Saturday, September 17, 2011

Meat and Potatoes

I'm Japanese and Chinese, but I haven't really cooked anything Asian since I've been here.  I've been making a lot of everything else I like:  Italian, Mexican, and American.  Tonight, I got back to what I love--meat and potatoes.


Roast beef, mashed potatoes, and pan-roasted zucchini.  Yeah, it was really good.  The beef was Hormel, already cooked with gravy, but I got it buy one, get one free, so the price wasn't bad at all (normally, those pre-made things are too rich for my blood).  The potatoes were really easy, just seasoned with milk, margarine, garlic salt, and pepper.  Also, I finally showed that I can cook green vegetables!  I was most happy with the zucchini.  I borrowed a friend's olive oil and dressed them just with salt and pepper.  They got some nice caramelization and, except for a few I cut too thin, weren't mushy.  It was a complete, completely-satisfying meal.

The only problem is that my dinner guest, Gaby, and I got hungry later in the evening and ended up splitting a plate of lad na at a place down the street called Thai Noodle.  I attribute this to the insufficient lunch I had, but it was mostly because friends were going.  Peer pressure is the worst thing when you're trying to avoid going out, but I won't worry too much when the company and food are both good.

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