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Allergy warnings

pinoyboy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:16:47 +0000

296:365 Frog (may contain fish and shrimp), a photo by the.pinoyboy on Flickr.

So a monk walks into a garage

pinoyboy — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:05:48 +0000

He just needed to get his tires looked at.

Gay fortune cookie writer

pinoyboy — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:26:07 +0000

“Versatility is one of your outstanding traits” … in bed

I wonder if the fortune writer got this from the M2M section of Craigslist’s Rants and Raves

White iPhone 4 v Finances

pinoyboy — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:45:13 +0000

The white iPhone 4 has dropped in a very crazy month financially so it wouldn’t be prudent to get one now… but a new month begins Sunday.

All budgets have been exceeded -Mint.com

Challah! (Not really, more like tsoureki/brioche/kulich)

pinoyboy — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:20:38 +0000

After weeks of making lovely sourdough breads, I decided to branch out into making enriched breads. Since it’s nearing easter time, I decided to make an egg bread like tsoureki but more rich like brioche. Using natural starter gave it nice lift without the commercial yeast smell or taste.

Flour, water, buttermilk (which broke kosher law), eggs, butter, turbinado sugar, turmeric, and salt.

Lazy Dinner

pinoyboy — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:03:06 +0000

You are looking at my selection of ready-to-eat fish for dinner, 7 April 2011.

Work was shitty, I was on a conference call when I took this and I even got store-prepared side dishes. The kicker is, I BOUGHT PRE-COOKED MICROWAVABLE RICE.

This is a new low in how my job is impacting my health.

AKB48 Vegetables

pinoyboy — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:53:12 +0000

AKB48, the Japanese idol group, never really garnered much of my attention. However when one gets the right mix of food, cuteness, and choreography I cannot help myself. The music video [link] for the song Vegetable Sisters (野菜シスターズ) has been turned into a commercial for some kind of juice product.

Funny, it reminds me of the Pizza-la commercials.

Oh iPhoto, that’s my friend rim-job

pinoyboy — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:46:48 +0000

iPhoto saw a face in this photo. Am I missing it?

Relleno, Filipino gefilte

pinoyboy — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:00:04 +0000

I wish relleno were a bigger joke amongst my Filipino peers. Jews have gefilte, why can’t I joke about relleno. Relleno, literally meaning filling, may be familiar to the west via latin america’s “chile relleno” or the bastardized jalapeño popper. Lo, but relleno is just a concept to which we filipinos run with into the depths of absurdist, cabaret cuisine.

Filipino relleno is generally a protein that is skinned and gutted. The guts are then mixed with fillers like a starch and some legumes then placed back into the skin. The skill of keeping the skin of a whole chicken or fish is laudable, however if one lacks in these skills you can now buy frozen relleno.

I’ve encountered frozen milkfish relleno before, and I haven’t really given it much thought. I despise relleno, because it inexplicably has raisins in the filling, but mainly I don’t like how fussy it is. There is a lot of handiwork that goes into relleno which can lead to a lot of human error or contamination. I’m only mentioning this frozen monstrosity now because it carries the label “Yummier! Chunkier!” – hardly the new and improved attribute that would make me eat it.

Independent food folk

pinoyboy — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:20:39 +0000

Eavesdropping on this conversation about sweets, I got that these are the young turks shaping the independent food scene in Detroit. [the polar opposite of the up and coming Michigan movie people I've seen around town (link)] The three were tasting, talking about techniques of boiling sugar, the merits of sour/cultured/amish butter, and caramel recipes.

Though I have opinions of my own about how to make traditional caramel and how to make modern twists upon them, it isn’t my place to barge in on people. I fight the inner food hipster in me all the time. I know if I butt in, I’ll come off as some snide pedantic pedagogue.

This scene got me thinking of all the possibilities of owning my own business. Creating things that people can interact with and enjoy, in a storefront where I can see them enjoying. All the experiences that I gathered over the years, culminating in a range of food stuffs made from my own hands.

Then again, I have no head for business, my wide range of interests makes me a dilettante at best, and I have grown dependent on a steady paycheck with health benefits.