Queen of California

So I went to Costco the other day, it was a Tuesday so the samples were slim, about 3 food demos and 2 random sell this house or BMW motorcycle demos, of course the cell phone hacks and contact lens people as well. I have discovered it truly a mystical place much like in the sureallity of the movie King of California. Michael Douglas plays a deranged father who just got released from a 2 year mental institution stay for trying to kill himself. His 16 year old daughter has been taking care of herself. He has a idea to find an ancient Spanish treasure set out to believed to be underneath Costco. according to Michael Douglas the movie was shot in 31 one days.

This brings me to my new affection for both Costco, its employees, its Ravioli, and of course the check out food at the end. It is a symbol of your over indulgence in consumer culture, large quantities and what it is to be an American.

Some quotes from the trip:
"Can I just get a half a churror?
Why? they are only like a dollar" said in the tone of Neapolitan Dynamite

ME: "I am so glad we bought all that TP it will last us through next term."
Brenden: "I know where I am taking my shits from now on.."
ME: "Where?"

corned beef

I'm in love, I ate a 2 day old sandwich that my aunt packed me for the airplane on my way back to Oregon, to an amazing surprise, I was bumped to first class and didn't need to eat it, oh yeah, first class update on food coming soon! but damn....I miss the Jewish east coast food, like whoa!

Bullseys

Some say eggs in a basket, egg in a nest, egg in bread, I was brought up with bullseye.

I have been making one of these every morning for almost two weeks now. I have tried multiple variation's on them. I usually start with a butter and oil based and coat the bread and fry it and drop the egg in and add salt and pepper. cook till soupy and flip and melt a piece of kraft cheese over it. the plastic cheese is best for perfect melt-tation. serve up and enjoy with some bacon or ham and some breakfast smoothie, yum yum.

cooking a lot lately

So my and my favorite roommate have been cooking up a storm these past couple weeks, I have some documentation of these events. We are really working well as a team in the kitchen, its a combination of delegation and team work and flavored synergy.

Salad
Chicken with herbs and lemon and spices pan seared to moist perfection
T-bone in a secret marinade pan fried
Diners ready!

dinner party

To our friends, the cash money casba will be hosting an Oscar Dinner Party Extravaganza on Sunday February 24th. We shall start the evening with red carpet and appetizers by Ruthie. The theme is "I am So L.A." Come prepared to be dazzled. Brush up on your director of photograghy (DP) and those special effects gurus because we are watching every minute of this pre-telecasted TV gold.

RSVP please.

an attempt

An Attempt at making diner plans they were spoiled by my car not working. every restaurant in this goddamn town was not delivering because of the hazardous conditions, what was I suppose to do? nothing...nothing at all. snow is overrated.

Sophia's Champagne

college casserole

So I just conjured the most college casserole ever. Its semi on the lines of white trash but it seemed to turn out pretty good and if it taste good eat it right? Here is what you will need, a Box of Annies mac and cheese and make it as directed using extra butter and milk and dump in a casserole dish.

then I cooked up some bacon nice and crisp and cut it up into nice pieces and sprinkled it over the mac n cheese. get it nice and worked in there.

Next step is to sprinkle with any sort of grated cheese you have on hand, i had a 4 cheese blend of Italian cheese. then I sprinkled on top of that bread crumbs for a crunchy texture because my favorite mac n cheese always has a crunchy topping.


Bake in a 350 degree oven for 7 minutes then put on broil for about 5 minutes to brown the topping. than enjoy with some white wine and your favorite tv show preferably in front of the tv.

i'm really into these right now

SCALLOPS!

I want to make them in every possible way, and I think the texture is very enjoyable and taste.

Baked, broil, sautéed, fried, marinated, blackened, encrusted. The possibilities are endless.

school lunch

fish styx and apple sauce and crinckle fries and pickles.

a healthy cookie?

I was at the Erb Memorial Union aka the Student Union or we call it the EMU for short, I have written once before about this mystical place in the center of campus, at the University of Oregon at their quick stop convenient store where I often get recognized for my campus tv show appearance on the beloved RA Deal. So I was really hankering for a cookie, the packages Chips Ahoy! did nothing for the pirate in me, and the ones in plastic wrap never seem to be that fresh.
So I picked up this WOW cookie with NO Gluten, No Wheat and No transfat. Some of the ingredients are brown rice, and coconut. It was better then any cookie that could come out of a package. It was as moist as a turned on college student inside and crumbly on the outside.

I have never been one for healthfood but being in Eugene,OR really pushed it on hard. This cookie was enjoyable and somewhat healthy. Although still containing sugar, it had other all natural ingredients to keep you going for the day and have a sweet treat to lift you up.

my freezer

So My roommate Travis and I went to Costco and a stalked freezer is a really nice sight. Interesting combination of stoner foods you can see mostly. I can't claim ownership to most of the process foods. I did get some chicken breast that I use frequently for chicken cutlets. I also purchased some quesadilla's for those lazy afternoons. Fish sticks are a go too, also for lazyness in the kitchen. when I think frozen burrito, I think of Casey from Laguna Beach. She is so wealthy because her grandfather invented the frozen burrito. most of the other empty calorie snacks are my roommate Travis's who is a guys guy. So far I don't think he cooks anything that doesn't come out of a box. Jalalpeno poppers, pizza bagels, frozen meat patties, hot pockets, he likes things that don't go bad and could outlive a war.




Side door showcases are high quality of vodka. the Burnetts again is Travis's and I can't look at Burnetts the same really ever since my friend Ailee got me into coconut Burnetts, until that faitful night where I found out Malibu was way better! the Aboslute is a homage to my mother who only drinks vodka, or seltza water or a combination of both but no other beverage really enters her body but those.

Cafe Yuck!!

Worst meal ever!!!
I should have known eating with my notoriously Eugene friendly eating establishment with my friend Nikki the vegetarian where every salad taste the same and side dishes are a favorite, no knowledge of the establishments lack of meat we go to Cafe Yum off Willamette on a rainy Sunday after a big weekend of the ducks game. Eugene was not on its game that day and neither was my meal. I had to send it back 2 times and would have sent it back a third if I was a true bitch. the Yum sauce was terrible! like the grossest thing I could ever sauce anything with. it was a mixture of curry and Eugene with a dash of throw up. it was covered in everything I ordered the Yum Wrap which was basically like a qusdillah and at first they brought it out with Beans which i specified NO BEANS so back once again and it comes out with massive amonts of YUM SAUCE aka baby puke and all the lovely fresh avacado and melted cheese was invaded by Nazi Curry Sauce. Invading of the Yum was my worst meal yet. I was hungry all weekend.

Cupcake

my last day of interning at Powderhouse Production we went to this new cup cake place in Davis sq called Killer cupcakes, they were not THAT killer, they were somewhat overpriced and I was unimpressed to say the least at the quality of my enjoyment after my cupcake, but it was nice to get a cupcake during work that matched my outfit that day.

Montees Pizza

Montees Pizza located in Lynn Mass is an institution. situated under the train tracks you can hear and feel the rumble of the commuter rail go by every 20 or so minutes. this does not effect the gourmet dining experience. its know by the locals as cardboard. the pizza is as thin as the cardboard from the dry cleaners that comes with your pressed shirts.its served crispy and brown. house salad is from a bag with some added extras but the secret is the dressing a mixture of vinegar sugar and Italian like dressing its served in your personal plastic mixture for you to soak your goodness in. pizza takes about 20 minutes and the Montees special is a sure treat. with chopped salami cubes crisped brown and CANNED mushrooms, peppers, which we hold, and chopped sweet onions its middle heavy with a crispy crust. you can get any pizza frozen for home made baking and delivery is always busy. with a full bar i learned about cranberry lemonade. my waitress didn't know what a Arnold Palmer was so i told her half and half, one pie is about 10 dollars and if your really hungry you can finish it solo.

Salmon

burgers and fries

Churros

Chicken and Salad

burgers and fries