Thursday, August 13, 2009

"You never made the same thing"-- RISOTTO

Zhaozhao locked her key in her car. there was supergirl that drove all the way to Malden to get the other key from her house and then drove all the way to watertown, accomplished the mission perfectly! The hero is ME-----Kungfu Gao
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Terminology:
Supergilr: Adnan told me he thinks I am a supergirl, because I can play with Aaron's code. I know he was joking, but it still made me very happy and full of confident, which matters so much. ~~~
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Go back to Zhaozhao and me, I was going to make DanDan noodle for her, but the super 88 is closed, so I didn't get the sauce I need. then we ate out at a korean restaurant, anyway not very impressive, even a little bit disappointing.
So Zhao and I had been seeing each other 3 days in a row, which we both think was too much.
I have to stop that, and I can't afford to losing zhaozhao.

So tonight's dinner is by myself, actually there was no dinner, I just have been planning to make it for long. Risotto, sK and I have made it once, but neither using the correct rice nor strictly follow the procedures.
I knew sK was disappointed with that, so even I could still cook in sK's kitchen , he probably wouldn't be happy to let me do that. You know what, sK, risotto is really good stuffs, I bet you would like it. But you might never be able to eat my risotto.
I studied the instructions many times ahead, but still made some mistake---------I added too much broth at the first time, 1/2 cup /time, I will keep it in mind , never forget :)
But it didn't hurt.

I added a lot of stuffs:
onion, garlic, spring onion, mushroom --------cooked before adding rice
Arborio rice:wine:broth=1:1/5:3
these things are added when it is done:
Bacon--precooked
roast chicken
spinach-cooked , drained
sweet pea
truffle oil

cheese(:rice =1:1)

it is said the successful risotto is "To test the risotto for proper consistency, spoon a little into a bowl and shake it lightly from side to side. The risotto should spread out very gently of its own accord.". I guess my risotto is a little dry, it can't spread, I ran out of stock, so just skipped that . Also I noticed it got dried after I added cheese. Also, also, I skipped the step that add 1tbs butter at the end, maybe it also help the rice spread??
But, but It is supper delicious, I mean it. Actually I only had risotto from Pike Place Market, never in a restaurant; if , if I could try one from a fancy restaurant, it might help me understand what 'successful' risotto means :) But now I can imagine the taste of other kinds of risotto, like with pine nut, buttersquash. Next time, I want to try basil tomato one, since I do think if it had some tomato in it, it would enhance people's appetite.

the story of title is my roommate said that when he saw me making it :)
it is not exactly true, I do make food repeatedly, just you got lucky :p
Julia finished 524 recipes in one year, I think I would need 3 years. I really need some one that can eat my food, no matter perfect or not. There is something that sounds simple, but it is the hardest in the world.

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