Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

This Week's Meals (1/3): Westlake Soup.

Accidentally set my recipe manager to six servings instead of five (and my scallions have gone missing, so I substituted onions), but that's fine. I get one bowl right now!

Basically this is a type of hot and sour soup, and is really good. Although next time I'll go a little lighter on the white pepper AT THE "season to taste" step. It's went from "could use some pepper" to "OMFG HOT."

# West Lake Soup

Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans
3.0 servings

0.5 pound flank steak (finely minced)
1.0 teaspoon kosher salt
2.0 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
1.0 teaspoon fish sauce
1.0 teaspoon sesame oil
4.0 teaspoons ground white pepper
6.0 cups chicken stock
0.25 pound shiitake mushrooms (stemmed) (thinly sliced)
0.25 cup cornstarch
0.25 cup water
3.0 large egg whites (lightly beaten)
1.0 cup cilantro (finely minced)
3.0 whole scallions (thinly sliced)

1 - Combine the cornstarch and watter and whisk into a slurry
2 - Combine the beef, salt, vinegar, fish sauce, sesame oil, and white pepper in a bowl.
3 - Bring the broth and mushrooms to a boil over high heat in a saucepan.
4 - Lower the heat to maintain a simmer, and add the cornstarch slurry to thicken the soup, stirring well to incorporate.
5 - Once the soup thickens, add the marinated meat and stir well. As soon as the meat is cooked through, about 30 seconds, turn off the heat.
6 - Season the soup with salt and white pepper to taste.
7 - In a slow, steady stream, pour in the egg whites from high above the pot, stirring as the whites hit the liquid. The whites will cook upon contact with the hot soup, forming ribbon-like tendrils.
8 - Mix in the cilantro and scallions. Ladle into bowls and serve immediately.

#thisweeksmeals

According to Heroditus, I have been struck by the goddess Aphrodite Urania with the "female sickness."

And here I've only ridden a horse a few times!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enaree

Today's Mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7fMpeJIoro

So, everyone who wants Ozempic for weight loss? I hate to break it to you, but I've been on the stuff for years for blood sugar control and I ain't lost a pound from it.

Quick question - has 2023 gone well for anyone, so far?

Tonight's Episode of MAx Headroom is Rakers.

How dare we get the constant-surveillance media-saturated future without all the cool fog-effects and dystopian-punk-clothing.

Tonight's TNG is "Brothers." Brent Spiner is freaking AMAZING at playing three seperate roles, all interacting with each other. Freaking amazing.

But after this episode, and the next one with Lore, you gotta wonder if Starfleet is rethinking it's idea of allowing androids to become command officers. :)

This Week's Bread: Cinnamon "Rolls"

I woke up today and chose violence. And so did my gluten structure.

One of my problems when cooking is I tend to lock into the recipe. Cooking? Tends to work. Baking, not so much.

A lot of baking is "this feels right" or "this feels off." The instructions for the dough say to run it in a stand mixer until the dough pulls off the side of the bowl.

I did that but even I felt it was too soft and sticky. And I should have gone with my gut as the rolls collapsed. The good news is I have a gut which I can go with. I know what you look for. And the rolls will likely be fine.

So they're not so much cinnamon rolls as they're cinnamon volcanoes.

Because of course Walmart messed up the pre-orders. Again. The joys of haveing an exclusive at an unreliable store.

[SCREAMS IN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY-AN]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1HHFXFN788

Tonight's Dr Who is "Aliens of London" and lemme tell you, this is campy as all get out, and a very very different show than what we got in later years.

I remember as a kid thinking Corinne from Soap was so so beauitful, and I loved her long long hair. I wanted hair like that.

I was probably four when I saw this? So, yeah, trans from the beginning.