The following is a REALLY bad idea...

[enismirdal]

1. Put swede on to boil

2. Forget about swede


On the plus side, nothing has caught fire and the college fire alarms have not gone off.

I guess I got away with it this time.

Well, aside from the fact that the swede doesn't look fantastically edible.

ETA: Actually, after slicing the 2mm burnt bit off the bottom, it didn't taste half bad for swede that was neither mashed, drenched in butter nor spickled with pepper.

Comments

[blue-blue.livejournal.com]

Awwww, poor Swede! Did he burn his bottom badly? I hope you kissed it better afterwards! :-D

P.S. Do you cook other Scandinavians too? ;-p

[luin77.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I had to look up what a swede might be, figuring you probably did not become a cannibal. I am glad nothing caught fire! :)

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

Aah, yes... I googled and discovered that on the other side of the Atlantic it's called a rutabaga... Interesting indeed!

[fumi-gation.livejournal.com]

What is it with you and Woodlark kitchens? :p

Seems to be a bit of a recurrent theme! hehe

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

Oh, the kitchens in Woodlark are a unique and truly special experience. *grins* What with the funky electric rings, the 30cm by 30cm worksurface space, the people who put open tins of sweetcorn in the fridge (there should be a law against that) and the fact that the bedder seems to be physically incapable of cleaning out the microwave.

But don't let this put you off in the next room ballot. They're nice rooms - and I hear that A and B staircases don't get kitchens at all!

I guess the anecdotes are also partly caused by the fact that I haven't eaten in Hall in approximately 2 years, so spend a lot of time in Woodlark kitchens...

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

PS Please can I friend you?

[fumi-gation.livejournal.com]

Of course you can :)

I ate in hall for possibly the first time this year this evening (excepting formals) - and I wasn't impressed. Confined myself to writing a sutiably arsey comment in the book - 'There's more Apple in my Mac than in the apple and pork burger'

I'm confined to Hobson's for two years, and A2(!) for one, due to a scholarship 'predicament' - that's if I pass my exams - so, unfortunately, I'll never see the light of Woodlark! :p

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

My recollections of Hall from First Year seemed to be that most meals consisted of one of: Brown Mystery Meat Stew, Yellow Mystery Meat Stew, Red Mystery Meat Stew. And then some sort of topping or spice that allowed them to market it as "Shepherd's Pie", "Lasagne" or "Curry".

I like the comment in the book!

And ooh, that sounds interesting! I find living on the Island Site is generally more convenient than living at Chad's, so I guess there's that...but I suppose if you're a Classicist, Chad's is nearer to the department?
(Hehehe - and "light" and "Woodlark" appear to be mutually exclusive - the corridors and rooms live in perpetual twilight...)

[fumi-gation.livejournal.com]

Hehe...where did I let it slip that I did that most evil of subjects?

You really should go to Hall, even to read the 'comments' book. Some of it is incredibly funny - whether casting aspersions on the sexual orientation of Hall staff or slagging of the food!

It seems very funny talking to someone new who's literally only 30 metres away, give or take a couple of walls...!

[blue-beret.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm....burning.

Bad ideas

[(Anonymous)]

Only one person in the world could do this:
1. Cook brocolli in pan
2. Strain through plastic sieve.
3. Leave sieve on empty pan over heat.
4. Put bottomless sieve (after cooling) on head.
5. Put tennis ball in sieve and roll head so ball goes round in circles!

Guess who!

Re: Bad ideas

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

Mambar?
Enibrother?

You can't spell broccoli. You lose. ;)

Re: Bad ideas

[(Anonymous)]

Mambar would not think of the tennis ball game.

Every time I have to spell check that word and I use the word at least once a week.

Re: Bad ideas

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wondered if maybe she commented and was referring to you in the comment.

B-R-O-C-C-O-L-I

You could always call it calabrese. That's what the Hall staff do. But IMHO that sounds really...daft... And googling it doesn't even throw up that many pictures of what it is...