipes, not a problem with the boiler.
I didn’t use curry powder exactly; they sell pre-made curry blocks, kinda like bullion cubes, which I dissolved in boiling water and then added to the meat and onions.
diana – I thought about our incident, and realized it was worse than not having hot water. We didn’t have water, period! Cuz I remember conserving the toilet and not using it so I could save the flush for if I really needed to flush. That’s why we were on campus using the water, otherwise we could just brush our teeth and stuff w/cold water. We’re not that much of prima donnas. 🙂
Vanessa – I took a cold shower at home last nite. After you get over the initial feeling of having a heart attack, it’s kinda invigorating. And after you lower your body temperature that much, when you come out and wrap up in a robe, you totally start sweating.
k – the plumber was by today, I hear. Mr. W took the day off to wait for him. So apparently, Murphy’s Law prevails; with the plumber here Mr. W attempted to demonstrate the problem, and suddenly the tub ran hot water just fine!
How cute that you are being domestic!
I’m normally very cute.