Food Blog
Note: As of around early 2024 I've stopped eating meat other than fish. I stand by my positive anaylses of the taste of these foods, it's just a personal ethics thing
February 29th, 2020
Was starting my undergrad at college in Fall of 2020. When visiting there the first couple times, had to explore the town with to try out the local food. Happened to stumble across some Greek food place whilst there. Very very good, shame I didn't go there more often while I was going to college there.
March 15th, 2020
Really good cookies. Recipe originally intended for just making a single cookie, however after realizing they were pretty good I multiplied the recipe by 8x to make a small batch with them. Would recommend
Original Recipe- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp butter
- 1/2 tbsp milk
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/4 cup milk
Bake each for around 10 minutes in a 350°F/170°C oven until golden on top.
July 20th, 2020
Was craving a s'more, and it always tastes better cooked over a fire than in a microwave. So, I decided to improvise with what was convenient for me at the time ;)
5/16/24 Update: This was probably not the best idea I've ever had. The stuff that's in candles isn't that healthy to eat. You probably shouldn't do this, if you're in a pinch... just put them in a microwave like a normal person, lol
August 13th, 2020
Nice bowl of government cheese melted into shells and a bottle of Dr. Pepper. Also, first Pyrex bowl! Love these things, very nice to have a bowl you can both eat out of and put in the oven. Have since gotten a mostly-matching set of these, and the start of another with the built-in handles
August 29th, 2020
These were fun to throw together. Went to the local farmers market, and there was a vendor there selling some meat. Tried buying some ground beef, but he had run out. Asked if he had any other ground meats, and this was it. So I decided to go for it. Worked out really well surprisingly! They were a little bit more gamey than I'm used too, but overall the flavor was great. Better than turkey burgers. Makes sense though, lamb is a red meat.
September 11th, 2020
Casey's! I don't have any of these back home, and I was incredibly surprised to learn this gas station makes its own pizzas. And even more surpising to me, they're open 24/7! And that means everything is open 24/7. Meaning I have literally decided "hey, I want a pizza" at 2 in the morning some nights, and got a freshly baked pizza from Casey's. This place is fantastic.
September 15th, 2020
As "homemade" as you can call throwing together some ingredients from a container is, heh. Picture was taken at 11:30pm, so me and my roommate were up late cooking. iirc we were out of eggs with this cake, so we used a couple containers of applesauce as a replacement, and it turned out really well. Happy we decided to throw this thing together.
October 7th, 2020
So this thing is a story, lol. Me and my roommate were wandering around our dorm. We happened to be going through the different public fridges in the kitchens in the different floors. When had we walked down to the third floor, we were from the fourth this year, we found a cake with a sticky note on it saying "old cake, feel free to it!". So, we happily obliged!
But wait, there's more! We actually tried the cake, and oh my God it was... not good, lmao. So we ended up actually returning the cake back to the fridge we found it in.
October 25th, 2020
Pizza! First food I had at the house that I later ended up moving into around 2022-2024 for the latter half of college. Roommate's sibling was renting the house and me and them ended up moving in for the last two years of college we were there together
Yes there is a bit of a gap here between these two. I'll be filling it in when I get a chance
- Vivian, 9/5/24
September 3rd, 2024
Very cozy tasting, makes one feel warm. More info and recipe here
September 14th, 2024
Very nice bread. Wanted to bake a bread over the weekend and needed to use up some apples, and this recipe turned out quite well for that purpose. More info and recipe here